Old Man With Old Machine, Help??

Hi there all, New To forums, wanted to know if anyone out there knows the maximum upgradeability of an older Thinkpad T-23?
(I.E. Largest Primary Internal 2.5" HDD it will Support, Maximum Ram It will Support, will it support a 7400rpm HDD?, will it support DVD Burner drive?)
Unit is running win XP-Pro SP-3. any help would be appreciated. Unit is rugged and has been dependable and would like to upgrade rather than buy new.

Welcome to the forum!
T23 will support 1GB (2x512MB) PC133, 144-pin laptop RAM.
It will work with an UltraBay 2000 DVD-RAM multiburner.
No problem running any 7200rpm hard drive, as long as it's PATA/IDE. Since these have been discontinued, your best bet is a large 5400rpm drive, like this one:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10005279
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
George
In daily use: R60F, R500F, T61, T410
Collecting dust: T60
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CSmith615 wrote:
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