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thinkpad 390e and windows xp
so, i'm back after an extended absence due to my firewall not letting me post on tfp, finally figured out a workaround, but that's not my issue. i procured an ibm thinkpad 390e yesterday from my girlfriend's room mate, and i was wondering if there was any way i'd be able to upgrade the notebook to windows xp professional. all of the documentation i've found has said no, but when i attempted to install xp on the computer, it just said i needed to download updated install files for xp before i could continue the installation. as there is only an onboard modem and i have yet to purchase a pcmcia ethernet card, i haven't tried to do this yet, and was wondering if i should just break out windows 98 se, or if it's worth the attempt to install xp. anyone got a thinkpad or some advice?
pentium II proc, not sure of clockspeed
64 megs of ram
2 gig hard disk
currently running win 98 se
no idea on the mobo
floppy disk drive and cd drive (warm-swappable combo in bay)
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