Hi guys,
Got mi 2528 since last august, and had not too much bad experiences with it, usual ones, (short batteries time, ocassional lags & one or two dark screens, same as the rest of the 2528 users under the infamous Vista)
Last weekend decided to upgrade to the new Seven, and appart from some minor incompatibilities solved, I can assure it works fine.
Maybe a little "upgrading list" can help others:
On older Amilos under xp, no other way than recompile the XP CD with nLite to add SATA drivers, a real pain, but this new W7 seems to be a little less dumber than his little brothers...
- Even if the most difficult part was to make it recognize SATA drives, (because you can't switch the W7 & Amilo DVD on the fly, it don't work), finally copied the drivers to an USB stick, (tried first original Intel_Matrix_Storage_Driver_(SATA)_8.2.0.1001.zip and No way, it refused to install for some obscure compatibility issue, so tried one of JMicron ones,(JMB36X_WinDrv_R1.17.37WHQL.zip & JMB36X_WinDrv_R1.17.38WHQL.zip) % succeded with the 17.38
Just boot from burned Windows 7 dvd (you can still download the Windows 7 build 7077x86 from the Microsoft site or somewere out trere else & ask Billy Gates for the FREE activation license for 1 year, till april/2010)
- When it asks for drive where to install (it won't recognize them on the fly, but it's smart enough to allow you to select a BROWSE button) on which you can point to one of the 3 usb ports on the Amilo... and just point to one of the JMicron drivers that's all...
- Last, once the W7 finishes it's job, switch out DVD & insert AMILO DRIVERS DVD, let it do the job, automatically detect all hardware, & some minor manual configuration, that's all...
Hope it helps
Carlos