Well, we all have different needs, and these two OS's are unquestionably 
different.  So, has anyone here had any success with XP on one of these newer 
Thinkpad models?

Thanks!

- TK

At 2/17/2011 03:00 PM, Rob Bell wrote:
>On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:13 +0200, "Dominique Pivard"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 17.02.2011 20:37, you, TK wrote:
>> 
>> > Speaking of X201's and X301's, is anyone here running XP on any of
>> > these newer models?  Would XP from an earlier Thinkpad model install
>> > successfully on one of these?
>> > 
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_Vista
>> >  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_7
>> 
>> Frankly, regardless of the above list, I don't see why I would be 
>> wanting to run XP instead of Win 7 Pro on my X301...
>> 
>> Cheers, Dominique
>
>I'll second that.  Windows 7 is a great modern OS.  I've been a power
>user for many, many years and I have no problems with Win7.  About the
>only thing I can think of that is really missed from XP (for me) is
>hardware profiles.  I used to use that to disable a laptop's wireless
>NIC when docked so the thing didn't try to connect wired & wireless at
>once.  Otherwise Win7 is super.
>
>Rob

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