From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Mon Jun 21 1999 - 17:38:17 EDT
Rob..
Mike answered most all your questions irt the 600 vs. the 770..
if some of those drives are 12.5mm then you can EASILY use them in the 600E..
no shells, only a metal bracket..
i have them at $20 each (single piece price) and i'll do a good discount since you have gotten
stuff, are a list member, and so on..
but in reality, you don't absolutely NEED the bracket.. it provieds a place for the tape
handle and keeps the drive from floppying around in the drive bay or ultraslim bay...
if you CAN get a 770Z, its super..
the 64meg part MIGHT work in the 600E, but my vendors have seperate p/n's for the 600 and 770
series..
Rob Bell wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've got a dilemma (albeit a good one) that I need to work out...
>
> I currently have a ThinkPad 770 (P233MMX, 128MB, 4GB, CD) that I use heavily.
> I also have the UltraBay 2nd HDD adapter, which I use with about 5 additional
> 760-style harddrives, containing additional operating systems.
>
> My company wants to get me a new ThinkPad, which I believe will be a 600E
> (PII-366, 64MB, 6.4GB, CD or DVD). Sounds like a great machine, but I don't
> know if I should switch because of the additional HDs that I use. I'm also
> not sure of what other benefits this machine has over the 770. I don't really
> care about size or weight or DVD. I know the 366 would be faster than the
> 233, but how much? Does the 600E have a better screen than my 770?
>
> Does anyone know an easy (and low cost) method for allowing me to use these
> additional 760-style HDs in a 600E? Would it involve buying the plastic disk
> caddy for each one, and then doing surgery on all the drives? What size
> (thickness) HDs fit in the 600? Most of the 760-style drives I have are the
> thinnest 760-style (12.5mm?), but some are the medium thickness (17mm?) Would
> all of them work for me?
>
> Additionally, would the 64MB memory chip that I have in the 770 work in the
> 600E? I run NT as my primary O/S, and it is so much happier in 128MB than
> 64MB.
>
> Thanks for any answers...
> Rob
>
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