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    Installing Windows on T61

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jihoon, Nov 5, 2007.

  1. jihoon

    jihoon Notebook Evangelist

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    Lenovo offers the Thinkpad T61 w/ Vista Basic, quite a bit cheaper. I already have a free copy of XP Professional from my school. Will it be a big hassle to buy the thinkpad with Vista basic, and reinstall XP Pro on it?
    Has anybody tried this? This would be a non-issue for a desktop, but I've found that drivers for laptops are often very hard to find.
     
    jihoon, Nov 5, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    I've done it, it's the same as any other notebook. Lenovo has XP drivers, so that should be no problem.
     
    adinu, Nov 5, 2007
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  3. philfna

    philfna Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Yes quite easy to do...Phil
     
    philfna, Nov 5, 2007
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