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My experience with NT 4.0 on the 701C is quite good. [NT Server on 701C w/1.44GB and 40MB RAM] If my system is used 20-30% by me while it's on, the battery actually lasts a good 4-5 hours. For example, today I have my 701C started at about 11AM with a fully charged NiMH battery connected to a token ring network. Even though I used the machine barely today, the battery didn't die until 4PM. I do have the BIOS shut off the screen and the harddrive when not in use for 5-10 minutes though. Even at 40MB, NT is slow compared to a typical Pentium-90 with 32MB of RAM. But it's rock solid and in general robust. Eddy Lin -----Original Message----- From: rj [SMTP:rj@cais2.cais.com] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 1997 6:20 AM To: Paul Khoury Cc: ThinkPad List Subject: Re: NT 4 on ThinkPads On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Paul Khoury wrote: > I guess I have one question that some forgot about: > > What about power management? Since NT doesn't > have any native power management, what is a typical > battery life? I've been thinking about that for a while. Maybe 1.5 hrs; typically the 701 is nursing off the wall socket. > > Also, is there any way to install NT 4 by floppy disk, > or is a CD-ROM required? And can one get to a command > prompt from one of the 3 installation diskette The short answer is no; however, there is a way to load all the files onto a DOS partitian build boot floppies and start the load from a DOS prompt. I had to do this since there weren't any NT drivers available at that time for my CDROM drive. > > Paul > >