Lenovo T400 again with windows vista

I have a Lenovo T400 with Windows Vista and I would like to upgrade to Windows 10.

10 free update Windows suddenly appeared in other laptops I own (even on machines T61) but it seems that there is no upgrade path to Win10 of Vista, it does Win7/8.

Then... I know that I can buy a license key for less than $20, but I wonder is there an official way to improve this machine from Vista to Win7.

Which is still possible?

Thank you!

You can still use switchable graphics, however it is not the easy way. You would have to use the BIOS to switch, and then the right video driver loads, depending on the chosen graphics chip.

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