Ha! Just wanted to follow up on this thread. In the end - the machine arrived. And, although both Lenovo sales and support told me it wouldn't come w. XP downgrade discs, it did come w. XP downgrade discs. Yay! I played w. XP for a couple of weeks, then downgraded to XP with no trouble (after making...

Ah okay. I called Lenovo, and called Microsoft. Here's what I learned about this situation in general: - Lenovo used to make downgrade disks available, but they don't anymore. - Buying a copy of Vista Ultimate *does* entitle you to a free downgrade to XP (from which you can re-upgrade later). (This ...

Hey. Thanks for these replies. My understanding is that not all versions of Vista include the right to downgrade to XP, but Vista Ultimate (which is what I ordered) does. See: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/VSTA-DWNGRD.html and http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/f/4/5f4c83d3-833e-4...

Thanks, MGO! One Q. You wrot: > you can likely buy a CD recovery set from Lenovo for a > reasonable cost, or bit the bullet and get XP at the store I was under the impression that Vista Ultimate includes the right to downgrade to XP, and that at least some Thinkpads w. Vista actually ship w. the dow...

Hi. I ordered a T61 a couple of days ago, and looking forward to getting it. When I placed the order, I asked for Vista Ultimate as my OS. I’ve never used Vista before. Since placing the order, I’ve read up on Vista, and the bad stuff I’ve read has made me wary. I’m inclined to run XP on the machine...