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Is it worth upgrading an A21m to XP from 98SE?

post #1 of 6
3/2/05 at 4:38pm
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It'll cost me about $300. to do the upgrade, obviously more to buy a new laptop. What do you think? I am pretty happy with it otherwise. IBM replaced a bad HD about a year and a half ago for free.
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post #2 of 6
3/7/05 at 10:48am
What are the stats on the notebook?

i.e. Processor speed, ammount of ram, HDD size
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post #3 of 6
3/7/05 at 3:24pm
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I have 20 GB hard drive (12.6 gigs free)
800 PIII processor
192 MB RAM
System resources 59% free
Thank you for asking - anything else?
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post #4 of 6
3/7/05 at 10:14pm
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Originally Posted by myhal
I have 20 GB hard drive (12.6 gigs free)
800 PIII processor
192 MB RAM
System resources 59% free
Thank you for asking - anything else?
Hdd and processor isn't a problem..

wats the max ram u can upgrade to??

cos if i din remember wrongly, it's better to have at least 256mb of rams... optimum is 512mb of rams for WinXP. 192mb should suffice..
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post #5 of 6
4/8/05 at 4:35am
the A21m can accept a maximum of if im not mistaken 512mb of PC100 ram, just be sure to use double sided high density modules to utilize the full capacity of the modules.
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post #6 of 6
4/8/05 at 5:14pm
I use a XP pro on an IBM T22 900Mhz, 384 Mb, 20 GB machine and it works fine.
I also upgrade my Dad's T20, 600Mhz machine to XP Pro from 98 SE and it was a distinct improvement. I will say that the more RAM you give it, the happier it will be. 512 would probably be ideal.
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