Were it me, I'd probably run it for a couple weeks without activating anyway to be sure it was going to be suitable for my needs.īTW, I've read that you can upgrade this laptop to at least 4GB ram despite Dell saying 2GB is the limit. You can probably download one corresponding to the X86 version of your Win7 from Digital River (who is a Microsoft distributor) - the following link includes separate download links and a guide on how to create an appropriate install media:ĭo note that you will likely have to call to do the product activation via telephone. Instead, you'd want to get a 32 bit install media and use your 64 bit product keycode to install Win7 (keycodes in Vista/Win7 support both 32bit and 64 bit installs, and any Vista/Win7 install media can be made to install with OEM or retail keycodes ). There is a 32 bit Vista driver, which is what others are using to get Win7 to run. It won't work as there is no 64 bit video driver for this laptop. If you run into anything shoot me a PM, I can probably help. Ideally, you won't even have this problem to begin with. Of course you could just disable the touchpad altogether without installing the Synaptics driver (Win7 recognizes it as a generic PS/2 mouse). Google for it.Ĭ) You may not experience this issue, but on the 1501 I setup with Win7, there was an odd problem with the touchpad doing funky stuff with the cursor while typing, so I googled for the Synaptics touchpad driver, installed it, and I disabled tapping for left-click, and haven't had the problem since.
The proper drivers for everything are found and installed at the completion of the Win7 install, except for 3 items:Ī) ATi/Intel Video card driver, that's obvious, just find the Windows 7 drivers for them.ī) Ricoh Media Card Reader. Don't even visit the Dell website for any support or drivers, you won't need it. It runs just as well as XP ran on it previously. Yes, you can install Windows 7 on the Dell Inspiron 1501, I have done a 32 bit install of W7 Ultimate on that exact laptop.
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