Posts by Thatch

actaully I just ordered one from jandr.com for $29. I think it is a lacie or something like that. I was ordering other stuff, cdr's, headphones for my m6805 (going on a flight soon and want to watch movies), etc. so I just got that...

curits, i need the floppy because I need to be able to copy data, specifically from the boot sector and other areas, to an external drive. otherwise, you're right, a bootable cd would be an easier choice T

Thanks dale. any brand recommendations? I was just going to go to BB and pick up a random one. T

I would say to go for the m6809 Ramen. I have had an 05 for a month now and love it. As for upgrading to XP pro I would highly recommend it. It takes a little while, okay quite awhile, with the 4200 rpm drives but if you are planning...

hey, I got a m605 and I love it. However I need to be able to boot to a floppy once in a while for some work I am doing. Does anybody know if the bios in the m6805 series supports usb floppy boots? I tried to look up the bios online...

specs from hitachi: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/4k80/4k80.htm You are right about the cache, im glad i was wrong about that one. of course i wish i was wrong about the speed too. oh well, notebook still rocks. interesting...

Razor, I got the same exact hard drive. I hate to burst your bubble but when I googled it I found it to be 4200 rpm 2 mb cache. The DK23FB-60 is the one that is 5400. If you got some other info let me know, but look at this link...

I just got one of those too. I was going to get the m6807 from CC online, but they were sold out by this afternoon. Anyway, can't wait. Razor, if you got an extra rebate for the m6805 from CC could you by any chance email me a scan of...