Thinkpad W510 advice

[Linda]

On 01/25/2011 08:22 AM, Mark Widdicombe wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 09:12 -0500, bauerh wrote:
>> I am about to take possession of my new Thinkpad W510, which comes with
>> Genuine Windows 7 Professional(32bit), Intel
>> Core i7-720QM Processor(1.6 GHz, 6MB L3,1333MHz). I do NOT intend to use
>> Windows but install ubuntu 10.10.
>> As I am not sure about the correct procedure of removing win 7 from the
>> installation without jeopardising a clean ubuntu installation, your
>> expert, highly experienced guidance is sought and kindly requested.
>> Hans
> Hi Hans,
>
> I would not uninstall it, just reduce the size of its partition and then
> install Ubuntu in a dual boot configuration.  It will make it much
> easier a couple of years down the line when you may want to resell your
> Thinkpad to have the original OEM install of Windows still installed.
> We have Windows 7 Professional installed on our desktop, but we never
> boot it and I've almost forgotten it's there.  It only takes up about
> 20G of HD space.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
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Plus if you need to replace a part under warranty it 
probably would make it simpler. My daughter just had a dead 
DVD drive in her thinkpad  they logged in remotely tried a 
few things and then sent her a new part to swap out. Just a 
thought.
        Linda