Has anyone succeeded in installing Vista on old T40P?

[bigscreen]

I am trying to install Windows Vista RC1 on my old T40P but the setup is terminating the installation process after an hour with a "system failure". Now I wonder if the download + DVD burned is damaged or if the machine is simply not ready for Vista.

Has anyone succeeded in installing Vista on an old T40P?
And if yes, is there a chance to get the Aero stuff working with the FireGL 9000?
I don't care if it's slow, since I'm using this machine for testing only.

[mysbca]

Have you try running the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor? It will tell you what your hardware limitations are.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/g ... fault.mspx

I don't have a T40p, but I've just installed Vista RC1 on a T41p and it seems to be running okay, including the Aero interface. The T41p has the 128MB FireGL T2.

[ZaZ]

There is no reason it shouldn't run. You may or may not get Aero depending on the card. I have seen it running on Intel 950 cards just fine sans Aero. I also have had it working on my T42 quite well. I personally found Aero annoy as it sometimes made things hard to read. To each his/her own I guess. Good Luck.

[semaj]

i ran vista on my t41 without aero and it worked fine besides my wireless card at the time didnt have drivers(this was beta v 1) and recently beta 2 with my t41p and it worked fine(i don't remember about the wireless). I have the intel prowireless 2100b card

[equinoxx]

I had no major difficulties installing Vista on my T40p. In fact, I've done the install about five times now, using both a pressed DVD from Microsoft, and the download-and-burn RC1 image. The FireGL 9000 doesn't have enough memory to deliver the full Aero Glass experience at SXGA+, but the basic UI stuff, minus the transparency effects, are there.

My main issue with Vista is a weird audio glitch. I do some sound recording using a nice USB condenser mic (Samson C01U), which produces wonderfully clean audio under XP. In every build of Vista I've tried, however, the sound is consistently overdriven and distorted.