From: Jane Loyless (jloyless_at_netbox.com)
Date: Tue Apr 02 2002 - 09:09:33 EST
At 09:54 PM 04/01/2002 -1000, David Ross wrote:
>(1) The rear ports (eg lpt, serial, etc) are uncovered. Every TP we've
owned in the past has had some kind of
>cover for these, either in the form of a rubber plug or a swinging door.
Was this an oversight on the packer's part,
>does this model really have no cover here?
>
No cover.
>(2) She bought the machine with W2K preinstalled; it came without any
recovery/preload CD (or the usual
>IBM 'disk factory'). The manual says that the preload is in a hidden
partition somewhere on the HD, and can be
>recreated from the BIOS. Fair enough if true, but this isn't much
protection against a bad drive. Is it possible to access
>this preload and image it to a CD in such a way as to create a useful
emergency backup? Even better, is there a preload
>CD available bootable into W2K (eg, like one that came with my W2K Micron
desktop)? This kind of CD is useful
>when repairing damaged systems in W2K.
>
Call 800.772.2227 within the first 30 days, and they'll send you a recovery
CD.
>BTW, so far I am favorably impressed with the screen's brightness, a bit
disappointed with its color correctness
>(seems washed out, even with brightness low and contrast up), and puzzled
at the keyboard (which feels like an
>even shorter throw than our 560 series machines).
>
I love the keyboard on mine. It felt springier at first compared to the
600X, but it didn't take me long to get used to the feel. I still turn on
the ThinkLight, though, when I'm trying to turn up the volume.
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