of course, I could trash the ancient laptop. I just like a good challenge. This was just one puzzle I failed to solve. I just dont understand why the machine would slow down to a crawl after being on for an hour or so. Perhaps I should read up on "solid state caps."
A client drops off a couple archaic laptops and explains that he only needs one of them with WiFi and to run programming software for his modified cars. His needs are by no means demanding, so I chose the highest quality laptop which happens to be a Japanese-made Toshiba tablet PC with a 1.33...