29-09-2013, 08:53 PM
The Acer was running Win7 Ultimate and XP SP3, all genuine.
The Dell had 2K and XP. I changed the HD yesterday to a tiny one
1.4GB with Win 98 from 1999 had a few probs getting it to run as the HD was from an old Toshiba from 1993. There were driver probs and the screen is still only 640x480 instead of 1600x1200. The DVD/CD drive now reads only CDs so obviously it isn't a laser prob, before in this machine only the DVD worked.
I'm waiting for the noisy fan to pack up and then I'll buy a new Laptop. Not Acer !!!!
Mike
The Dell had 2K and XP. I changed the HD yesterday to a tiny one
1.4GB with Win 98 from 1999 had a few probs getting it to run as the HD was from an old Toshiba from 1993. There were driver probs and the screen is still only 640x480 instead of 1600x1200. The DVD/CD drive now reads only CDs so obviously it isn't a laser prob, before in this machine only the DVD worked.
I'm waiting for the noisy fan to pack up and then I'll buy a new Laptop. Not Acer !!!!
Mike
