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messalina
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_ 		2. October 2007 @ 15:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Gateway E4200 Pentium III

9.55 GB / 7.33 FREE SPACE

547 MHz

256 mram

WINDOWS XP SP2

CABLE MODEM will have to change to DIAL-UP MODEM

ETHERNET

Please, feel free to copy and insert what you think the maximum change can be. I will also want to run AOL's 9.0 VR and probably it's McAfee Security Suites which requires 500 MHz.

Thanks!
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Auslander
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_ 		2. October 2007 @ 20:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
a decent linux distro would breathe new life into that machine; short of that, nothing comes up. windows xp will always be unbearably slow on that.
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chaos_zzz
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_ 		2. October 2007 @ 21:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
how much ram does the mobo can deal with, if can deal with at least 1gig u can try xp and it would work for regular use since regular use measn watching youbt eoffice tools and internet acsses
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_ 		4. October 2007 @ 11:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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That spec is actually fine for XP, but you'd get more 'juice' out of it by using a Linux distro on there.. I use Mcafee Viruscan on all my Windows machines, some of which are P3 600's and one's even a Celeron 466 which takes forever to boot, but is only used for dialling into work - they're all more than quick/usable enough. 256MB Ram is crap for XP though, 512MB would be more than enough, though a linux distro (for instance 'TinyMe') would run great in 256MB
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