Subj : Re: Since we're talking about Lenovo Thinkpads...... To : All From : james@nospam.com Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:25 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: james@nospam.com Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Since we're talking about Lenovo Thinkpads...... Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 03:37:36 -0600 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: TKghX/mglWkVW1qxlGBsyg.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134580 On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:43:53 -0600, Paul in Houston TX wrote: >james@nospam.com wrote: >> Since we're talking about Lenovo Thinkpads...... (another thread), I >> have been considering getting another laptop that is a little more >> modern and faster. I've been pretty pleaswd with my T43 models. >(snip) > >I like my company provided t420. >Make sure that your new prospective Lenovo has actual buttons by the touch pad. >If you go with W7 get a 64 bit one and you can have 8 gb RAM or more. >It will be faster than XP and you can run several programs at the same time. >W7 will take some getting used to but I like it better than XP. >My old t400 and t410 did not support 64 bit. I still have the t410 32 bit W7 and >it crawls compared to the t420 64 bit. I agree with you on not getting w8x or w10. I will only go with Windows 7 if the computer comes with a pre-install of it. I am not paying $100 or more to buy a Win7 installer CD, and that seems to be the going rate. If I get a laptop with a blank HDD, I'll just install XP (which I have). I dont know if I want the 64 bit though, if I cant run my old software. For example, I run Winamp and I created a lot of visualizations for it, over the years and I want to keep using it. I still run Paint Shop Pro and I still prefer the early versions 3 thru 5. After that it got too bloated and complicated. Almost all the software I use is from the late 90s or early 2000s. Mostly what I use my laptop for is to use it at WIFI spots, and play my videos and music when I am on the road. I'm not sure waht I have for RAM in this T43, but I know it's the maximum allowed on that machine. I'm sure I could use more RAM, but I still think it's Firerfox that causes the slowing down syndrome. It's like FF gets overloaded. Clearing the cache helps a little bit. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .