Re: [Thinkpad] [TP 701] Upgrade experience

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From: Emanuel Brown (epbrown01_at_att.net)
Date: Fri Nov 01 2002 - 14:59:19 EST

On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 12:26:25 -0500, "Edward Mendelson"
<edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net> wrote:
>More about this upgraded 133MHz ThinkPad 701C (which benchmarks report is about as fast as an 82MHz Pentium, so Maximum Upgrades
>tells me).
>
>On this machine, with a 1.2GB hard disk, Windows 95 took about 40 seconds or so to boot after the POST. (I stopped the clock when
>the hourglass changed back to an ordinary cursor.) Taking the advice of others on this list, I bought a copy of 98Lite, and
>installed the "sleek" version of Windows 98SE. Installation went smoothly, and the result is a very snappy Windows 98SE that also
>takes about 40 seconds or so to boot. 98 is definitely more stable than 95, so I think this was worth the effort. For the first
>time, the machine seems completely usable, and I'm very pleased with the hardware and software upgrade.
>
        How does the amount of drive space used compare?
        Emanuel 

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