Self-education -- what made my old '00 Sony VAIO tick...

Trying to get organized with this bonus day off today.  I finally transferred the last of my contacts from my old cell phone into my BlackBerry, which I have had for OVER A YEAR now.  ('bout time...)

When I went to toss the old phone up on our "defunct technology" shelf, I decided to pull down the old laptop computer that's been sitting up there and has been out of commission for several years.  It was my tool of choice during my undergrad days at SVU, which helped me write many a paper and graduate w/ my Bachelor of Arts degree.  Then, it died.  :)

I've been holding onto it to "recycle it," but I decided to crack it open instead and satisfy my curiosity to see what makes a laptop "tick."  Crazy to see how much technology is contstantly changing!  This old machine rocked in 2000.  Today, it's something to laugh about!

First, the technical specs -- then a couple of pics!!

Processor:  Pentium III (yeah baby!)
Memory:  Not one but two 128MB RAM buses (I think my cell phone has more RAM now, probably?)
Hard Drive:  15.1 Gigs!  TOTAL!  Wow...

...and the KING of all specs

Extras:  3.5" floppy drive!  (Oh, and if that's not funny enough, Amanda found several ZIP DISKS on Saturday that have our papers, etc., saved on them!  Now, to find a ZIP DRIVE we can use to access those priceless projects!!)