Lenovo W500

Experiencing Lenovo W500 with Windows 7 (RC) – Part II

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  No news to you if I tell you that Windows 7 RC has just become available for download to the public (starting May 5th, you can download it from here). So if you had the chance to read my previous review about Windows 7, you would now that having this operating system installed all this time has been a real good experience to me and my Lenovo ThinkPad W500. This time I want to share with you the experience of installing this release candidate on my laptop. So, what’s new on the RC? You are probably wondering what changes have been introduced in this version compared to the previous beta. I won’t lie, nothing much. Did you hear the rumor that said that the RC was going to introduce a significant change in the UI? Didn’t happen. Windows Media Player: Media Streaming. You can now stream music or video using the internet. Sharing the media with other friends and using Windows Live ID. That’s actually quite nice and using a smart technology adapting the streaming to your connection. More icons on Taskbar: You can now place around 30% more icons on taskbar (depending on your resolution). IE8. You can uninstall IE8 from Windows Features. Windows XP Mode (Beta) was also introduced as a feature to download for Windows 7 RC. It is an interesting move to achieve the always controversial application compatibility and motivate people to an early adoption […]

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Lenovo W500

Experiencing Lenovo W500 with Windows 7

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  Also check the updated post using Windows 7 RC: Experiencing Lenovo W500 with Windows 7 (RC) – Part II   Well finally my wait was over on the last week, I could finally get my self a fresh new laptop with all the horse power that I was wanting for :) This new toy of mine is the Lenovo ThinkPad W500. This fine solid piece of machine it’s not actually a brand new model (around 6 moths older now on their firsts models). My own model (4063-33Y) fits perfectly on most of power users looking for a nice laptop with a better performance. A few highlights of this notebook (full hardware review at this CNET link): Core 2 Duo T9400 (2.53 GHz) VPro Technology 4GB RAM DDR3 160GB 7200rpm HD 15.4in 1680×1050 LCD ATI™ Mobility FireGL™ V5700 512MB Before I even received this notebook I knew that Windows 7 was going to be the first operating system to be installed. So, I want to tell you about my experience so far working with Windows 7 inside this laptop. Installation No problems here, the installation process executed without any problem. The version selected was the 64 bits. Note: This is a cool link about why to use Windows 7 with a 64bits architecture. Drivers After the Windows 7 installation, almost every “important” device was automatically configured: Video, wireless, Ethernet card and audio. But if you check the Device Manager, you’ll […]

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