The guy Must have Windows. He would be lost with Linux and WINE.
He has Corel Draw for all of his old work graphics, but I am adding GIMP and Inkscape.
The memory is maxed out at 512MB even with more RAM installed. Really old system.
On 08/19/2011 11:04 AM, David Nelson wrote:
Hi, On such old hardware, you might usefully consider using Linux with the XFCE GUI, because you will undoubtedly get better performances than with XP, and won't need the antivirus software. If you really need some kind of antivirus, you could try receiving all files through a webmail provider such as Gmail, because it will do the antivirus checking for you, instead of having dedicated antivirus software running permanently on the computer and hogging resources. Keeping only a low number of fonts might help, too. Having a low res like 800X600 is going to mean that you'll have a lot less screen real estate. icons will be bigger, toolbars will take up more space, etc. I'm assuming that LibO will indeed run at 800x600, because I've never tried it myself... If you really need Corel Draw rather than opting for GIMP, you will probably get it to run quite well under Wine, especially if you use the enhanced Crossover Office solution. I think you'll want to allow for a large spill partition when setting up Linux, as there will certainly be a lot of swapping out happening... But likely it'll be less than with XP with the same hardware configuration. Again, I'm assuming that all your software will run. It's been a long time since I worked on such a machine. But, undoubtedly, Linux plus XFCE is your best bet... If you have the possibility of adding memory, that will certainly feel like a God-sent improvement in performances. HTH.
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