[219] in winnt
Dell Inspirion notebook and WinNT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard Kimble Jr)
Thu Sep 10 11:32:45 1998
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:30:23 -0400
To: ntpartners@MIT.EDU
From: Leonard Kimble Jr <lkimble@MIT.EDU>
Hello...
A couple of people have mentioned having a problem with installing windows
NT 4.0 on the dell Inspirion laptop computer. Here is a question and
answer I read from Windows NT Magazine's July issue, in the Tricks and
Traps sections.
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Q: I just purchased a 233MHz Dell Inspirion notebook with 64MB of RAM. My
company is converting its network to Windows NT Workstation, and Dell
doesn't support NT on the Inspirion. Ant suggestions?
A: The Inspirion chipset is identical to the chipset on the Dell's
Latitude CP notebooks, which the company supports on NT. The only problem
is the PC Card slots. Go to Dell's Web site ( http://www.dell.com ), and
download the PC Card NT drivers for the Latitude CP notebooks. You'll be
able to install NT on your laptop, but Dell won't provide you with NT support.
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I haven't tried this yet. If anyone tries this, please let the group know
how it works out.
Thanks,
Leonard Kimble
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