Hi George,

Thanks for confirming my suspicion that this unit is around 8 years old 
& would likely have limited RAM, 256 or 384 MiB, plus a possible problem 
of recognizing an HDD > 6 GiB.  I will ask her to get the  model & 
series number from the unit, but she is away for 2 weeks & the so-called 
technical chap may or may not respond to any request for information 
from me.  However, I will pass on your input for her perusal... thanks.


On 08/07/06 at 12:19, George Czerw wrote about the subject of
"[OS2HW] IBM Laptop Model 610?"
>  ** Reply to message from Kenn Yuill  on Sat,
>  08 Jul 2006 10:38:36 -0400
>
>  Kenn,
>
>  I scoured IBM/Lenovo's websites and there is no IBM Thinkpad Model
>  610 listed anywhere. They only list models 600, 600E and 600X, which
>  were first introduced in 1998 and obsoleted in 1999.  The 600 & 600E
>  had Pentium II processors up to 366MHz, the 600x had a Mobile Pentium
>  III, either 500 or 650MHz.  I would have your wife try to get the
>  exact Model & Series information from the IBM service tag on the
>  boffom of the unit.  Then you can really figure out what it is.
>
>  The 600 series thinkpads were nice machines in their time, but I
>  wouldn't waste $$$ on one now, when you can buy refurbished 1.2 P4
>  notebooks online for $400!
>
>  George
>
>
>
> >> I am not familiar with the model nos. of IBM laptops and my wife
> >> has an opportunity to purchase a used model 610 from her employer
> >> for $120 CAD.  Her aim is to use this laptop for the short term,
> >> ~6 months, then replace it with a newer ThinkPad or Toshiba.  I
> >> did a search for this model on Lenovo's site with no hits, but
> >> see references to the 600 series on Bill Morrow's site,
> >> , such as battery issues & an
> >> article on how to "mount a HDD over the 6 gig
limitation" for a
> >> "760X series".  Of course, the 600 series may be
newer & not
> >> suffer such a limitation.  However, I do not see any search
> >> facility on this site, which is a shame, so will have to glean as
> >> much as possible from these articles.  I am interested in knowing
> >> any problems &/or limitations from any current or former
> >> owner/users of a Model 610, or the 600 series, as well as any
> >> other site where reliable information is available.
> >>
> >> Would anyone offer advice on such a purchase? TIA.
                                -oOo-  

-- 

Chimo,
      Kenn
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