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Old 04-22-2012, 11:40 PM   #99
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Originally Posted by no.guru View Post
Hardware varies, I'm sure, but I wasn't speaking hypothetically. I've installed Windows 7 on the laptop I'm using currently a couple of times, each time without hardware issues. No driver installation was needed.

It was time-consuming, but only because I wanted everything also on my desktop before installing.
That does happen IF the OS you are installing recognizes the hardware of the computer you are installing it on.

Oft times the OS will not recognize the hardware. Windows 7 does a remarkable job of identifying and installing driver software if it has a viable internet connection. If the on-board Ethernet/WIFI device is not recognized, that is simply not going to happen.

Even then, the Microsoft driver is often inferior to the OEM device driver and would benefit being updated.
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