[ltp] Upgrade

[Pax]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:47:50 -0400
"Charles E. \"Rick\" Taylor, IV" <tomalek@mindspring.com> wrote:

> [Thinkpad 570E]
> 
> > I have recently purchased a T570E with a PIII 500 processor. Unfortunately it is running rather
> > slowly for my taste, even with Debian and fvwm1. Can I upgrade the processor? If so, what is the
> > tops I can go with this machine, and what is the max amount of ram I can pack in?
> 
> It's probably the hard drive and RAM that are causing you pain.  Upgrade
> to a 5400 RPM drive and the system will get a LOT faster.  You can get
> at least 320 MB in there, so if you have less than that you should
> upgrade.  If you're swapping, the pathetically slow drive that comes
> standard with the 570E will make it even more painful. :)
> 
> I don't know about processor upgrades, but that's probably not your
> problem anyway.
> 
The hard drive is fine. If it will take 320 megs then I could put a few megs more
ram in, but it's the cpu that I need to upgrade, just need to know if that's possible
or if I need to upgrade the whole machine.


Pax