Thinkpad W510 advice

[bauerh]

On 11-01-25 10:54 AM, Linda wrote:
> 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
>
Good, valuable thought.
Thank you, Linda
Hans