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Installing XP on a Lenovo Laptop

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Gene E. Bloch

Flightless Bird
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:03:00 +0000 (UTC), Doum wrote:

> Bruce Chambers <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> écrivait
> news:eoeie6O4KHA.1016@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>
>>
>> LD55ZRA wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Good idea but the only snag I can see is that on some laptops,
>>> changing a HD is no simple job. You need to perform a complete
>>> open-heart surgery!
>>
>>
>> Any particular brands/models where the hard drive is difficult to
>> remove?
>
> Asus EeePC 1005, I've replaced the 160GB stock HD with a 7200 RPM 320GB HD
> and it was quite a job, the drive is located under the keyboard and you
> almost have to take the netbook apart.
>
> But is a netbook really a laptop? (Personally, I would think so)

We'd have to look at various laptops and netbooks to find out how many are
set up for easy drive removal and how many aren't. A sample of one isn't
much, statistically.

Of course, in this thread, I'm citing my experience on maybe 20 laptops,
which, statistically speaking, isn't all that much better :)

As for whether a netbook is a laptop: Yes. Or maybe No.

--
Gene E. Bloch
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Flightless Bird
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:03:00 +0000 (UTC), Doum <me@domain.net> wrote:


> But is a netbook really a laptop? (Personally, I would think so)



Sure. People use the word "netbook" simply to describe a small,
light-weight laptop. Other than size and weight, there's really no
difference between them.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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S

Seth

Flightless Bird
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:03:00 +0000 (UTC), Doum <me@domain.net> wrote:
>
>> But is a netbook really a laptop? (Personally, I would think so)
>
> Sure. People use the word "netbook" simply to describe a small,
> light-weight laptop. Other than size and weight, there's really no
> difference between them.


Microsoft says there is a difference and has certain criteria to define it.

Netbook is certainly not just a "small, lightweight notebook". There are
size, processor and power criteria. A "small, lightweight laptop" is a
specific calls of laptop, still above what a netbook is. IBM X-Series is
small and lightweight but doesn't qualify as a netbook.
 
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LD55ZRA

Flightless Bird
Bruce Chambers wrote:
>

>
> Post back when you've finished high school, moved out of your parents
> house, and garnered a few years experience working in the real world.

I have finished high school and now I am in my second year of
Physics BSc degree at London University. I have moved out of my
parents house (I am 19 which you may not know) and am currently
living in College Halls of Residence in Central London. I have
two years experience of Supporting PC and Laptop systems at my
university where I also work part-time in Central Computing
Services Department. We have about 1,000 systems on out network
running all kinds of software applications and operating systems
including Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista, Windows 7 {and
Linux and Unix systems which I have nothing to do with}. I am
fortunate to get both Windows XP and Windows 7 for my exclusive
use though I can't install or uninstall anything on Windows 7
system (but with XP I can do almost anything I want to do) because
it is for a specialist purpose to test Office 2010 beta, and
Visual Studio 2010 which I am using to write Instruction material
for next academic year. I consider this to be a real world
because I see about 1000 systems on a regular basis.

Of course I have my own Dell 2600 system and RM desktop system in
my room on which I can test almost everything before I post
anything here. So my solutions are thtoughly researched and
tested and that is exactly what people can see here.

hth



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Unknown

Flightless Bird
2nd year of college and you've never been taught manners?
"LD55ZRA" <LD55ZRA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Bruce Chambers wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> Post back when you've finished high school, moved out of your parents
>> house, and garnered a few years experience working in the real world.
>
> I have finished high school and now I am in my second year of
> Physics BSc degree at London University. I have moved out of my
> parents house (I am 19 which you may not know) and am currently
> living in College Halls of Residence in Central London. I have
> two years experience of Supporting PC and Laptop systems at my
> university where I also work part-time in Central Computing
> Services Department. We have about 1,000 systems on out network
> running all kinds of software applications and operating systems
> including Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista, Windows 7 {and
> Linux and Unix systems which I have nothing to do with}. I am
> fortunate to get both Windows XP and Windows 7 for my exclusive
> use though I can't install or uninstall anything on Windows 7
> system (but with XP I can do almost anything I want to do) because
> it is for a specialist purpose to test Office 2010 beta, and
> Visual Studio 2010 which I am using to write Instruction material
> for next academic year. I consider this to be a real world
> because I see about 1000 systems on a regular basis.
>
> Of course I have my own Dell 2600 system and RM desktop system in
> my room on which I can test almost everything before I post
> anything here. So my solutions are thtoughly researched and
> tested and that is exactly what people can see here.
>
> hth
>
>
>
> --
> THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
> KIND. LD55ZRA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
> IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL LD55ZRA
> OR ITS ASSOCIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
> INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF
> BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF LD55ZRA OR ITS
> ASSOCIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
> DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR
> LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
> DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.
>
> Copyright LD55ZRA 2010.
 
J

John B. Slocomb

Flightless Bird
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:40:38 -0600, Bruce Chambers
<bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote:

>LD55ZRA wrote:
>> Bruce Chambers wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> Now your 15+ years of supporting laptops in enterprise environments,
>> have you come across the model I gave you and have you tried changing
>> its HD?
>>
>
>
>Actually, no. Dell's Inspirion line was, if I remember correctly, part
>of their low-end consumer-grade offerings. Corporations, in my
>experience, have generally purchased from the Latitude product line.
>
>It may be that that particular model stymied your attempts to change the
>hard drive, but that one limited experience certainly doesn't entitle
>you to broadly condemn all Dell laptops, much less those of other
>manufacturers.
>
>Post back when you've finished high school, moved out of your parents
>house, and garnered a few years experience working in the real world.


Hate to horn in but I've got a scrap Inspiron laying in the corner.
Requires two screws be removed and the H.D. slides out.

If I can find my screwdriver maybe 2 minutes :)

John B. Slocomb
(johnbslocombatgmaildotcom)
 
M

MJMIII

Flightless Bird
Manners? Most of his posts suggest he's posting from the womb.

--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."


"Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote in message
news:#ZL#Fhi4KHA.6132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> 2nd year of college and you've never been taught manners?
> "LD55ZRA" <LD55ZRA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4BCFBA84.E2F771B3@discussions.microsoft.com...
>>
>>
>> Bruce Chambers wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>
>>> Post back when you've finished high school, moved out of your parents
>>> house, and garnered a few years experience working in the real world.
>>
>> I have finished high school and now I am in my second year of
>> Physics BSc degree at London University. I have moved out of my
>> parents house (I am 19 which you may not know) and am currently
>> living in College Halls of Residence in Central London. I have
>> two years experience of Supporting PC and Laptop systems at my
>> university where I also work part-time in Central Computing
>> Services Department. We have about 1,000 systems on out network
>> running all kinds of software applications and operating systems
>> including Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista, Windows 7 {and
>> Linux and Unix systems which I have nothing to do with}. I am
>> fortunate to get both Windows XP and Windows 7 for my exclusive
>> use though I can't install or uninstall anything on Windows 7
>> system (but with XP I can do almost anything I want to do) because
>> it is for a specialist purpose to test Office 2010 beta, and
>> Visual Studio 2010 which I am using to write Instruction material
>> for next academic year. I consider this to be a real world
>> because I see about 1000 systems on a regular basis.
>>
>> Of course I have my own Dell 2600 system and RM desktop system in
>> my room on which I can test almost everything before I post
>> anything here. So my solutions are thtoughly researched and
>> tested and that is exactly what people can see here.
>>
>> hth
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
>> KIND. LD55ZRA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
>> IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
>> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL LD55ZRA
>> OR ITS ASSOCIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
>> INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF
>> BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF LD55ZRA OR ITS
>> ASSOCIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
>> DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR
>> LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
>> DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.
>>
>> Copyright LD55ZRA 2010.
>
>
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Flightless Bird
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:58:25 -0400, "Seth"
<seth_lermanNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:k9avs5pbum741td6veglhgkrq7gdbiv3f9@4ax.com...
> > On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:03:00 +0000 (UTC), Doum <me@domain.net> wrote:
> >
> >> But is a netbook really a laptop? (Personally, I would think so)
> >
> > Sure. People use the word "netbook" simply to describe a small,
> > light-weight laptop. Other than size and weight, there's really no
> > difference between them.
>
>
> Microsoft says there is a difference and has certain criteria to define it.
>
> Netbook is certainly not just a "small, lightweight notebook". There are
> size, processor and power criteria.


Then your views are different from mine.



> A "small, lightweight laptop" is a
> specific calls of laptop, still above what a netbook is. IBM X-Series is
> small and lightweight but doesn't qualify as a netbook.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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