[Thinkpad] Re: new thinkpad A20m

>Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:17:19 -0800 (PST)
>From: dcadams
>Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] Re: new thinkpad A20m
>
>The 2628-3cu does not come with an ethernet card built in, just a
>modem. The port is for future expansion and/or a20 units that come
with >ethernet. I personally have that model and I purchased seperatly
on >ebay a 3com 10/100/56k modem ethernet combo adapter. It goes in
place >of the modem which is located under a panel on the bottom of the
>ThinkPad. I wouldn't bother with recovery on the unit, the
pre-install >was very innefficient and you'd be better off with windows
xp pro. >Also that model came with an extremely slow hitachi hard
drive, upgrade >to a faster unit and you will be amazed, I have a
40gnx(5400rpm 8mb >cache) in it (you can get a 20 gig for under 100).
>Once you get that, stick with xp.
>Hope that helps
>David

David
Thanks for the overview, it seems this unit has been upgraded since the
3-com ethernet/modem was present (though not seated correctly) and it's
running XP-pro. The hard disk seems to be a Fujitsu MHK2120AT 12 Gb.
If the original pre-install is not worth the effort I suppose I could
try and recover the disk space (if the recovery partition is there at
all). On the other hand this computer is going to a sales rep who is
going to run ACT on it so I expect 8 Gb free is probably enough....

-- 
Andrew in Ann Arbor
technology is the answer, what was the question?
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