Windows 7 on the t42p (and the HP TC1100)

[Menneisyys]

Windows 7 indeed seems to be really superior to Vista (Ultimate). It recognized all the components of my t42p - without having to install any drivers except the 2200gb one (it listed other three components as unrecognized; however, after a simple "look around on net", everything just worked). Sure, it has some minor software incompatibilities (for example, neither the WinCE FS plug-in nor T-PoT work for Total Commander; not even the latest, Vista-compliant versions of Alcohol seem to work), but still far fewer than with Vista.

A quick warning: if you have OS X on your PC (and its boot manager is the active one), you *will* need to use EasyBCD to restore the OS X boot. With "plain" Windows XP, this won't be needed - the boot loader of the previous OS will be preserved.

I'll also install it on my a31p - I'll report on this later.

After having pretty bad luck with Vista on my TC1100 (it was REALLY slow and didn't recognize, among other things, my Intel 2200gb), I had pretty good success with Win 7 on it too. Currently, everything seems to work

[GomJabbar]

Just installed Windows7 Beta 32-bit, and Opera 10 Alpha. Needed the Intel 2200BG drivers. A search on the net suggested using the XP drivers, not the Vista ones. I downloaded the drivers from the following Intel webpage and they work fine.

Intel® PRO/Wireless and WiFi Link Drivers-Only for Windows* XP

Now it looks like I might have to go into the BIOS to disable the TouchPad. Without the UltraNav drivers to disable it, that thing is driving me nuts!

[GomJabbar]

Installed the Sierra Wireless 3G watcher for my 860 AirCard, and it works fine.

[GomJabbar]

Now it looks like I might have to go into the BIOS to disable the TouchPad. Without the UltraNav drivers to disable it, that thing is driving me nuts!

Good news, the Vista 32-bit UltraNav drivers work (I installed 32-bit Windows 7 Beta)! I was able to disable the touchpad and now I have scrolling in Opera!

UltraNav driver for Windows Vista 32-bit - ThinkPad

[EvilH]

Attempted to install Win7 on my Motion Computing m1400. Most the things that worked in Vista worked in Win7 except for video so I was stuck at 800x600. Put Vista back on it. My TC1100's hard drive died so until I can find my spare IDE drive and my extra 1gig stick of DDR it is just going to sit around collecting dust. Buying a new larger hard drive for my T60 so I can try out the beta on it without messing with my girlfriends Sims 2 save .