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(i looked around for similar question; if this has been asked here before, apologies)

I bought a T400 in August 2009; my understanding was that I would get (eventually)
Windows7 update media (DVD's?) when MSFT released W7 for real. I thought I also read
that it was MSFT, who would actually send the update disks.

Has anyone rcv'ed their updates, without asking for them?
or do i/we need to make an explicit request (at Lenovo, and/or MSFT)

I could probably download W7 iso's, from MSDN, the next time i'm at company hq,
but it w/b less time consuming, less error-prone to get factory-pressed DVD's ...

You have to actually register for the upgrade and pay about $17 to cover shipping and handling.

I bought my T400 back in July and went through a registration process on the Lenovo site. It went something like this: Register with CC details, get a response, send proof of purchase, wait... and wait... until credit card is charged the $17 and then wait... and wait... and still waiting! Not sure who the disc ultimately comes from, but the process is handled for Lenovo by a third-party vendor I've never heard of.

The registration page is here: http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/windows7-si ... _win7.html

I bought a 2 month old T400 for $580 Canadian and had to pay $30 for the upgrade disc. Still waiting for that too, and I will probably only use the license plus a clean install disc

I'm not sure where they are shipping those Windows 7 disks from. The Moon? It seems to be taking forever. I just got a shipping confirmation today.

I just got the email too and the time quote says "3-5 days" so I should get it next week

Got mine... Gosh, I expected alot more for 17USD plus. Came in a small padded envelope, invoice, plastic sealed, Lenovo directions, 2 cd (Win7, Lenovo), and the COA stuck to the CD sleeve. No OS lable to slap on the palmrest ... hummm, but its here.

pipspeak wrote:Not sure who the disc ultimately comes from, but the process is handled for Lenovo by a third-party vendor I've never heard of.

Microsoft picked the vendor to handle the process.

chickendumpling wrote:Got mine... Gosh, I expected alot more for 17USD plus. Came in a small padded envelope, invoice, plastic sealed, Lenovo directions, 2 cd (Win7, Lenovo), and the COA stuck to the CD sleeve. No OS lable to slap on the palmrest ... hummm, but its here.

Ah yes, but those two discs worked like a charm for me... clean install of Win7 on a new hard drive, plus all Lenovo drivers and apps, all in less than a half hour. Smooth as butter

The only weirdness was that the Windows disc looked like someone had dragged it along the road for a half mile. Still worked, but looked a bit beat up.

Yes, my disks were all scratched up as well. But they worked... I did the upgrade (had some games etc installed - did not want to start over). It was very slow - had to been a couple of hours (but I wasn't keeping track).

I noticed less memory and CPU usage in Win 7 immediately - like that

Is that COA sticker fixed permanently to the cd sleeve?

The following Lenovo applications have no Win 7 Support (the rest were compatible or had updates)?
Presentation Director
Easy Eject Utility

I also received mine in the mail yesterday. $30CAD (cause they like to overprice everything in Canada).

I'm not going to use the Windows 7 CD, just the license.

My $17 Windows 7 disks arrived yesterday, same packaging as already described. Oddly, my confirmation email sent me to a UPS tracking screen, but the tracking number they provided was not accepted. They arrived via U.S. Mail.

I was surprised that Lenovo didn't handle the cost after spending $1800+ on a loaded T400 a month prior.

Win 7 works great, simple install... and System Update 4.0 will download the few Win 7 ThinkVantage apps currently available.

I ordered a set in Mid-August. No shipping confirmation, no emails, nothing.