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>>>>> "John" == John Walters <jwalters@uky.campus.mci.net> writes:
John> I have a Thnkpad 750C - 486-33SLC; 10.4 active matrix; 8 MB
John> RAM (4 = onboard and 4 MB IC-DRAM card); 170 meg HD; PCMCIA
John> fax/mod card.
John> I am running WIndows 95 on the above which, as you can
John> imagine, is very = slow. I cannot upgrade the processor. I
John> run primarily WordPerfect 7 = and a time and billing package
John> so will do some swapping. My upgrade = options are as
John> follows:
John> 1. 16 MB IC DRAM for $125 2. 32 MB IC DRAM for $235 4.
John> 1.4 GIG HD for $400
John,
I'm still struggling along with my 750 (mono!). I upgraded my RAM from 12MB to
40MB (the difference between this and 20MB wasn't worth worrying about) for ~250 (UK pounds)
and the disk to 1GB for 189 (UK pounds). The prices for these should now be much
less.
You can use standard 2.5" disks, but make sure they're thin enough, and you have
to cut the track to the master/slave select lines on the ribbon cable between the
board and HD.
Is it fast enough?? Most of my use is for coding and testing embedded systems
software, and so is quite CPU-intensive and I find it's a bit slow, but both
linux and W95 work acceptably fast for now.
I mainly wanted the machine to work on while travelling, and so battery life is
important to me. I get about 3hours life even with heavy disk use, which I may
not get from a shiny new Pentium!! The RAM upgrade and disk upgrade were definitely
worth it to me, but if you do a lot of CPU-intensive work, it may not make enough
difference.
My major gripes, apart from the CPU speed are that the mono screen is small
(9.5"), and hard to see in bright light.
PS I'd be interested in anyone who has a broken 75x, or 360,
with a good screen which can use my disk, memory, and battery, so I can have
a slightly larger colour screen!!
Martin.