I have an HP notebook. I don't remember how old it is, but it came loaded with Windows ME - the operating system from He ll.
About a year ago, I loaded XP onto it, which breathed new life into this notebook.
The 10-gig hard drive filled up quickly, so I added an external hard drive. I chose the 40-gig Smartdisk Firelite 'cause it's small, durable and fast-enough to run applications. That needed USB 2.0 instead of 1.1 for best performance, so I put a USB 2.0 adapter in the card slot.
I added an external numerical keypad, a Wacom tablet for Photoshop, a USB Zip Drive, a Visioneer Strobe scanner and a bunch of other stuff I didn't need.
A few months ago, the notebook's monitor crapped out, so I got a 15" flat screen monitor for it.
The keyboard started getting flaky, so I added an external keyboard and optical mouse.
The whole thing (with printer) takes up most of a 3x5 ft desktop. I'm sure, for what I spent to keep this antique running, I could have bought a very nice new notebook and an even nicer desktop, but then I'd have to reinstall all the software I use.
Maybe I'll get out the wide-angle lens and take a picture of it.
About a year ago, I loaded XP onto it, which breathed new life into this notebook.
The 10-gig hard drive filled up quickly, so I added an external hard drive. I chose the 40-gig Smartdisk Firelite 'cause it's small, durable and fast-enough to run applications. That needed USB 2.0 instead of 1.1 for best performance, so I put a USB 2.0 adapter in the card slot.
I added an external numerical keypad, a Wacom tablet for Photoshop, a USB Zip Drive, a Visioneer Strobe scanner and a bunch of other stuff I didn't need.
A few months ago, the notebook's monitor crapped out, so I got a 15" flat screen monitor for it.
The keyboard started getting flaky, so I added an external keyboard and optical mouse.
The whole thing (with printer) takes up most of a 3x5 ft desktop. I'm sure, for what I spent to keep this antique running, I could have bought a very nice new notebook and an even nicer desktop, but then I'd have to reinstall all the software I use.
Maybe I'll get out the wide-angle lens and take a picture of it.