[AT] OT Question OT

[charlie hill]

Wayne, My toshiba notebook was bought new in August.  It has a 2.1 GHz
processor, Windows XP factory installed and a 30 gig hard drive.   It runs
quite well and I have about 17 gig to spare with all of my extra software
and files installed.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Snelling" <wsnelling at southplainscollege.edu>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Question OT


> Walt: Well now I just have to ask. Why do you need an 80GB hdrive for
> XP? Only reason I can think of is cache and if that is the reason your
> problem is not hdrive space. Most usually fail to have enough RAM but
> hdrive space even at 20 or 40 more than necessary, especially if you are
> just using it for internet access. Now if you think XP means many more
> tractor pictures are coming in then I must say 120GB is not enough. I
> have the XP OS on a thumb drive and it is not even 2GB. BTW everyone
> should get one or more of those thumb drives to hold those favorite
> tractor and grandchildren pictures on. Sorry for rambling but I did make
> the tractor reference, didn't I?
> I would add however, 80GB is not near enough hdrive space for me but XP
> is not the culprit.
>
> Richard: I would bet the printer and scanner are both Plug-n-Play if
> they are only a couple of years old.  I still would encourage you to
> investigate XP. It has less problems than W98 SE. I did not say it had
> not problems as we all know better, but any of them you MUST get all the
> patches and fixes up to date or you will continue to have more and more
> problems. In fact one of my several thumb drives (flash drive) is
> totally devoted to fixes and patches for Microsoft OS's.
>
> Wayne
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