Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 10:49:16 -0600 (CST) From: Tina Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc.
Actually, I've got Win2k on my L110 -- no overclocking, 64 MB of RAM -- and I'm really happy with it. I've installed Professional and turned off all the crap I don't want running, but haven't done anything more complex than that. At this very moment, I have a dial-up connection to the Internet, and an SSH client (putty) connected to my Linux server. I'm using about 5% of the CPU, and 50 MB of RAM. Not an efficient operating system, but perfectly usable for the sorts of things I do -- and a >hell< of a lot more stable than Win98. I would happily upgrade my L1100 to Win2k as well, but haven't been able to find drivers for the Smart Media slot which I use all the time, alas. On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, David Chien wrote: > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 00:20:49 -0800 (PST) > From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc. > > see my site below for more links and info. > > > 1. My 110CT is running Win98. Will I see any improvment or > > degredation with XP? > > Yep. Dog-slow performance with XP. 98 gobbles up about 1/2 of 64MB RAM for me > just to startup and load a few icons in the toolbar. xp will gobble up all > available RAM, and you'd have to swap everything to the HD just to run one > program. Not very efficient or nice at all. XP is based on 2000 which is just > another in the line of WinNT OSs - all of them gobble up resources like crazy, > and will make the poor 233Mhz CPU of the L110 work overtime. > > My recommend? Avoid and run Win95 or Win98SE instead. > > > 2. How can I put a larger drive (currently 2GB?) in my 110CT? > visit ebay.com > buy new, larger HD > eg. Hitachi HD 20GB for only $75 for me. was it hrmla.com? (see other post > today to this group for more info and address) > All compatible 9.5mm or thinner HDs are listed on my site. You can use any. > If you don't use Win2K/XP or Linux, you'll also need to use a disk manager > progrma to access >8.4GB on the larger HDs - BIOS limitation of the Libretto. > > If you buy an IBM HD, you can use their free Disk Manager program > www.storage.ibm.com; otherwise, simply download Western Digital EZ-Drive 9.09W > which installs EZ-BIOS 9.06 onto any >8.4GB HD, and lets the L110 see the full > capacity of the HD. (this works for me on my Hitachi) > > You'll need to avoid the ~1010-1040 cylinder areas on your HD when partitioning > (thus you'll have at least 2 partitions to use the entire HD capacity) due to > the need to leave the 8.4GB boundary free for the Libretto hardware hibernate > to disk info stored there. > > simply remove two screws on bottom of libretto, remove HD cover, pull out HD, > remove handle and screws from old HD, put on new HD, reverse process. > > about 2 minutes max to finish. > > > 3. Is there away to speed up processing without burning up the boards? > > See overclocking section on my site below. You can go from 233Mhz to 266Mhz, > but that isn't worth the trouble on the L110. On a L100, yes, and about 90% > successful based on over 20+ people doing the overclock, but way too much > hassle to take the l110 completely apart just to go another 33mhz faster. > > in japan, they have companies which will overclock for you, and even desolider > the CPU and drop in a faster one. > > > I love this little PC and do not want to (and cannot) find another > > unit of this size and versitility. > > Actually, there is the Libretto ff1100 which runs at the same speed (or > faster depending on model release), and has in addition a built-in digital > camera and smart media slot! External, detachable remote control/headphones for > MP3 playback, too. Released two generations after the L110, discontinued last > year, but still avail. in Japan here and there. About the same size as well. > > Also, one generation after the L110 came the SS1010 model. Same 233Mhz, and > general specs - same size as L50/70 models but only 25mm thick closed (vs. > 34mm). > > A bit bigger (which isn't really the same anymore), I'd only recommend the > Fujitsu P-Series (LOOX) for $1499 in the USA. Built-in wide-screen, 800Mhz > processor, DVD/CD-RW drive, and about 2.8lbs. Not as light or small as the > 2lbs L110, but figuring all that that's been added, well worth the difference. > > I personally wouldn't even look at the latest Librettos in comparison, the > L1/L2/L3 models, because they're the same price, but don't even have a built-in > DVD/CD-RW drive, which I personally find very, very enticing. > > I'd look once at the Sony C1 series, but then drop them for the Fujitsu > instead -- I'd rather have the built-in DVD/CD-RW than a so-so built-in digital > camera and no drives built-in. 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