IBM ThinkPad T42 With Windows 7 and Windows Vista

[oTimeIsLife]

How much ram could I put into the T42? I'm thinking of buying one

[jamesrschultz]

@oTimeIsLife I think the maximum is 1GB

[r4microds]

My friend gave me one, but i couldnt get a charger.. I finally got one, im not sure what's compleatly wrong with it. He told me to just screw around with it and learn bout laptops. I have an XP disc, but i think i'll use Ubuntu instead. I may try a uber lite build of win7, they can run off about 256mb fairly well, with extra memory to spare. But its the CORE basic of the whole OS.

[yellowbook1234567]

its a tranformation pack you lieing

[pcpik3r]

@yellowbook1234567 no its nt its just theres no aero

[thewitt2006]

wow you're cute:)

[jayke1k996]

i'm doing that with my t41 exept windows 7 starter :)

[SuperHohoho12]

i have the R32 will it work

[jamesrschultz]

@SuperHohoho12 Maybe, but it won't be very fast.

[vilgefortz1]

Can you tell me did you have any problems with drivers for windows 7?

Which drivers you had to install additionaly (windows 7 did not install them)?

Does everything work ok?

[jamesrschultz]

@vilgefortz1 It's been so long, I don't remember. I just used Lenovo's driver site, and Windows Update. I don't recall any major problems though.

[clear4gnetwork]

its not a good i dea to put windows 7 because of some drivers and specs and due to the pentium the machine will become slow and i know this cause i tired it and im a technician :)

[willpritchard96]

I have a 3com wireless card in my t42 and will i be able to get the wireless internet on vista? (does lenveo have wireless and sound software which supports vista) thanks.

[jamesrschultz]

@willpritchard96 Yeah, Vista drivers will work in 7, and if it came with the T42, Lenovo should support it.

[hammy6427]

if u had as many sidebar gadgets on 7 when it was booting (not when u enabled them when it started) it wld of been the same. and its not windows vistas fault u hv an old comp and barely any ram, if u hv 1gb or more of ram then it runs it gr8 and its so cheap 2 get ram and so easy 2 install.

[jamesrschultz]

@hammy6427 This machine only supports 2GB max... and I never bothered upgrading it.

[klopsiak]

@jamesrschultz hi, im getting this ibm t42 in couple of days and i want to ask you, how do you think, would it run vista 64bit? Thanks in advice.

[jamesrschultz]

@klopsiak This processor is not 64-bit capable.

[TdzaleskiVids]

I recconize the background all right... Its the beta/rc release of windows 7...

[windowslover1]

I'm getting this laptop in about two days. My specs are:

1.7 GHz

1GB DDR RAM

40 GB Hard drive

How well do you think my machine would run windows 7? I have the disc and everything but I'm wondering if it is a good idea?

[jamesrschultz]

@windowslover1 I HIGHLY recommend getting 2GB of RAM, if you do, it'll be great. If not, it'll be just okay.

[windowslover1]

@jamesrschultz Ok thanks I got the laptop but I haven't put windows 7 on yet. I think I will take your advice and buy another gig of ram.

By the way, I LOVE this laptop. Best I have had

[jonnyattack]

`will this affect the battery life??

[jamesrschultz]

@jonnyattack It will take more power to run Vista or 7, but not all that much.

[corey420420420]

have you ever tried to use your svideo on this computer with windows 7 ? i have but it wont work for me, if you can figure out how to work it let me know

[jamesrschultz]

@corey420420420 I never tried it... try hitting the Windows key and P and try some options in there.

[corey420420420]

@jamesrschultz i tried it but when i push the windows button and p nothing happens

[jamesrschultz]

@corey420420420 Well, it should let you change monitors in Windows 7 when you do that. Try VGA then.

[dalekfilms]

Im getting the exact same laptop and it has 2gb RAM, would that mean it would run Vista very fast? Thanks, :D Good Review

[jamesrschultz]

@dalekfilms It would run Windows 7 much better, but Vista would run decently.

[93ATD]

@Tahsin3000

how you got everything done..

i am soo stuck of getting all my drivers like my wifi router is not even working either

hellpp :(

[esesolox3]

what is ur resolution

[jamesrschultz]

@esesolox3 1024x768

[jamesrschultz]

Put the CD/DVD in the drive, shutdown, and restart. Boot into the disk, follow onscreen instructions.

[jamesrschultz]

Windows update and Lenovo's website's drivers for Windows Vista.

[xMandalorex]

max ram for a T42?

[jamesrschultz]

2GB 2048MB

[xMandalorex]

thank's but is that more than enough to run windows 7 ?

[jamesrschultz]

It's a good amount, should be no problems.

[xMandalorex]

cheers bud

[MTAsaFaN]

Hawe you found all drivers ?

Or it was automatic installed with win 7 ?

If you found please upload them.

[jamesrschultz]

Windows update and lenovo(dot)com

[RJTamm93]

Damn Vista runs really slow on that T42. Runs perfectly fine on my T43, just as good as 7 and XP.

[1983oo]

win7 so great ^_^!

[YoungbuckRulz]

i have that same thing with 7 why wont the grapic card update to the real driver not the vga grpaic card shit

[jamesrschultz]

Yeah... I wish I could figure it out.

[YoungbuckRulz]

oh well its still pretty cool to have win 7 anyways.

[gr8ak1]

i got exactly the same laptop and the performance is horribl with clean install and highest performing graphics drivers i could find

[jamesrschultz]

With this laptop you really NEED 2GB of RAM for Vista/ 7 and  AT LEAST 1GB for XP or 2000.

[orka1000]

Hi, thanks for the video. Did you have to install any drivers or windows 7 recognized automatically all the hardware?

[7naoufal]

i have 3.2 ghz processeur- 512 mb ram- 160 gb hard disk -64 mb video card run windows seven ????

[jamesrschultz]

Yeah, it would work, but I would highly reccommend 128MB or more for aero and much much much better performance.

[jamesrschultz]

DDR2 would be better, so it would be faster.

[jrus1]

did you get your OSD functions to work in Windows 7?

Like the volumu up/down keys, thinklight, mute, do they all display on screen when pushed.

[jamesrschultz]

I never tried it, but you might be able to. It was not designed for Vista/7 so it might not though. Maybe run the exe in compatibility mode...?

[mitulabattyi]

The OSD works on my T43 with Windows 7! I think, it's also work with t42.

[lopezgiancarlo]

i'm wondering if you have the new driver for the windows 7 in your laptop because i don't think lenovo have it.

[jamesrschultz]

Not yet, but they will soon. nVidia has a Windows 7 driver out though.

[kiltsonfire164]

I think i like the IBM Thinkpad is better than the Lenovo's since they Now manufacture it as of Late 2005.

[alexader297]

ya, it should be much better than before but i think you should beef it up to its max being 2gb it should be even better. I find that Vista needs at least 3 gb of ram to be decent but i for windows 7 i dont know but i think it would need even more. BTW i have a t42 that is just like yours.

[jamesrschultz]

If that freaking DDR RAM were not so expensive, I would put 2GB in it. It's not my primary machine, I use a ThinkPad Z61t. I love the T42 though, and if it wouldn't cost hundreds, it would have 2GB in it in the morning. I agree with you though.

[alexader297]

nice, you seem to be a Thinkpad fan like me I also have a t30 in which my sister is using it, also unfortunately its suffering damage and poor care because if it and i also have a 380xd I picked up for free its rock solid and it works great. Just so you know i wouldn't rely on the number in task manage that you did for the RAM usage i found that number was just Microsoft eye candy instead i rely on the number labeled available under the physical memory category to determine the ram usage.

[jamesrschultz]

Yeah, ThinkPads are the best laptops available. My Z series is blissful. I just upgraded it to 4GB of RAM, works great!

[alexader297]

Excellent I love them to i try to keep my newly acquired T42 in good clean condition, sorry for the dialogue .

[alexader297]

your sucking that thinkpad dry

[jamesrschultz]

Pretty much. I have a gig of RAM in it now, so it's much, much, much better!