X41 tablet: Keep tablet OS or use XP Pro?

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X41 tablet: Keep tablet OS or use XP Pro?

#1 Post by muffd » Tue May 06, 2008 5:16 pm

Just got a X41 tablet and am debating on what OS to keep on.

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#2 Post by K0LO » Tue May 06, 2008 7:48 pm

muffd:

There is no advantage to dropping back to XP Pro. Tablet Edition is a superset of XP Pro, so you would give up features by dropping back.

The only reason I can see for doing so is if you do not use any of the tablet PC features and want to save the approximately 100 MB of disk space that they occupy.
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#3 Post by muffd » Wed May 07, 2008 1:07 pm

k0lo,
Thanks for the tips/info. I should be receiving the recovery disks for my X41T. I just wish they would give you the option to pick and choose what pre-loaded software you could install. Life would be so much easier.
Thinkpad T61 7662-CTO
2.5Ghz
3gb ram
500gb 5400 Western Digital Blue

Thinkpad T60 2007-CTO
2.0 Ghz
2gb ram
320gb 5400 rpm

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#4 Post by K0LO » Wed May 07, 2008 1:41 pm

muffd:

If you restore your X41T to factory state you will find the OS is crippled; Lenovo really screwed this one up big time. You need to do a clean install to fix it so restore first to factory state and then you can try my guide. A clean install will make a huge difference in performance.
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X61T 7764-CTO, Core 2 Duo L7500 LV 1.6 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 120 GB Intel X25M SSD
Multiboot w/Grub4DOS -- Windows 10, MustangPE, PartedMagic
My ex: X41T (2005 - 2009)

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#5 Post by muffd » Wed May 07, 2008 2:02 pm

Wow! That's alot of information. I guess I'll have to try this when I have the time to do it. I also need to buy a legit windows xp sp2 cd too:)
Thinkpad T61 7662-CTO
2.5Ghz
3gb ram
500gb 5400 Western Digital Blue

Thinkpad T60 2007-CTO
2.0 Ghz
2gb ram
320gb 5400 rpm

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