I have an older P4 with i think 1GB ram in it. Old Del Ideacenter.. It works, and i think i have a Nvidia 5xxx series card in it. If you want it for her you can have it. I think i have a 30 or 40 GB HDD in it. It was all working last i had it out and about. On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: > On 12/21/2011 04:39 PM, Technomage Hawke wrote: >> >> hello guys. >> I have a friend of mine (she is a nice old lady) who needs some help. she >> has an old computer that is not working and she needs to get a newer one. >> the problem is that she lives on a limited income and can't afford to buy >> new. is there any help you guys can offer? >> >> her current machine is an older k6-2 machine with  windows XP and it is >> running so dog slow that she cannot do anything on it. any help you can >> offer would be greatly appreciated. you can respond to me directly as i >> don't have her permission to post her phone. >> >> -eric >> 623-399-5635 > > > Many of these older computers I've seen are simply lacking enough ram. When > XP first came out, it'd run ok w/ 512M, but not any more (with SP updates). > 1G is minimum for a reasonably pleasant user experience. I've done memory > upgrades on a few of these, and that makes them usable once more. > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss