From: Jane Loyless (jloyless_at_netbox.com)
Date: Wed Sep 03 1997 - 22:38:12 EDT
At 11:22 AM 9/3/97 GMT, you wrote:
> On comp.sys.laptops, several people have tried NT on various
>models. Right off the bat, I've read that NT shouldn't be attempted
>with less than 32MB of RAM, and performance is much improved with
>64MB. This is more than a 701 can be upgraded to, but maybe with 40MB
>it's not so bad.
> Second, MS isn't really fond of portable users running NT, and
>haven't designed it for portable use. It's got no APM support, and
>doesn't support hot- or warm-swapping. SystemSoft has written a
>version of CardWorks for NT, but I haven't heard if you can change
>cards without rebooting. Those laptop mfgs that support NT, like Dell
>and Digital, have pretty much altered the OS to allow for these
>shortcomings, or written workarounds for most of them.
> Should you plan to go ahead, stop by the group and ask around. Some
>people who've tried this may have some pointers.
>
I've run NTWS v4.0 on a 755CSe with 16MB, a 755CE with 40MB and a 760EL
with 32MB. It installed easily on all of them and worked well. The one
with only 16MB was sluggish as it paged constantly.
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