Hi Liz,
>> I'm thinking the solid state 560x (Win98 Lite) is going to be the low
>> power portable so I'm trying to make it as basic and simple as possible.
>> Reducing the memory is consistent with that goal.
>
> Both you and Vicki have mentioned the solid state 560x, which I presume
> is to do with the motherboard. Now you mention that some 560x models
> aren't solid state, and I've deduced that the solid state doesn't run
> well when it has over 64-96 mb of ram.
Well to clarify :-) No ThinkPad since their introduction as far as I am
aware has shipped in a solid state configuration, Solid State simply
means there are no moving parts inside the machine, such as a spinning
disk, namely the hard disk.
Basically my system has replaced the hard disk with a IDE to Compact
Flash adapter, with a teeny 16MB card for now which serves if you like
as a recovery disk.
The actual DOS/Windows install on mine is stored on a 350MB Flash Card,
PCMCIA variant, so this can be inserted and removed. I also have two
256MB PCMCIA Flash cards for data storage.
The bonus of the solid state config is that it is silent, more robust
that having a spinning disk, such as the hard disk, and better battery
life. The negatives are that the disks do sometimes tend to be slower
than hard disks, and that the amount of times they can be read/written
to is less than that of a hard disk, and finally - storage space is much
more expensive per MB on a flash disk compared to a hard disk.
The 64MB barrier is an issue with all 560Xs solid state or not, as they
use the 430TX chipset; however I would not panic too much as Windows
2000/XP will run much better, regardless of whether the 65-160MB range
is L2 cacheable or not. The L2 cache comes into its own when you are
doing repetitive tasks (batch tasks) or games. So I would not worry too
much about it, as Windows 2000/XP is just unusable on anything less than
128MB in my experience.
> As we're thinking of getting a 128mb chip, can you advise me which
> models are solid state? Mine's a 2640-700.
As I say none were shipped solid state and that models the 12.1"
TFT/32MB/Pentium 233MHz variant, same as mine basically, except
technically it's a 2640-70U - the US variant of what you have, but I
replaced the keyboard with a UK one, so it appears to be a UK model.
So your 560X will be fine :-) Hope this eases the confusion.
Vicky
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