Not quite sure of your disclaimers, but given that you 'picked' up this 'gem' maybe you can pick-up the following in your 'neighborhood':
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBM-Thinkpad-600X-500Mhz-Laptop-Spares-Rebuild-2_W0QQi temZ230432576207QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_Laptops_EH?hash=item35a6da12 cf i.e. a TP 600x on UK ebay for < 30 quid. Now this, with it potential 544 meg of Ram, and CPU 'boost' when compared to the 600 does indeed have the oompf to run XP (I have had one running this way). Expect some 'issues' (difficulty) getting some 256 meg PC 100 memory that 'works' (will be 'detected') but if you are 'willing' there's a way. Good Luck. Andre' -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Simon Royal Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 6:30 PM To: ThinkPad Mailing List Subject: [Thinkpad] ThinkPad 600 Hi I just wanted to start by saying hi. I am an experienced computer user of Windows, Mac and Linux and have been for over 17 years. I have always been a fan of IBM ThinkPads and owned a few a couple of years ago - a 760 and a 380ED. I wanted to pick your tech brains. I picked up a quite old ThinkPad 600. It is a lovely little machine in mint condition, but it is lacking in the spec department for every day use. A mere Pentium 2 300Mhz with only 160MB RAM. It does have a DVD drive and a massive 60GB hard drive. I originally had it running Windows 2000 and it screamed along. But temptation got the better of me and I installed XP Home and performance isn't great. I know chucking some more RAM in it would help XP, but this thing tops at 288MB RAM (2x128MB and an on board 32MB), so wonder if that is enough RAM to keep XP happy. What do you think. I loved Windows 2000, in its day, but is it too old these days. I have only found one piece of software I use under XP that isn't supported under 2000 and that is the Google Chrome browser, so I am wondering whether it is worth reinstalling Windows 2000, just to get that extra bit of power out of the machine. What do you think? Simon Royal --- Catch me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal or Skype: Simon-Royal _________________________________________________________________ Tell us your greatest, weirdest and funniest Hotmail stories http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
