My Dad gave me a oldschool laptop what should i do
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RE: My Dad gave me a oldschool laptop what should i do
I'd upgrade the hard drive and ram and it would just be a torrent box or just for P2P.
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14/07/2007 05:36 PM |
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RE: My Dad gave me a oldschool laptop what should i do
i'd sell it. for an newer one. i mean its not going to get all the way there... or keep it and play old school games on it.
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14/07/2007 06:54 PM |
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RE: My Dad gave me a oldschool laptop what should i do
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14/07/2007 06:58 PM |
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RE: My Dad gave me a oldschool laptop what should i do
i would use linux. ubuntu or fedora. and just surf on it a bit or somet
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14/07/2007 07:32 PM |
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RE: My Dad gave me a oldschool laptop what should i do
I'd just use it for general purpose writing stuff and some programming.
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15/07/2007 01:18 AM |
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amzter
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RE: My Dad gave me a oldschool laptop what should i do
how much do u reckon it would go for on ebay?
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15/07/2007 01:37 AM |
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RE: My Dad gave me a oldschool laptop what should i do
upgrading HDD and RAM for a computer with a cpu that can't take advantage of the upgraded HDD and RAM is pretty pointless. If u want to upgrade, u need to upgrade everything.
I say don't bother trying to upgrade. Since u would pretty much need a complete upgrade, and that will cost u more than getting a new laptop. + laptops are hard to upgrade.
I would just sell it.
amtzer Wrote:how much do u reckon it would go for on ebay?
not much at all.
I don't really know, but i imagine something like less than $50.
amzter Wrote:lol nah i won't do that i might install a new os
maybe put a portable hardrive in
linux may work. i don't know much about linux. If u prefer windows, i suggest 98.
Don't even think of XP or Vista.
XP takes long enough to load on my old 666mhz laptop with 196mb of RAM for make me consider downgrading to 98. Ur comp is 3 times slower with half the memory = XP would run VERY craptastically.
(This post was last modified: 15/07/2007 02:02 AM by Assassinator.)
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15/07/2007 01:58 AM |
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RE: My Dad gave me a oldschool laptop what should i do
For people interested in 98, 98lite is an interesting modification - 200MHz computer with 98lite loads faster than a clean XP on my AthlonX2 4200+...
Though 98lite is kinda fiddly to get working properly, and, since it uses parts from Windows 95, you need a copy of that as well.
You _really_ won't get it's worth selling it IMO. "Super cheap" new laptops (targeted primarily towards 3rd world countries) these days can go as low as $100, and they have way better specs...
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15/07/2007 02:04 AM |
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RE: My Dad gave me a oldschool laptop what should i do
ORGAN Wrote:I would throw it away
Take it all apart, look at it, and play with all the bits and pieces. Fun.
Then try to put it together again.
Then try harder.
Harder... :out:
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15/07/2007 02:13 AM |
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amzter
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RE: My Dad gave me a oldschool laptop what should i do
ok i have opted for ubuntu lite but everywhere it says it for linux and it also says its for servers
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15/07/2007 03:09 AM |
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