Tech Oddities

I wonder about these computers.  I really do.  Sometimes I think they're secretly plotting to drive us all crazy.

I'm still happily fiddling about with the Ubuntu world, and rather enjoying it.  So much so that I went looking for, and found, a cheap Lenovo Thinkpad from a surplus dealer, and snagged it for next to nothing.  The system was sold devoid of an operating system, so...  Well, you know what's going to be installed...

While I was waiting, I got a wild idea to do some more experimentation   As I noted in some entries way back, I was having problems with the old Panasonic CF-29 Toughbook I had.  The thing was booting slow, was having problems with "sleep" mode, the "Media Packet" indicators wouldn't go off, etc.  So...  Why not try a Wubi install, and see if things work better?

So...  I dragged the CF-29 out from under the pile of junk it was hiding in, hooked up the charger, and let it sit for a bit.

The damned thing booted perfectly.  The "Media Packet" indicators didn't come on.  I haven't tried putting it to sleep yet, but will shortly.

???

I swear the cussed thing is trying to drive me flippy.

Anyway, I think I'll hold off firing up Wubi for now.  We'll just see how things go...