Running Win7beta on Toshiba U405-S2830.

No problems so far.

Love it.

Wait" wrote:

> I haven't followed this newsgroup for awhile, but I know there are a lot of
> knowledgeable folks who do, so ....
>
> I have an M205 max'd at 1.25 GB RAM. These days I use it more as a docked
> desktop backup machine than as a tablet, though I do occasionally use it as
> a convertible for taking notes and whatnot.
>
> I updated it to Vista Home 32-bit quite some time ago, and it works OK for
> browsing and email. I am considering installing Windows 7 RC in part because
> I've heard it requires less RAM than Vista to run nicely, in part because
> I'd just like to try Windows 7 (particularly on a machine that I don't rely
> on), and in part because I've considered a clean operating system install
> just to improve performance (though the clean install could be to return to
> XP Tablet). The M205 is dependable and still plugging away nicely, though it
> takes forever to boot and of course isn't my option of choice for anything
> processor or memory intensive.
>
> Anyway, has anyone tried Windows 7 on an M205 successfully? Any significant
> driver or other issues? (I still have minor driver issues under Vista when
> booting, with consistent requests for me to run Apoint2K\ApMsgFwd.exe and
> \Apoint2K\Apntex.exe; I recall that other Vista upgraders had this issue on
> the M205, and I've not succeeded with the usual cures, though I haven't
> tried very hard.)
>
> The bottom line is that I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or
> recommendations about upgrading an M205 to Windows 7 RC? Thank you.
>