I’m proud of myself. I Newegged a new 60 gb Hitachi 2.5″ 7200 rpm drive, swapped it into a dead Lifebook p2040, reinstalled the OS, drivers and apps, and voila, a classic subnotebook is alive again, on its way back to school with my daughter, who justifiably regards it as a sweet PC.
It did eat up most of Saturday, but hey, waste not want not, and I didn’t manage to croak the system with some March static electricity.
I loved this laptop when I owned it. 12 hours of life with all the batteries installed. A little pokey due to the Transmeta Crusoe — but it has a trackpoint, good DVD playback, and nice bells and whistles. Plus it’s little.
Is that a picture of the Osborne? That has to be the biggest laptop I have ever seen. Kudos for spending time getting it running. It should be in a museum!