-=> Poindexter Fortran wrote to Sniper <=-


 PF> "Sniper"  wrote

 > That's exactly what I did.  It orginally had a 8 gig HD in it and now has
 > a 40 gig that's partitioned in half, for a dual boot system.  Have WinXP
 > Pro and Debian Linux on it.

 PF> I work for a company with a collection of older PII and PIII laptops -
 PF> mostly Thinkpad 600Es, 600Xes, and Thinkpad X20 series (the light, tiny
 PF> ones). My laptop, an X22, has an ATA-100 hard drive controller, but
 PF> came with an ATA-33 drive! replacing the drive with a newer, faster
 PF> ATA-100 drive made a huge improvement in system speed. It runs Windows
 PF> XP just fine, I use it heavily every day.

 PF> So, $50 for the drive, $50 for the new battery and I have a 3 pound
 PF> laptop that gets an honest 3 1/2 hours battery life instead of making
 PF> work pay $1600 for a new one. I hope I can convince them to let me take
 PF> it when I go, seeing how old and obsolete it is. :)

I'm actually quite happy with my Dell notebook.  Its heavy, but it runs
what I need.  I've had some of my friends tell me I "Need" to get the
latest/greatest...  I got a PC for that.  :)



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