Subj : Even the whole idea of just installing T
To   : August Abolins
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Mon Oct 12 2020 09:37:31

Hello, August Abolins.
On 10/12/20 3:37 PM you wrote:

 AA> Hi Charles! 12 Oct 20 16:01, you wrote to me:
 ??>>> Yes, but I don't experiment with my pcs. I treat them as 
 ??>>> appliances and expect them to work.  Even if I *did* backup the 
 ??>>> T60 contents, there would be no option to restore it anywhere 
 ??>>> else anyway. :(  I
 CP>> That's interesting you call pcs an appliance.  I saw the same 
 CP>> expression earlier in a totally different conversation.
 AA> Hehehheheh. I think I know which one you mean. :)

Likely you do.
 
 AA> Ok..  Maybe appliance is not a good term. My T60 has grown into a 
 AA> quite a customized machine with all the progs that I need.  I sure 
 AA> miss them while I am using the T540p right now.  But I don't 
 AA> fiddle with (drivers, config, etc..) making my pcs do anything 
 AA> beyond the norm.

I can certainly understand that. From what I am learning about you. Your laptop is essential to your business.  I'd likely be more careful if my pc's were as well. 
 
 CP>> I see computers, phones, even applications for them as tools. And 
 CP>> I want to see all of the options for my tools.  It might involve 
 CP>> swapping around hardware configurations, or testing new software, 
 CP>> or trying to use software in a way it wasn't necessarily designed 
 CP>> for on equipment it wasn't made for.
 AA> OK..  The T60 is an appliance with all the "tools" I need! LOL

Perfectly fine.
 
 AA> Your experimentation, although noble, is not something I would 
 AA> even attempt with the T60.  The closest I've come to messing with 
 AA> normal operations on the T60 would be live-CD boots of a linux 
 AA> distro that I am curious about.  On the T60, I can Hibernate the 
 AA> current Windows session and boot something else from CD or USB.

As I said, your computers are more vital to your business than mine.  Completely unde4standable.

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