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1. Upgrading the CPU: The only CPU upgrade made for the 700 was the 50/25Mhz SLC2. Originally this upgrade was priced at $500 later it came down to $50. You can not just pop in a new cpu, since it needs a replacement bios chip as well. I can tell you the part number for this kit which you could probably still get from IBM Boulder parts but at a pretty steep price. 2. Video card: internally you cannot change the video card. If you havea docking station (the 3550-002) you can put in an XGA or XGA2 card and use an external monitor. Otherwise thats it. 3. HD upgrades. Some companies sell a Hard drive upgrade for the 700/720 machines up to 540MB. On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Ian Caldwell wrote: > Hello: > > I'm new to this list as I have just become a ThinkPad owner, so I > hope that the questions that I have are appropriate. I also am not a > computer expert so bear with me. > > I have been given a used TP 700c by the company to do with as I > please. Unfortunately we can't find the user's manual but I know that > the only upgrade to it has been to add memory so that it now has 16 > meg and to change the O/S to Windows 95. > > The questions that I have are: > > First, is it worthwhile to upgrade the processor. I have seen on > IBM's website something called the Blue Lighting which is 75mhtz. Is > this a good upgrade or are there other vendors who offer a better > alternative? > > Second, I can't seem to get the display to go above 16 colours. I > found that IBM has a 256 colour driver for the 700c unfortunately it > doesn't work in Windows 95. Is there a driver somewhere else that I > can use or should I consider getting a new video board. If a new > video board is the answer can anybody tell me of a good board to buy. > > Any suggestions are appreciated. > > Thank You > > Ian Caldwell > >