About to Take the Plunge: Windows 7 64 Bit on T61p. Help me prepare please!

Gents I'm about to do a clean install of WIndows 7 64 bit onto my T61p to upgrade away from the wretched Vista Ultimate. Can you please help me prepare for the transition? What should I expect? Anything I can do in advance to prepare as far as BIOS, drivers, etc? Thank you in advance. I use little to none of the ThinkVantage features. Just plain vanilla user-- surf web, stream Itunes, Bloomberg for finance, etc. Thanks again.

I clean installed W7 x64 on my T61p and it works a treat, as mentioned above by Aryeh Goretsky the card reader was the only obstinate item which TVSU didn't grab for me
Here's where to find the official Lenovo guide to clean installing W7. In it it does state "The bios for each system being installed should be upgraded to the most current for each machine type. There are bios updates for Windows 7 that will be needed. The machine specific bios can be found on the Lenovo support website."
If you do decide you need to upadte the BIOS I very stronly urge you only to do so using the ISO bootable cd method.
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Me = I've got a 3.5 Year Old iMac 7.1, with 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, about to install a 4 & a 2 GB of 667 MHz RAM to make it a 6GB system. I also have a 500GB internal ATA HD, and a 500GB External HD.
For about a year now, I've been doing some modest website publishing with iWeb for my Family etc... Family Tree Website stuff etc...
I use Reunion Genealogy software as well as iPhoto etc.... I just had to replace my internal HD a couple of weeks ago. Now I am wondering if it's time to take the plunge to Aperture? I have over 4,000 photo's stored on my external that I use and access folders on, and am always updating more etc....
Can anyone make serious reccomendations for a novice user for Aperture 3.0, or should I skip it altogether until they work out their bugs?
I have read so many poor reviews....
I am running Snow Leopard and will not upgrade to Lion until (if) I buy a new Computer....
Thanks,
Brian

2006? Probably the last time I considered using iPhoto.
In iPhoto, can you:
Import, name the files with a custom, batch nameing scheme? Such as Creation Date + Custom Text + Numeric Counter?
Can you store them where you want in folders using the Project/File name you are creating?
Can you move the master files around and rename them as well?
These were some of the file management features that kept me from using iPhoto.
Perhaps there are there now. But when I had looked at it, iPhoto would rename a photo, but you could not change the file's name in Finder. So when you emailed the Photo to someone, it did not have the name you had changed it to in iPhoto.
Also, what does item #10 mean in the following link?
http://www.apple.com/aperture/iphoto-to-aperture/

Yikes! About to take the plunge.

So I was trying to wait until Leopard to buy my 15in MacBook Pro, but with all the work piling up as a Junior in college I can't do it any more. All the time spent thinking about it (my first mac!) and dealing with my clunker of a Dell isn't productive anymore. So I missed the free nano and I don't even get Leopard (sigh) but I'm just a few clicks away from saying what the 'heck'. Any words of advice, warning and/or encouragement?

Ahhh... Go ahead dive right in!! I always am on the end of the discussion saying why bother waiting for something like leopard.. I would much rather have a new computer for an extra month than wait and save $129. That extra month of enjoyment and increased productivity is well worth the $129. Enjoy... Jay

Time To Take The Plunge

Well, thanks to what seems like a nice opportunity, I am about to take the plunge later today and get a Rev B ( 20", 2.0ghz, 250GB) iMac. The opportunity? A large, reliable retailer is relocating one of their branches and discarding some of their display stock.
I've been offered $250 CAD off the retail price (which, after taxes, comes to about $283 CAD). That to me seems like a bargain considering I'll be getting full warranty and can buy applecare later. I have, of course, confirmed the specs from the box and will be double-checking that the unit inside the box is the same as that described. I will also be trying to see the unit to make sure it's not badly scratched.
So - in the next couple of hours, I would like the opinions of others. Should there be anything particular I should be asking/looking for prior to handing over my money?
Thanks in advance.

Well, in the end I got a total of $300CAD off ($342 after taxes). I'm quite pleased, and setting up the unit at work - I picked it up on my way - it looks perfect. Of course, I'll find out when I turn the thing on at home, but I had to have my co-workers drooling, so I had it set up next to my desk.
I'll probably copy everything across and buy a wireless router this weekend to take it for a real test run. All I need to do now is find a good source of RAM and then decide between an extra 512 or 1GB chip.
Oh, Wayne: I got it from London Drugs new store in New Westminster. I had heard from a friend on Monday night that their old New West store was clearing them out, and when I asked on Tuesday, I found out they only had one left. Sweet...

Take the Plunge to G5?

I think I'm ready to take the plunge and buy an iMac G5 (found a very good deal on line). But before I do I need to know a few basics about software and whether much of my current software will be unusable with OS 10.3 or 10.4, in which case replacing the software could make the whole thing too expensive. My question is: with some of the software I now use almost daily (especially Photoshop 4.5, and Microsoft Office 97), will these programs work with OS 10,or does OS 10 require newer versions of these software? Would they work with the "Classic" part of OS 10 if not with OS 10 itself? And is Classic like reverting to OS 9? To move from OS 10 to Classic do you have to reboot or can you make the change while booted up? I know these are very basic questions, but they are ones I will need to know before deciding whether to take the plunge.
HK

none of your OS 9 software will work natively in OS X. OS X is an entirely different operating system.
Photoshop 4.5 is a very old version., so it office 97. They probably could run in the classic environment, but more slowly. You might be better off getting something like photoshop elements and using appleworks (comes with the iMac)
As for how classic works, you don't have to reboot to use it. OS 9 boots up within a window and then operates in the background. When you use an OS 9 program, it will come up in windows that look like the OS 9. Classic programs won't be able to use access all the features that OS X programs can.
Where did you find a good deal on the iMac you are considering. Apple controls pricing pretty well, so if its new, its going to cost about the same everywhere. Anything substantially lower that isn't from a regular retailer should be regarded as suspicious. If its used, make sure it comes with the original system disks.

Before I take the Plunge ...

I am about to purchase a Mac-Mini 1.66GHZ Intel Core Duo (2gig RAM) with the Apple 20" Cinema Display.
Just a few questions before I take the plunge...
I have been reading endless posts surrounding the GMA950 graphics processor and have a quick question for any Photoshop Users / Digital Photographers.
Will the GMA950 compliment the quality of the display in regards to image quality. I rely on screen quality for photographic work. I don't want to purchase an expensive display to be let down by the Mini.
I also run Aperture on my Powerbook (G4 - 2 gig RAM) and intend installing onto the Mac-Mini. Has anyone tried this as the Mac-Mini is not listed in the official system requirements.
Are any of the Macromedia products (mainly Dreamweaver) Universal apps ....
My only other daily usage would be i-Life, Office for Mac, internet etc ....
So the big question is ... will the Mini live up to the task or will I be better suited to an i-Mac ??
Replies appreciated
Jason

I have a mini (and a macbook).
I use Aperture on my Macbook and for comparison I think the machines are so close I can safely say that the mini can and does run Aperture fine. Yes I understand the GPU is under the specifications of what apple states but they don't prohibit from running.
Aperture is one of those applications that really relies on the GPU so performance isn't going to be sellar, but I was pleasently surprised in how it did perform. Its usuable and I use Aperture on my Macbook quite a lot. I have a G5 as my main production machine, but the laptop is used to first hold my images and start editting them.
Here's some Benchmarks that I came across in Macnn. While the test machine is a Macbook, the specifications are so close to the mini you really can gain some knowledge.
The GMA950 really won't be problem with photoshop, its only 3d rendering and core video that the performance starts lagging (when compared to the higher end GPUs) and as I already mentioned I was pleasantly surprised.
I typically shoot in RAW mode, Depending on what I'm doing upload 100 to 500 images into Aperture, do some basic exposure, white balancing and other editing before I export the project.
If your asking would an iMac perform better, well the answer is yes and would your money be better spent on the iMac, I'd also say yes. Would the mini be up to the task, yes it would but you should always go by the old addage, get as much computer as you can afford. The iMac has a superior GPU and you setting youself up for the future better with the iMac.
Mike

When I went to bed I had 3,000 song and multiple playlists. This morning I have ~30 songs and no playlists. What could have happened to my songs playlists? I run iTunes on a Windows 7 64-bit machine. HELP! (oh, and the Songs are not in recycle bin)

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My wife's ipod nano was plugged into the machine overnight.
When she went running with it, there were no songs on it. She checked the computer and was horrified to see that the playlists had disappeared and most of the songs had disappeared.
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2. How can I fix it?

Hi, there alot of us suffering from this phernomonon but there is a forum topic about is already.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16767377#16767377
Come check it out.
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Hi,
If my memory serves me right (it’s some while since I changed and I have not used Photoshop for some years…) I was running it on XP. I upgraded to Win 7 on a new machine but ported across files, programmes etc. I cannot recall if Photoshop ever ran on Win 7.
I have tried to reinstall but the CD is warped and despite applying pressure to it neither of my drives likes it. I have Photoshop 7 on my third hard drive, a portable drive, which came from the XP machine.
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neuwerld wrote:
Ohh thanks guys!
It worked as a charm, and thanks Brisbin33 for the autostart.sh tip.
So the thing that caused my whole system not to work as it should was that I forgot to put a "&" after conky?
haha that´s kinda anoying I have been sitting and looking through like a milllion files looking for the answer
But again, really thanks!
/Neuwerld
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also, replacing it with (sleep 1 && conky) & means... wait a second, when that's done successfully (&&) run conky, and put all of that () to the background. that way openbox comes up immediatly and only a second later you've got your panel and monitor.
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TS1702 Hi, I getting a "playback error message" on youtube App. I tried to reinstall the app and to reset and restore the device and all these things didn't help.can you please help me

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That's a peculiar one to get in the context of a QuickTime uninstall.
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How do I fix when I enter about:blank in the address window it doesn't open a page?

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Should I take the plunge?

Hi Folks
I've come to this forum, because I'm on the verge of requesting FTTC broadband. Our exchange and cabinet have just gone live for Infinity, and I would certainly benefit from faster upload as I regularly upload large audio files.
However, all the reported problems on here cause me to hesitate.........
I'm very close to the cabinet, and the BT wholesale checker suggests I should get virtually maximum speeds on both download and upload.
So what's the story?..... Are the majority of customers happy - are these hassles affecting a minority, whether the disconnects or slow evening speeds?
I could go with TalkTalk, (my present ADSL provider) but it will still be BT who will need to fix any issues, so thought I might as well just take the service from them directly......

garyevs wrote:
I am in the same position, also considering signing up for BT Infinity.
It seems that people are really complaining about the lack or ineffective support they receive when they do have a problem. It seems that the BT service desk just go through the motions rather than actually getting things fixed. Is there a plan to return this service to the UK, as this may improve things ? No plans.
I have a couple of other queries I hope someone can help with:
Do BT throttle the service at any time, or block any ports ? No throttling on any of the Totally Unlimited Packages
Are there any restrictions to users using a VPN ? No
My current provider provides a webpage showing connection logs etc, is this type of thing available ? Depends what you are looking for. Nothing is provided by BT in the form of a log that shows what or when you connected but you can access the Homehub router stats.
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Ready to take the plunge, but dont want to face plant

Had this baby for 10 months. I thought before I tried to OC I'd post up and see what the Pro's have to say...
have played with Core Center and NTune off the MSI site for my MB, dont like either. Core Center will clock to 2.4 stable, anything higher blue screens. NTune goes through its thing but i cant figure out how it works.
I'd like to do a modest OC in Bios
looking for advice and links from the big boys
question, can i use ClockGen to play around with settings, then use those numbers for my bios OC?
i have all the files.... cpuz,prime,memtest and speedfan etc. -all latest-
this will be on AIR with a Fatal1ty FS-C77 in a CoolerMaster WaveMaster
PSU is a OCZ Modstream520w

Well, nobody spoke up... so i took the plunge, looks like i didnt face plant after all.
followed the OC NF4 Guide....
AMD3500+ 0.13 SH7-CG (12hr prime and BF2 tested at 2.5)max temp was 39c
CPU at x10
HT at x4
FSB at 250
Vcore at +6.6%v
mem at 2.80
mem divider at 166
2.5-3-3-8 T1
took 3hrs
looks like i got lucky with my 3500+..... CPU will go up to 2.85, mem wont at any mutli
cant belive i was to chicken to OC the last 11 months.....
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Upgrading to cs5 (or cs6 in the future) windows xp 64 bit, is it possible?

Hello,
I own CS4 Design premium.
I am upgrading a machine to windows xp 64 bit, at the moment.
It was unclear from the system requirments page whether cs5 supports win XP 64 bit. It says it supports vista 64 bit and win 7 of course.
Meanwhile, if I reinstall cs4 - on a win xp 64 bit machine - will it work. Does the installer include a dvd for 64bit??
Will next versions of Creative suite include support for Win xp? Or will it be obsolete?
Thanks
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http://www.koomkoom.com

XP 64 is totally unsupported for all version of Creative Suite. If you want to upgrade to 64 bit (and I highly recommend doing so, if you have a machine capable of it) then Windows 7 64 bit would be the way to go.
CS3 and later all run very nicely on it and you won't have to worry about support being cut off.
Bob

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