Subj : XP + SSD
To   : August Abolins
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Wed Jan 25 2023 17:34:16

  Re: XP + SSD
  By: August Abolins to Kurt Weiske on Wed Jan 25 2023 05:48 pm

AA> I don't think I'm the last holdout on XP out there (I am more 
AA> skeptical of installing Win7 on my T60 Thinkpad since the RAM 
AA> limit has been maximized at 3GB only).

I ran Windows 7 and later Windows 10 (32-bit, both) on a T60 running my BBS. It certainly ran decently enough, running the BBS, WinAMP, shoutcast, the occasional web browser and libreoffice in 3GB of RAM.

AA> And, the T60 simply has a very pleasant keyboard to work with.

The T43 was my personal favorite - a little sleeker than the T60, but only a single-core and 2GB of RAM though. I ran one with a PATA SSD for some time as a part-time system - it was fun to go into a coffee shop full of wide-screen shiny silver MacBooks and open up this black laptop covered in stickers with a 4:3 screen.

https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/thinkpad.jpg

I had a USB network card that I used for pentesting that had a very obvious external antenna if I wanted more sideways glances.
--- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32
 * Origin: http://realitycheckbbs.org | tomorrow's retro tech (1:218/700)

.