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Running Windows Vista on a laptop · 26. December 2006, 15:42 by Derek Torres

This week, I installed Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit on a Toshiba Satellite laptop (Intel centrino duo 1.6 MhZ processor, 2GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, Vista premium label) and a few notes:

Installation (not upgrade) took approximately 35 minutes
I bought the machine for under $1000, so you can have an Aero-ready laptop without breaking the bank
The Mobile PC center is pretty cool. The features are easy to use, make sense, and I find myself going back to it more often than I thought.

One thing that sucks is that computer manufacturers provide their installation CD backup for you. Well, if you are planning on upgrading (I qualified for the express upgrade, but ended up using my own copy), there’s no word on whether or not manufacturer’s are planning a new bundle/backup CD to provide at a later point in time.

After I installed Vista, I put in the Toshiba CD and it correctly pointed out that the OS was not the same and wouldn’t work. Since manufacturers aren’t keen on letting you selectively install bundled applications, I’m unable to “get” any of the “cool” stuff that shipped with the laptop. Just a thought.