The problem that I am having with older hardware is the relatively low cost of new hardware.
I have a Gateway P3-900 laptop with 64MB RAM and a 10GB HD that I was considering formatting with Linux for my wife to use. She would only web browse and use email. The battery needs replacing and if I want to use the machine to its fullest I'd need to add a wireless card. Performing these upgrades (wireless, new hd, battery, ram upgrade) would be at least $300 at the cheapest ebay prices. So my question is this: If I do these upgrades is the system still going to struggle to run things? Would it be better to bite the bullet and purchase a new Dell notebook with no O/S for about $500? Am I just throwing money away on a system that wont be that great even after the upgrades? Any thoughts? Regards, Mark. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
