It already had Win XP Service Pack 3, so I didn’t expect too long to
update. Two hours later it’s still only got as far as update 19 of 127.
Is this a record?!?
It may well be, mind you, it does depend on the speed of your broadband -
which I'm not sure is very fast, if I remember correctly - plus, the speed
of your dongle. I think you get about 80 speeds from a wifi, whereas you
get 10/100/1000 from a wired ethernet connection. Later wifi standards get
a bit higher.
Recently it's got as high as about 12mb/s on occasion (including today) but
still dips drastically at some times of day. 12mb/s is pretty decent around
here and it makes a lot of difference compared to how it was a year or two
ago. I wasn't moaning about the speed of updating, more the number of
updates (127) in one go!
The wireless N USB adaptor I've put on it works well. Unusually for me, it
worked first time :o) (Norman's getting worried now!)
Once I've got it all updated and added a bit of memory and a new CD drive
(ahem! it had a knock in the car - it no longer plays music cds and
struggled with the drivers cd) it'll make a pretty decent QPC2 laptop. Not
sure why I consigned it to the attic in the first place really (probably the
time I got the netbook), but it's been there a while and still works well,
battery included.
Dilwyn
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