I currently have an L460 that can multi-boot W7/8/10/11. I am Thinking about getting the newly released E16 Gen 2. The problem I see here is that there are no Windows 10 drivers offered for this model on the Lenovo support site. When I look at the downloads for the E16 Gen 1, I see drivers offered for both W10 and W11. I'm wondering if these drivers could be used for the Gen2. I would like to keep using W10 and W11. Has anyone managed installing W10 on the E16 Gen2?
I'm trying to find out before purchasing the new Gen 2 HW and hoping someone else that already has an E16 Gen2 will chime in. AMD and Intel versions were announced in March this year. I took a look at the G1/G2 Wifi inf files for W10/W11 and they were pretty much identical. Would that be an implication of the W10 drivers working on the G2? Is there anything else I could check that might be an indication of being able to use the W10 drivers? I would hate to be stuck on W11 only. I would prefer getting HW that still supports at least W10 and up. The G1 does, but some things are outdated compared to the G2 specs The E16 also allows for 2 internal SSDs which I don't see on other ThinkPad models (L/T)
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That sounds promising. Is that a general statement or specific to the Thinkpad E16 G1/G2? I only briefly checked one inf. Won't the device IDs for the W11 drivers play a roll as to whether a component will install? I.e. if a component device id is not included in the W11 inf?
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