Subj : Re: Home Lab
To   : Paulie420
From : Dennisk
Date : Wed May 06 2020 21:47:00

-=> Paulie420 wrote to Dennisk <=-

 Pa>   Re: Re: Home Lab
 Pa>   By: Dennisk to Paulie420 on Tue May 05 2020 09:21 pm

 De> I have ONLY had thinkpad laptops. My current one is a T43. I can't say
 De> they have been utterly unreliable, but the one I have now I purchased
 De> second hand in 2014 and still runs great today, albeit a bit slow. I chose
 De> the thinkpad primarily due to it appearing a good choice for Linux users.
 De> ThinkWiki is an invaluable site.

 Pa> I'm on a ThinkPad T430s, and run my BBS on an older X61... I wish mine
 Pa> was the T430, so I could upgrade the CPU... but I have the 3550 i7 so
 Pa> its OK; the rest is specced out, 16gb ram SSD, and a LCD upgrade to
 Pa> 1080p... had to order that crazy chinese connector - but it works
 Pa> great.

 Pa> Fast for linux, and cheap...

 Pa>    |08Paulie|15420
 Pa>    |15M|08@|15STERM|07i|15ND
 |14AmericanPiBBS|04.com

 Pa> ---
 Pa>  = Synchronet = >>>American Pi BBS @ AmericanPiBBS.com:23>>>Rockin like
 Pa> its 1993!>>>

That is quite a bit more powerful than the one I have (which I am using right
now).  I upgraded the ram form 1G to 2G because running a single browser and
nothing else is touch and go.  Also put in a 250G WD Blue IDE drive, the
largest I could find.  The hard drive has this odd problem where it fails to
read certain sections, but only when it is cold.  This usually results in a
hung boot, so I let the machine warm up for a few minutes usually before I boot
in cold weather.

I can't justify buying a faster laptop, when I really do get by on this.  I'd
rather find more efficient ways to work with the machine, than spend money.


.... Dennis Katsonis
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