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From: james@nospam.com
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Subject: Re: Since we're talking about Lenovo Thinkpads......
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 03:37:36 -0600
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On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:43:53 -0600, Paul in Houston TX
 wrote:

>james@nospam.com wrote:
>> Since we're talking about Lenovo Thinkpads...... (another thread), I
>> have been considering getting another laptop that is a little more
>> modern and faster. I've been pretty pleaswd with my T43 models.
>(snip)
>
>I like my company provided t420.
>Make sure that your new prospective Lenovo has actual buttons by the touch
pad.
>If you go with W7 get a 64 bit one and you can have 8 gb RAM or more.
>It will be faster than XP and you can run several programs at the same time.
>W7 will take some getting used to but I like it better than XP.
>My old t400 and t410 did not support 64 bit. I still have the t410 32 bit W7
and
>it crawls compared to the t420 64 bit. I agree with you on not getting w8x or
w10.

I will only go with Windows 7 if the computer comes with a pre-install
of it. I am not paying $100 or more to buy a Win7 installer CD, and that
seems to be the going rate. If I get a laptop with a blank HDD, I'll
just install XP (which I have). 

I dont know if I want the 64 bit though, if I cant run my old software.
For example, I run Winamp and I created a lot of visualizations for it,
over the years and I want to keep using it. I still run Paint Shop Pro
and I still prefer the early versions 3 thru 5. After that it got too
bloated and complicated. Almost all the software I use is from the late
90s or early 2000s. 

Mostly what I use my laptop for is to use it at WIFI spots, and play my
videos and music when I am on the road. I'm not sure waht I have for RAM
in this T43, but I know it's the maximum allowed on that machine.
I'm sure I could use more RAM, but I still think it's Firerfox that
causes the slowing down syndrome. It's like FF gets overloaded. Clearing
the cache helps a little bit.
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