From: letoured_at_sover.net
Date: Sat Jul 15 2000 - 03:06:33 EDT
Randal Whittle <rwhittle_at_usa.net> said:
>At 09:44 AM 7/13/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>>Just one more personal opinion, but I used to own a laptop that required
>>me to swap out the CD for the floppy drive. Then I switched to my current
>>TP380z which has "triple-spindle" (HD, CD & floppy all at the same time).
>>
>>I would **NEVER** consider going back to a laptop that doesn't offer all
>>three drives at the same time, EVER!!!
>>
>>There are certain things I wanted to do (like install OS/2) that required
>>the CD and Floppy be available at the same time. You just couldn't do it
>>if you had to swap back and forth.
> Point #1: OS/2 is weird. Its just plain silly that it requires
>both a floppy & a CD for an installation.
Actually its a good plan. -- If one thinks of the ever increasing hard drive
sizes we've seen in the past few year and which required new drivers as the
drives evolved -- leaving the boot to start the install on a floppy -- that
can be upgraded -- means that you don't have to pay for a new OS version to
install it -- as people do with windows.
> Point #2: Ever hear of an external connecting cable? (It came
>with my TP600, but they dropped the ball when they didn't include one with
>the T20.)
I don't understand the to-do about this either. Its a non-issue since one can
install OS2 from a remote machine that has a CD ROM.
> Point #3: How the heck often do you install an OS anyway?
That depends on the stability of the OS, and how much you do with it. I know
people who have to reinstall WinX every six months to keep it functioning
correctly. I've had to do that on company machines. On my machines with OS2,
I usually only reinstall OS2 when I want to change a partition its installed
on. (We're not stuck using drive C).
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