If I get old machines, I know many people who either need better ones
than they got, or cannot afford to buy any system, so even a P-II and a
P-III looks good to them, but not the kids. Have a girl who needs any
system that will allow her to type up her notes and papers instead of
using a library computer or at some friend's place. I am looking for a
cheap/used good condition printer for her. The P-II I will be getting
in return for the P-III will go to her. Since it is so old and slow, I
may have to put Word/Excel '97 on it, if LO is too slow or "whatever".
He does not have the money to pay for IDE/PCI cards, and I am all out of
them from my scrap box.
These machines I get are not really worth buying parts for. If I do not
have the need part in my "scrap boxes", then it may not get fixed or
upgraded.
On 08/19/2011 12:36 PM, Tod Hopkins wrote:
I don't want to sound elitist here, but you these days people (like me) are throwing
systems with those specs away. I was not able to give my PIIIs away and all of them had
better video. I think you time might be better spent "upgrading" the video
card rather than coping with a low res screen.
Cheers,
tod
On Aug 19, 2011, at 10:34 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
I have a question about the System Requirements for Windows that is posted on
the web site.
"Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), XP, Vista, or Windows 7
Pentium compatible PC (Pentium III or Athlon recommended)
256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), at least 256 colors"
The older systems that run P-III tend to have video cards that do not go above
800x600 if you want at least 256 colors. That is what I have seen in most of
the older computers I have used or repaired.
I am working on a P-III computer with 512 MB RAM and its video does not go
above 800x600.
So the question is, what will I loose with the smaller video resolution? I
have not added LO yet, since I am currently running the WinXP updates [hundreds
of them] before I load the needed software: LO, Thunderbird, Firefox, Corel
Draw [his], Inkscape, Security, and other software that he wants/needs on his
computer.
So what will he/I give up with 800x600 instead of the 1024x768 resolution?
This machine is to replace a real old P-II machine that he bought used about 10
years ago. It would be nice to get LO on that machine, since it is going to be
given to a girl who needs to type notes.
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