Well stated, Being that I have had noodles and cheese for teh mumble mumble time this month... Medical costs are killing us. So yes I make doo with a PII lap top 'cause I can't afford to replace it. Linux has it working well. Albeit slowly.
Jim TE On Thursday 27 January 2005 15:19, Aaron Kammer wrote: > Hi there, > > I know, the new machines are fairly low in price. However, there are some > of us who still have machines that are MUCH slower than 2 GHz, but that > still function perfectly fine. Also, there are occasions where $200 is > simply not available (e.g., I've been eating Ramen for longer than I care > to think about). > > If you are using an older machine then my recommendation would be to look > at some of the other software packages that are out there. There are many > good web sites that list free text and word processing programs, just do a > search from your favorite search engine. If you need to use spreadsheets > though, then you will probably have to suffer through some fairly long > pauses while using OOo Calc, since this is the only free spreadsheet > program that I've had work well for me. > > Hope this helps clear things up and that I didn't flame anyone too bad. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David V James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 3:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [users] Older Computer > > All, > > I have a hard time getting excited about supporting old computers, when new > 2G machines w/128M can be purchased for under $200. > > DVJ > > David V. James > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 1:21 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [users] Older Computer > >> > >> > >> It will, but unusable slow. > >> > >> regards > >> > >> Jens > >> > >> >-- Original-Nachricht -- > >> >Reply-To: [email protected] > >> >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:27:39 +0200 > >> >From: Shoshannah Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >To: [email protected] > >> >Subject: Re: [users] Older Computer > >> > > >> >Mike Dutson wrote: > >> >> I have an older computer, with only 32 MB RAM, I am not interested > >> >> in speed, will Open Office 1.1 work on my computer. > >> > > >> >Probably not- the official minimum for OpenOffice is 64 MB RAM. > >> > > >> >-- > >> >http://www.xslf.com > >> > > >> >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > >> >additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > >> additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "No Matter where you go... There you are! B.Banzai --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
