Comments | pecosdave: I'm finally getting that notebook ready to go.

pecosdave

I'm finally getting that notebook ready to go.

Oct 04, 2005 08:51

If you will remember some time back I mentioned picking up on old laptop for my cousin and she decided that even though it's exactly what she asked for, she didn't want it. I have instead ordered 64MB of RAM for it (for $14) and maxed it out at 96MB of RAM. I'm going to send it to my sister. She wanted something to play solitare and Majohng on, ( Read more... )

family, hardware

Comments 6

nin_man October 4 2005, 13:57:29 UTC

Hey, I heard of this cool alternative called stacato October 4 2005, 14:31:52 UTC

Lunix. You can download it for free from the intraweb and I heard you get free beer with it too. How cool is that?

Re: Hey, I heard of this cool alternative called pecosdave October 4 2005, 14:35:20 UTC

okay, when my sister wants to install the spyware infested e-games Mahjong (which she already told me she wants) you can help her to configure WINE to make it work.

two_pi_r October 4 2005, 15:13:30 UTC

I'd pick Windows 98 SE + Unofficial 98 Service Pack, personally.

Noted, pecosdave October 4 2005, 15:20:16 UTC

I might just go this route, looks like that would perform better on this system anyways.

I'd normally say Win2Kpro slamlander October 4 2005, 21:35:51 UTC

but it's a bit short of RAM. Win2K needs at least 128K and is happier with 256K+. Anything less then that hammers the swapper too much.

WinNT is useless. No updates and config is a bitch anyway.

I hate to say it but Win98SE may be the best bet.

As you say, Linux is a config nightmare.