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I'm thinking of installing the release candidate of Vista SP1... I downloaded it and I'm right at the point where I can click "install"

I'm hesitant, because people seem to be having problems with the RC - like having nothing show up in their control panel, or their computer crashing.

I tried the RC beta when it was out (the one that wasn't publicly released) but I had some minor problems with it and decided to uninstall it. It didn't give me any performance increase.

Not only that, but I'm in my exams week, and if I lose my notes, I'm toast.

So has anyone tried Vista on their X-series (specifically X61s, if you have it)?

iamdmc wrote:I'm thinking of installing the release candidate of Vista SP1... I downloaded it and I'm right at the point where I can click "install"

I'm hesitant, because people seem to be having problems with the RC - like having nothing show up in their control panel, or their computer crashing.

I tried the RC beta when it was out (the one that wasn't publicly released) but I had some minor problems with it and decided to uninstall it. It didn't give me any performance increase.

Not only that, but I'm in my exams week, and if I lose my notes, I'm toast.

So has anyone tried Vista on their X-series (specifically X61s, if you have it)?

I am running it on a T43p and a R50p. The only problem I had was a failure to finish loading the desktop on the R50p after the SP1 install finished. This was fixed by a hard power down and then re-start. Everything was normal after that.

SP1 isn't that thrilling; copy and paste will be somewhat faster, but you can just use Syncback or Robocopy for fast copy jobs anyway.

If you have big school things pending, just wait on the SP1 install. You're not missing anything without it.

Installed it last night. So far so good, but i really haven't noticed any changes. Well, if it isn't any worse, it's quite good!

i have SP1 RC on my X61 and haven't had any issues so far.   it has vista business 32-bit.   i'm not going to install it on my T61p (vista ultimate x64) because that's my daily work machine and i don't want to take the risk.

Just installed it

I can really feel the difference. Everything seems to work better (finally) and I even get faster shutdown times. Startup time is still the same, but once I do a fresh install it should cut that down too.

Oh My lord, it's a lot faster. Just transferring data from my Sandisk 8GB Cruzer used to top out at 5MB/s, now it's 23-30MB/s!

It may be unrelated, but my internet seems to work a LOT faster after SP1 RC install. I'm freaking out it's so good.

Finally, Vista is worthwhile and not just pretty.

Question, though: When I open up my system properties it lists the full 4GB of RAM on my 32-bit OS. I thought Vista 32-bit only "saw" and utilized 3.02GB. Is this just Vista saying "I can see it now, but I still won't use it... just to spite you"?

Supporting 4GB of RAM on 32bit systems is an advanced feature, that is only supported on Windows Server.

erik wrote:I'm not going to install it on my T61p (vista ultimate x64) because that's my daily work machine and i don't want to take the risk.

It is working fine for me on a T61 with Vista Ultimate x64.

Cheers,

Bill B.

iamdmc wrote:So has anyone tried Vista on their X-series (specifically X61s, if you have it)?

Yes, I installed, and I have two problems:
- hotkeys - I don't see any hotkeys
- power manager - system is unstable with this driver

I don't install other Lenovo utility
I have tpfancontrol 0.30 and RM 2.35.0 beta 2

donzoomik wrote:Supporting 4GB of RAM on 32bit systems is an advanced feature, that is only supported on Windows Server.

SP1 just recognizes 4GB, not utilize them though... It just for people so they wouldn't freak out that they have only 3GB of RAM when they added another 2GB module to their current 2GB

... [censored].

Meh, I'll be upgrading to a 64-bit Dual OS boot in January with a 7200RPM drive. It's a bit of a wait, but it'll be worth it.

Zero issues. Whole experience seems much faster. Copying from remote servers a breeze.

Yes, I did the install and everything does seem better. It was a couple of hoops to get it to DL, but I think worth it.

I think I plan on doing a custom install first, than backing up my system and then putting on SP1.
Although, gotta wait to finish exams first.....

Only problem I had up to now is that the deskop icon texts showed an annoying shadow after installing SP1 RC1.

Solution see here:
http://www.techlicious.tv/2007/10/vista ... -text.html