Which Thinkpads come or came with Windows 7 OEM DVD / CD ?

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Which Thinkpads come or came with Windows 7 OEM DVD / CD ?

#1 Post by crashnburn » Sun May 16, 2010 7:12 pm

Which Thinkpads come or came with Windows 7 OEM DVD / CD ? Which would be good for fresh clean install without any Thinkvantage etc stuff..

Does such a thing even exist in the IBM / Lenovo Thinkpad world?

Or do they all come only with the System Restore DVDs / CDs (just like T6x / X6x) ?

I have 3/4 HP & Dell machines that came with the Win XP / Vista OEM CDs.
T61 8892-02U: 14.1"SXGA+/2.2C2D/4G/XP|Adv Mini Dock|30" Gateway XHD3000 WQXGA via Dual-link DVI
X61T 7767-96U: 12.1"SXGA+/1.6C2D/3G/Vista|Ultrabase
W510 4319-2PU: 15.6"FHD/i7-720QM/4G/Win7Pro64 (for dad)
T43 1875-DLU: 14.1"XGA/1.7PM-740/1G/XP (Old)

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Re: Which Thinkpads come or came with Windows 7 OEM DVD / CD ?

#2 Post by Harryc » Sun May 16, 2010 7:35 pm

Does such a thing even exist in the IBM / Lenovo Thinkpad world?
No, just the complete recovery disc sets are available.

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Re: Which Thinkpads come or came with Windows 7 OEM DVD / CD ?

#3 Post by bill bolton » Sun May 16, 2010 8:52 pm

crashnburn wrote:Which Thinkpads come or came with Windows 7 OEM DVD / CD ?
None.
crashnburn wrote:Does such a thing even exist in the IBM / Lenovo Thinkpad world?
It did exist as part of the limited time Update program available for qualifying purchases around the time Win 7 launched... but that time limit is now long past, so it is no longer available from Lenovo.
crashnburn wrote:I have 3/4 HP & Dell machines that came with the Win XP / Vista OEM CDs.
The HP 6910p I am provided with by my current client came with a tailored install VISTA CD, similar to a Lenovo Factory Recovery set, not a Windows OEM set.

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Re: Which Thinkpads come or came with Windows 7 OEM DVD / CD ?

#4 Post by crashnburn » Mon May 17, 2010 5:07 am

crashnburn wrote:Does such a thing even exist in the IBM / Lenovo Thinkpad world?
bill bolton wrote: It did exist as part of the limited time Update program available for qualifying purchases around the time Win 7 launched... but that time limit is now long past, so it is no longer available from Lenovo.

Cheers,

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Gotcha. What time period was this and what models was this available on?
Was this for models that had already sold with Vista very recent to pre-Win7 launch and "qualified" for FREE Win 7 updates?
T61 8892-02U: 14.1"SXGA+/2.2C2D/4G/XP|Adv Mini Dock|30" Gateway XHD3000 WQXGA via Dual-link DVI
X61T 7767-96U: 12.1"SXGA+/1.6C2D/3G/Vista|Ultrabase
W510 4319-2PU: 15.6"FHD/i7-720QM/4G/Win7Pro64 (for dad)
T43 1875-DLU: 14.1"XGA/1.7PM-740/1G/XP (Old)

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