Grrr, that excuse always bothers me. I have a Gateway Solo 2550, which
I've used non stop since 2000. I have newer laptops and a few
desktops, but this one is my main workhorse. I'm even on it right now
:) It's a PIII500 (an upgrade I did) with 288MB of RAM (Also upgraded
by me). I've also upgraded the hard drive about 4 times. It came with
an 800x600 screen, but at the Dayton Hamvention I managed to pick up a
salvage Solo 2500 and swap the screens and interface cards, giving me
a 1024x768 screen for $30...sweet.

However, I'm stuck on Win98. The unit runs Win2K just fine (I tried it
on another harddrive once). The only problem is that Gateway won't
release drivers for the touchpad. It works (kind of), but it's missing
all the nice scrolling functions that I've gotten used to. So their
official response to my query was that it's impossible to run Win2K on
that model. Uh, scuse me? I'm pretty sure it runs fine, I just want to
know if you have drivers. GRRR.

FWIW the Gateway website calls it an "EZ Pad Touchpad".

Also, anyone else going to Dayton this year? (http://www.hamvention.org )

Josh


On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:06:24 -0700, Bob Axtell <engineer@cotse.net> wrote:
> Dwayne Reid wrote:
> 
> > At 09:47 AM 2/14/2005, Bob Axtell wrote:
> >
> >> I just replaced my 5yo Fujitsu Laptop Li-Ion Batteries a few days
> >> ago. Cost $60. Best bargain in town.
> >
> >
> > Did you use a 3rd-party supplier?  URL?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > dwayne
> >
> Nope, I had to get it from Fujitsu by phone. Battery itself was NOT on
> the Fujitsu website.
> I like this thing but it's stuck in the dark ages, i.e. Win98. No
> upgrading possible.
> 
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