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Last year I blogged about the Lenovo S10e that I bought to test Windows 7<\/a>. I ran the netbook with Mac OS X<\/a> for a while but the Hackintosh is no more<\/a>. Today, the new Akamai download links for “top downloads”<\/a> delivered the Windows 7 RTM bits to me in just over an hour (my first attempt direct from TechNet had slowed to a crawl overnight) and I installed Windows 7 Ultimate Edition on my netbook in about 15-20 minutes, although I didn’t actually time it.<\/p>\n

Ultimate? Yes, Starter is too restrictive (no multi-monitor support – e.g. when presenting), I want to join a domain (so I need at least Professional), and it’s a mobile device, so I intend to use features like BitLocker (for which Ultimate or Enterprise Edition is required) – incidentally, the information I used for the Windows 7 feature comparison is on Dan Delaney’s blog<\/a> (although it’s slightly out of date as the 3-app restriction on Starter edition was dropped a whole back). Of course, getting a free copy from Microsoft is always a bonus<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Installation was smooth, fast, and uneventful – as the best installs should be. Only one device was banged out in Device Manager – ACPI\\VPC2004, which turns out to be a Lenovo Energy Management Driver<\/a>, for which the Vista driver for the Lenovo IdeaPad Y710 can be used<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"DVDOne thing that made me chuckle as I installed this was my DVD drive. This was a bargain picked up a few months ago (and unused until today) but is bigger than the netbook I was installing onto (it has an external power supply too that’s not even shown in the picture!).<\/p>\n

I could have installed Windows from an external hard drive or USB flash drive<\/a> but, even with tools to assist with USB boot drive creation<\/a>, DVD was the fastest route.<\/p>\n

Next up, I’ll try upgrading the x64 notebook that I use for work (I know it’s not supported, but I have to try it!) before I nuke that next week and apply an image using the Microsoft Deployment toolkit. I’m sure I have better things to be doing but playing with technology is far more fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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