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  Re: XP + SSD
  By: August Abolins to Kurt Weiske on Wed Jan 25 2023 05:48 pm

AA> I don't think I'm the last holdout on XP out there (I am more 
AA> skeptical of installing Win7 on my T60 Thinkpad since the RAM 
AA> limit has been maximized at 3GB only).

I ran Windows 7 and later Windows 10 (32-bit, both) on a T60 running my BBS.
It certainly ran decently enough, running the BBS, WinAMP, shoutcast, the
occasional web browser and libreoffice in 3GB of RAM.

AA> And, the T60 simply has a very pleasant keyboard to work with.

The T43 was my personal favorite - a little sleeker than the T60, but only a
single-core and 2GB of RAM though. I ran one with a PATA SSD for some time as
a part-time system - it was fun to go into a coffee shop full of wide-screen
shiny silver MacBooks and open up this black laptop covered in stickers with a
4:3 screen.

https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/thinkpad.jpg

I had a USB network card that I used for pentesting that had a very obvious
external antenna if I wanted more sideways glances.
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