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Re: Compaq Contura collection

Posted on 2020-01-11, 03:59

Well, the Aero is technically part of the Contura series, but it was made later and is a "sub-notebook," rather than a full-sized notebook like the original Contura. The Aero 4/25's screen should be very similar to the Contura 3/20, 3/25, and 4/25, although smaller. I personally like the passive …

Re: Compaq Contura collection

Posted on 2020-01-10, 10:27

Thanks everyone! Thanks for that link. I’ll have to check that out. The hard drive in your 3/25 is likely fixable (assuming it’s a Conner drive), because there is a rubber bumper that the head arm rests on inside, which deteriorates causing the arm becomes stuck to it, making it impossible for the …

Compaq Contura collection

Posted on 2020-01-07, 04:05

Here is a collection I’m very fond of, my Compaq Conturas: 230EAC1D-839D-4A27-AE6D-9C5AA3DDF1ED.jpeg I currently have the 3/25, 4/25, 4/25c and 4/25cx. These are all part of the original Contura series, not the Aero or 400-series. The main ones I am lacking now are the 3/20 and 3/25c. The only one …

Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-09-16, 00:48

Here's one I got recently: IMG_5014.jpg IMG_5015.jpg IMG_5016.jpg IMG_5017.jpg IMG_5019.jpg This is the Dell Inspiron 7500; a beast of a laptop from 1999/2000. You can see, I placed it next to my Inspiron 8000 (which is already a thick machine), and the 7500 is definitely a bit thicker. This laptop …

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2019-09-09, 20:23

Here’s one of my “computing” tables. I have my Inspiron 8200 (my favorite Windows XP laptop of all-time) sitting here currently. FD216F1D-6A43-48D7-A7BD-8BC7AFBD08DA.jpeg I should also mention that this Inspiron 8200 has an NOS LCD panel which I found on eBay. Very bright and doesn’t have any of the …

Re: My "ultimate" Dell Inspiron 8000

Posted on 2019-09-09, 15:18

It was probably a 1.2GHz machine, as that was the fastest Pentium III m they made. The maximum amount of RAM the 8000/8100s can take is 512MB. Mine currently all have 256, but I'd like to upgrade at least my 8100 to 512MB, as I have Windows XP SP3 on that one. Should be easy to get another …

Re: My "ultimate" Dell Inspiron 8000

Posted on 2019-09-08, 18:19

I don’t think they ever made combo mini-PCI cards, unfortunately. I keep the stock lan adapters in mine, and use a PCMCIA wireless card when I need wireless. Did they ever make laptops with 2 mini-PCI slots? I’ve never seen that before. Yes, the fastest CPU for these was 1GHz. I8kfangui is fantastic …

Re: My "ultimate" Dell Inspiron 8000

Posted on 2019-09-08, 15:29

Here's a screenshot of Windows Me running on here: i8kme.jpg You can see just how much room you have to work with on this 1600 x 1200 resolution. Absolutely love it. This screen looks better than a lot of modern LCDs I have seen. Another thing I forgot to mention is that this machine uses a …

My "ultimate" Dell Inspiron 8000

Posted on 2019-09-07, 23:21

Very proud of this machine: thumbnail_IMG_4997.jpg thumbnail_IMG_5001.jpg thumbnail_IMG_5002.jpg thumbnail_IMG_5003.jpg thumbnail_IMG_5004.jpg This was the first one of these Dell Inspiron 8000-series notebooks I got. These quickly became my absolute favorite early 2000s PC laptops. They have very …

Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-09-07, 20:35

Here's one of my favorite Windows 98 systems: thumbnail_IMG_4996.jpg IMG_3981.jpg IMG_3982.jpg IMG_3984.jpg This is a Compaq Presario 5600i. Very similar to the 5670i my family had many years ago. It's a Pentium II 350MHz (will upgrade to a 450 eventually), with 320MB of RAM (originally 128 I think …

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