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Anyone have an opinion about ThinkVantage Device Experience for Windows 7 that is now on software update site?

richraine wrote:Anyone have an opinion about ThinkVantage Device Experience for Windows 7 that is now on software update site?

I installed it and for a moment can't find it....thought I made a mistake and reinstall it again...

Later I found it under start and when launch, it behave like productivity manager, just a screen listing all the THinkvantage technologies you have installed. Pretty much useless except for a nice interface.

Help me out here. What's is called in the START menu? I don't see anything obvious.
I've had Thinkvantage Tools for quite a while but where do I find the launcher for "Device Experience"?
Thanks.

richraine wrote:Anyone have an opinion about ThinkVantage Device Experience for Windows 7 that is now on software update site?

Win 7 Device Experience is defined as Device Stage, a platform within Windows 7 that enables a device manufacturer to deliver a branded device experience that matches the capabilities of the device when connected to Windows. It is a new feature that is supported by system and platform enhancements that define how device makers present their devices, related applications, and services within the Windows user interface.

This is a tool to be used by various software developers and comes included in a larger SDK for them. It appears in updates as they have been several issued. It's not designed to "do something" as in execute a program. It simpy provides the service listed above.
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Cheers...

Hi,

Just wanted to follow up: from the description above, it sounds like Device Experience has nothing to do with Lenovo Enhanced Experience. I spoke to a Lenovo representative today, however, and she said that the Device Experience driver is actually Enhanced Experience. She noted that it was an update to Enhanced Experience 2.0, which seemingly made as the driver was listed as Version 3.

Is Device Experience related in any way to Enhanced Experience? Also, is it possible to download an Enhanced Experience driver separately, or will EE only work with a factory fresh install?

I wish we had a Wiki that outlined the Pros, Cons & functions provided by all Thinkvantage stuff

No - device experience is a generic windows seven api that allows for a manufacturer to advertise what their systems have that set them apart, and also to provide easy access to the tools provided by them. It has nothing to do with Enhanced Experience (1, 2 or 3), which is a low level tweaking of drivers and services to provide the best boot time possible - it is not possible to get enhanced experience from a clean install, for that you need a supported system and the lenovo recovery disks.

I think Enhanced Experience is more of a marketing gimmick than anything else.
It assumes you never touch your system.
If you add devices, services, programs that launch at boot time etc. the whole Enhanced Experience scheme pretty much goes out the window (no pun intended).
I, personally am delighted with the performance of my W700 running Win7 (clean install upgrade from XP) even without Enhanced Experience.
J