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Can I have a CD-RW w/ 98
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Name: bluebirdvision
Date: December 22, 2006 at 17:04:29 Pacific
Subject: Can I have a CD-RW w/ 98OS: 98SECPU/Ram: 128mbManufacturer/Model: IBM Netvista 6578-LAU |
Comment: I really like my IBM Netvista that i aquired from my school for 25.00 (mouse, keyboard, screen). I was wondering wether i can add a CD-RW to this computer.
I purchased this IBM Netvista 6578-LAU for 25.00 runs perfect came with keyboard mouse which i will replace w/ optical some day and screen
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Response Number 4
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Name: trvlr
Date: December 22, 2006 at 22:52:36 Pacific
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Reply: Echo that 128Meg is not inadquate for '98. A colleague some time confirmed (and found info on the www to support him too) that above 64Meg RAM for '98 the benefits are hardly noticeable, in average useage... A Pentium-2 will do OK with a CD-burner. It will just burn more slowly overall than a more current spec. cpu - which is no serious event anyway...? And as the PC in question here is a P-3... it ought to do even better? (I have in an elderly DEll P-2/233MgHrz - and was fine with a CD-burner and 128Meg RAM - although now using 364Meg RAM). Not sure about a dvd-burner though; but probably OK too - again as the PC in question is P-3?
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Response Number 5
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Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: December 22, 2006 at 23:00:10 Pacific
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Reply: I'm running an old 10X burner on a P-I 233 with 96 meg RAM and Nero 5.5. So you shouldn't have any problems putting one in your system. If you do go with a DVD burner make sure to check its minimum requirements before buying it.
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Response Number 6
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Reply: Yes his Pentuim 3 and it does have 128mb I purchased this IBM Netvista 6578-LAU for 25.00 runs perfect came with keyboard mouse which i will replace w/ optical some day and screen
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Reply: I do have Pentium 3 on this computer. I purchased this IBM Netvista 6578-LAU for 25.00 runs perfect came with keyboard mouse which i will replace w/ optical some day and screen
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Response Number 8
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Name: OtheHill
Date: January 2, 2007 at 09:31:51 Pacific
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Reply: You still need to check the minimum requirements for the drive you buy. The software that comes bundled with the burner may not work with Win98 either. You need to verify that. I'm not an Intel person so I don't know off hand where P3 started out on clock speeds abut I would guess that you should be able to get a DVD burner to work. You may need to use a utility that comes with some versions of burner software that slows the drive down to match the processor. As I mentioned above Everest home can tell you what processor is installed in that computer.
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Response Number 9
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Name: OtheHill
Date: January 2, 2007 at 09:34:49 Pacific
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Reply: Just to add to the above, I have gotten a P2-333 machine to use a CDRW burner. Unless you are installing an older drive I don't think you will find any drives that only do CD.
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Response Number 10
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Name: trvlr
Date: January 2, 2007 at 13:32:41 Pacific
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Reply: My elderly Dell P-2/233 runs a cdrw fine (320Meg RAM installed). It runs it a slower rate than HP offer with this equally elderly (by current standards) burner; but it does just fine.
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