Re: [Thinkpad] Best OS For TP600

I ran W2K on a 600, 600E and 600X just fine for
several years and still have the machines.
You can remove a lot of crud from W2K using
a program called 2000lite (also de-cruds XP).

Don't feel bad not upgrading; the 600 series
was among the best IBM ever made. I'm stuck
with a T43 now for a complicated reason but
I plan to go back to my 600X as soon as I can.
The 600 keyboards were much better than any
subsequent keyboards, at least for touch-typists.
So even though the CPU is slower, I can go much
faster on the 600X than on the T43, because the
keyboard gives much better tactile sense.

Jeffrey Race

On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:12:54 +0100, Simon Royal wrote:

>Hi.
>
>I have a ThinkPad 600. Its a 300mhz maxxed with 296MB of RAM.
>
>Its no speed demon, but it does ok. Its currently running Ubuntu 10.04 and XP, probably not the best choice for great performance.
>
>So what would be good? Is Windows 2000 still viable as a good version of Windows. I only use it for surfing, emailing via webmail and listening to music. Nothing heavy.
>
>The apps I use in Windows are Firefox, iTunes, Office 2000.
>
>I use Ubuntu most of the time and only use it as it is one of the less nerdy linux distros as my linux skills are not great.
>
>Id like a newer machine, but funds are not permitting at present, so I need to get the most out of this one.
>
>Is there much performance difference between 2000 and XP?
>
>Simon
>
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