On Nov 30, 5:09 pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
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On Nov 29, 5:09 pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
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On Nov 29, 3:34 pm, wrote:
On Nov 29, 8:59 am, wrote:

On Nov 29, 8:55 am, HK wrote:

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On Nov 29, 8:44 am, HK wrote:
Well, I am taking the plunge.
I am updating my old IBM T23 laptop from Win2k to WINXP Pro.
It's a great little laptop, though technology long passed it
by,
and at
the moment it only has 384KB of memory. If the update "takes,"
I'll
update the RAM to 512KB.

This is the machine I let household guests use.

Gosh, if it works out, I'll be as up to date OS-wise as the
great
computer gurus here.

Yeah, that's a problem. Someone changes a harddrive, or installs
windows and they think they are a CNE.. We go in and clean up
their
messes, all the time

Hopefully, it won't be a problem. I repartioned the single hard
drive
and am reformatting it to get rid of all traces of the old OS.
There's
an active mailing list for the IBM (now Lenovo) portables, and the
gurus
there said I should be able to do the OS upgrade with minimal
hassle.
The only worry I have is being able to find all the device
drivers,
but
I was assured that won't be a serious issue. We shall see. I also
have a
master driver CD around somewhere...

Though I like the IBM portables, this is my last, since the new
owner
of
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I always end up back with Toshiba, and I use mine in the shop! Going
to XP you should have few driver problems. The only poblem we are
having is some of the drivers want to see "C" as the boot drive, and
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Same here, I really like Toshiba laptops. I'm on my second one, the
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I have been loyal to them ever since I desk tested a few in the
woodshop about a decade ago.. They are unstopable...

They are not unstoppable. Just let dust get into the cooling system and
they do stop. Taking them apart to clean them up is real joy. Been
there,
done that.

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Take them apart I have a pretty cool shop, I can do almost anything
there... The last one had an epoxy plug that I fabricated to fit in
the power button hole, when the button disintegrated. I did have one
about 4 years ago that had a lot of recalls so I tried HP last time
around.. I was back at the electronics store begging after about two
months and three seperate shipping charges to send it out for service,
Best Buy (our favorite) finally agreed with me and just traded me for
a new toshiba... I will never stray again, although that Panasonic
work site model looks pretty cool...

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Compressed air, and a screwdriver... I just take them apart when they
get dirty. This one has not been in the woodshop yet..