From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 4 03:00:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E9C810669A9 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 03:00:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@ibctech.ca) Received: from ibctech.ca (v6.ibctech.ca [IPv6:2607:f118::b6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E12368FC16 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 03:00:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 76549 invoked by uid 89); 4 Sep 2008 03:09:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?IPv6:2607:f118::5?) (steve@ibctech.ca@2607:f118::5) by 2607:f118::b6 with ESMTPA; 4 Sep 2008 03:09:31 -0000 Message-ID: <48BF4F43.8000704@ibctech.ca> Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:00:19 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20080904015322.GA6544@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20080904015322.GA6544@thought.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: ThinkPad 3.0GHz: can anybody verify? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:00:30 -0000 Gary Kline wrote: > Folks, > > I'm looking at a 3GHz ThinkPad w/out any OS. It's got > at most 512M memory and only 40G drive. The guy I'm going to > have upgrade this l'top thinks it will take a 160GB drive easily. > Also that the RAM might max out at just 2GB. > > Any fellow TP-people onlist who know if my friend is right? If you specify the model of the laptop, a quick Google or search on IBM (Lenovo) website will inform you what the maximum upgrade path on hardware is on the box. With the resources the manufacturers put out freely regarding documentation, I say that if you have someone who *thinks* the ThinkPad will take certain hardware, you need to walk away, and pay someone different who knows how to find out _for sure_ what hardware the box can take, and who will be confident in saying and showing why if asked. Once you have a confident hardware tech, then you will be confident/comfortable spending your money there... Steve