It should be possible, as long as you have 512 MB or more RAM installed (it supports up to 2 GB). You may have trouble finding drivers for some of the components, such as the wireless card.
No.
IBM thinkpad, definitely.
I am sitting here looking at an IBM Thinkpad type 1161 and it says it was manufactured in the year 2000, it also says that it was made for windows 98SE or 2000 pro.
Try reinstalling the driver for the CD drive
IBM
IBM first debuted Thinkpad tablets in 2012. The Thinkpad had been a part of the IBM brand since 1982. Currently the tablet is owned by Lenovo and is not the most popular model of tablet.
No. IBM did design and sell the original ThinkPad laptop. However, a company named Lenovo has been manufacturing and marketing the ThinkPad laptop since 2005.
The first IBM ThinkPad was released in 1992 for Japan, and 1995 for the US, and around the same time for Canada.
If it is just at a C: prompt after it powers up, that means Microsoft Windows has not been installed and all someone did was install a basic copy of DOS. This is usually what people do when selling someone a used laptop (like off eBay) - you don't get an operating system with it. You'll need to buy a copy of Microsoft Windows and install it on the system yourself, then download the proper ThinkPad specific drivers from Lenovo.com.
The IBM Thinkpad name was suggested by IBM employee Denny Wainwright. Denny came up with the name because he had a "THINK" notepad in his pocket.
The ThinkPad R40 was produce by IBM. Lenovo now owns the ThinkPad brand, so support issues are serviced through that company, instead of the former owner IBM.
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