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texasmike · #1 Post by **texasmike** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:54 am

Hello everyone,

New guy here. Ordered my first Thinkpad a week or so ago (R61i). I run Linux (Debian) at home on my desktop and the R61i comes with Vista. Will probably set it up to dual boot, Win/Linux. The folks on the Debian forum really like the Thinkpad. Works very well with Linux!

Anyway.. hello and I hope to talk to you all sometime.

vanaya · #2 Post by **vanaya** » Fri May 23, 2008 1:43 pm

Welcome neighbor! Hope your project works well, this forum is jammed packed with good info.

#3 Post by **carbon_unit** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:26 pm

Welcome to the forum!
Make sure you create your Vista restore discs before you install Linux. You never know when they might come in handy. If recovery discs come with it they may be XP instead of Vista. Having both is an advantage when it comes time to sell it.

texasmike · #4 Post by **texasmike** » Sat May 24, 2008 3:50 am

carbon_unit wrote:Welcome to the forum!
Make sure you create your Vista restore discs before you install Linux. You never know when they might come in handy. If recovery discs come with it they may be XP instead of Vista. Having both is an advantage when it comes time to sell it.

Will do! Does the Thinkpad have a recovery partition?

#5 Post by **ZaZ** » Sat May 24, 2008 7:16 am

I'd be surprised if it didn't have one. You might want to make a copy of the SWTools folder as well. It contains all the apps and drivers installed on your machine if at some point in the future you wish to do a clean install.

texasmike · #6 Post by **texasmike** » Sat May 24, 2008 9:18 pm

Well, my /projected/ ship date was 6/10. It shipped today!

texasmike · #7 Post by **texasmike** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:09 am

My R61i is really great. Running Vista SP1 right now. Applied several tweaks I found in this forum. This laptop is extremely durable comparing to all the others I have looked at. No complaints here!

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