T60 2008-HK4 upgrade to Win7 from XP

This T60 2008-HK4 has the T5600 Intel Core Duo and ATI Mobility Radeon X1300. I have the Win7 Pro upgrade retail pack which says this upgrade has to be done as a clean install. I've visited the Lenovo site and picked up as many drivers as were available but I don't see higher than a Vista one from 2007. Similar story with the Ethernet driver.
Has anyone done this upgrade with this configuration? Did you encounter any pitfalls related to these missing drivers or did the old Vista ones work OK?
I haven't made up my mind yet whether to go to 64-bit. I do have 4 GB RAM aboard. One counter-argument is my need to use Adobe Framemaker, which has a bad rap trying to work on 64-bit. Other than software limitations, are there other pitfalls with 64-bit on this hardware?
TIA
Thinkpad T60 2008 HK4 dual-boot Win7 Pro/Linux Mint 11 (Katya)
T43 2005 vintage 2668-84M, various Linuxen
T42 X 2 in the family network (2374-BX2, 2373 4WM) both WinXP
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Thanks for the super-quick reply. Ake! Ake ! Ake! then.
Thinkpad T60 2008 HK4 dual-boot Win7 Pro/Linux Mint 11 (Katya)
T43 2005 vintage 2668-84M, various Linuxen
T42 X 2 in the family network (2374-BX2, 2373 4WM) both WinXP

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