[deevious]

On a similar vein, I just installed Windows 2000 + all updates on my Thinkpad T42 with an Intel M 1.8GHz single core, 1GB of ram and 160GB of spinning rust. The ultimate goal was to set up an Embedded Visual C++ 3.0 development environment so I could try out coding for Windows CE devices (shout out to NCommander and his nethack on Jornada video).

The biggest surprise came after I got it fully updated with Legacy Update, installed all the drivers and finally got my head around wireless supplicants by stumbling onto the Boingo client - my 5GHz SSID was in the wireless networks list. This prompted a full recheck of my router config (that came up correct), then some confused googling until I found IBM's Press Release touting the 5GHz prowess of the Intel 2915ABG card in my laptop: https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=an&...

[p_l]

early on 802.11a (5GHz) was really, really business-focused feature.

And Thinkpads are nothing if not business focused.