Windows XP on IBM T22 Laptop
Article NOT for Linux-on-Laptops websiteDate Jan 2008
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Hardware Components
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Status under Linux
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Notes
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| Pentium III "coppermine" Processor, 900 MHz. BIOS upgraded in 2005 to latest available. | Works | No special procedure required during installation. |
| 14.1 TFT Display | Works - standard install with defaults | defaults to 1024 x 768 No special procedure required during installation |
| Trackpoint | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Keyboard (UK) | Works | Configure to UK during installation |
| On-board Video and Sound | Works for standard office/surfing | No special procedure required during installation |
| 512MB (system maximum), SDRAM, 2DIMMs | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| 60 GB Fujitsu ATA Hard Drive (replacement) | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Modular Floppy Drive | Not tested | floppy drive lost |
| Integrated 10/100 Network Card with 56k modem | RJ45 ethernet Works, modem not tested. | No special procedure required during installation |
| IBM HITACHI GD-S200 DVD-ROM Drive | Works | Plays DVDs perfectly if using Realplayer, jerky on PowerDVD. |
| Lithium-Ion Battery | Works, needs replacing! | No special procedure required during installation |
| Onboard Sound Card | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| HP3845 printer | Works | Used supplied software. |
| BT HomeHub via RJ45 and Firefox | Out of the box, works on BT Total Broadband only (locked) | No special procedure required during installation |
| Belkin F5U222 USB 2.0 Notebook card | Works | No special procedure required during installation Supports two USB2.0 devices. |
| USB memory stick 256Mb | Works | in Belkin card |
| Nikon Coolpix 2100 Camera | Works | In Belkin Card. Seen as a disk drive. |
| LG GSA 2164D external DVR+_RW | Works | Writes DVDs using standard XP burn, and Nero |
| Logitech Marble Mouse | Works | In USB 1.1 socket. No special procedure required during installation |
| Canon 9950F scanner | Works fully | Used Canon drivers and sogtware |
| Belkin F5D7010 WIRELESS CARD (RT2500 chipset) | Detected and WORKS OUT OF THE BOX on WEP. and WPA-PSK | No special procedure required on installation. |
Conclusion
Highly Recommended,!OK I'm taking the pee slightly, but I thought it fair to compare the competition with the other Linux distros. Yes this disk cost me £60 for an EOM version which I bought from a London based component shop. (Y0-Y0 tech) .
That kind of sets it aside, but the up side is everything just works out of the box and I didn't need to swat up on it (20 years user).
Windows always works - it's just a constant battle with the bad guys - and I include so-called legitimate businesses in that category.
Installation of XP
Source: Single CD from from Yo-Yo techI formatted the C: drive on NTFS, and rebooted on the XP disk. I guess there's no need to go through the process, except to say that the first attempt froze half way through and I had ro redformat the drive again, this time using the XP disk rather than the GParted disk I normally use.
Detected Hardware
Details.Everything, or course!
Boot-up Times and other response times
Cold Boot, including log-on of user, and startup of anti-virus and wi-fi card 1 minutes 40 seconds.(PCLinux was 29 sec) Opening Firefox browser into home page, another 8 seconds.
Open OpenOffice.org 2.0 into empty Spreadsheet 57 seconds (slow - PCLinux was 6 sec!)
Shut down time 44 seconds (PCLinux 29 sec).
