Specs:

IBM Thinkpad 390X
Win 2000 Pro
Pentium III, 450 MHz
Useable Memory: 326912 KB
Hard Drive Space: a few GB (like 4, i think)

i found this laptop in my friend's basement, he said it was broken (he just didn't know the password). It was running win 2000. So i boot n' nuked it, installed win 95, and upgraded to Win 2000 pro.

Any sugestions would be appreciated!

Should I run WIN 98 SE or Win 2003 eXP if any of those OS?

thanks,

LiEB0

keep it the way it is or get more ram and p4

With the specs you provided, you could run Windows 2000 Professional or XP as the O/S. (Windows 98 came stock with the unit.)

Ref.: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314865/en-us

Note the "At least 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk" line. If your hard disk is only 4 GB, then you'll have to keep it "slim" and not bogged down on programs. 4 GB can get used fairly quickly with todays programs and their size. Virtual memory will chew up a chunk of that space as well.

"more ram and p4"

RJ,
A Pent.4 probably won't install on that machine. It also has a RAM capacity of 256 MB MAX. (Posted "Useable Memory: 326912 KB"???)

Ref.: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...id=MIGR-4CYMXN (This states that a 12 GB hard disk comes in the unit.)

I appreciate the fact that you're trying to help with a problem, but please do a bit of research before you reply. You can waste a persons time and potentially cause harm to the machine, or cause unwarranted costs to an individual which decides to pursue your suggestions.