Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 07:47:50 GMT
From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: L70 RAM and OS question
below...
>From: Viboon Chaojirapant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: L70 RAM and OS question
>Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 20:00:56 -0700
>
>Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:13:28 +0800
>From: Viboon Chaojirapant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: L70 RAM and OS question
>
>Hi All,
>
>I will be obtaining a used Libretto 70 from a friend.
>This will be my first notebook computer, so I am
>really excited about it. New ones are priced beyond
>my reach :(.
>
I know that feeling...:(
>Anyway, I have 3 questions:
>
>1. Can the L70 RAM go above 32MB? I know it says in
> the spec that 32MB is the maximum. But what is
> the restriction here? BIOS? I really want to have
> at least 64MB, because of bloated OSs.
Nope, you're restricted to 32M - the wires don't exist to put a bigger
amount in, and there are no bigger memory modules to fit. Sorry!
>
>2. Is the L70, with 120MHz CPU and 32MB RAM and 1.6GB HD,
> capable of running Win98SE and MS Office 97? Anyone
> tried this before?
I use office97 on a 100MHz/32Mb CT50 but I restrict myself to word and excel
as those are the only packages I generally use. I'd be inclined to use W95b
though - it's faster than 98 (unless you use the 98Lite install to remove
IE5 etc) and really the only difference is the USB handling - which doesn't
apply to the 50 or 70 anyway.
>
>3. If I were to install Linux instead, do you think
> that Mandrake 7.1 would run on it? I have Mandrake 7.0
> on my desktop, but I am not sure whether the same
> configuration can be used for notebook computers.
I don't see any reason why Mandrake 7.1 shouldn't work - 6.1 runs a dream
with one exception: netscape is a major memory hog and can take some time to
run up. KDE is probably not the best desktop manager in terms of memory and
processor usage but I use it without problems for may main activities under
linux: using klyx for writing and software development.
One warning: the easiest way to load linux is from a hard disc copy of the
CD (this doesn't work for e.g. stormlinux which needs a cd or nfs load).
There are problems with the floppy drive not working after the linux core
starts up to handle the load so you can't do it that way without headaches
(though there are some workarounds) and you *must* format the HD originally
in the libretto to make sure it leaves space for hibernation in the correct
location.
My setups:
a) 6G drive, 4G windows, 2G linux
b) 3.2G drive, 800M dos, 2.4G linux
both of these have a copy of the install disc in the windows/dos partition
until I need the space!
The easiest way for me to install (I have no portable CDrom) is to
a) make a windows boot disk
b) use that to fdisk and format the windows partition
c) stuff the lib disk (with an adaptor) into a desktop
d) copy the install disk to the windows partition
e) do the install, let disk druid sort out the non-dos bits of the
partition.
Neil
>
>Thank you for your input.
>
>--
>Cheers,
>Viboon
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