Keith,

I've recently put, Linux Mint 17 (Ubuntu 14.04) 32-bit, on 10 year old 
Dell Inspiron, that had a 60Gb HDD, Pentium-m CPU, and 2Gb RAM.

I used PlayOnLinux to install M$ Word / Excel / Powerpoint 2007, and 
Oracle's VirtualBox to add M$ 7 Ultimate. M$ 7 doesn't run super speedy, 
but you could use IE from that side of your machine.

The machine is used more for a media center running Clementine 
(streaming music), and XBMC Media Center (Radio / TV channels / Movies / 
TV series).

Your machine should do well.

Here's a tip when working with VB. When you close M$ 7, or whatever, 
just click the window to close, and not the usual M$ shutdown procedure. 
Just check the window that opens up, and suspend the machine, not shut 
it down. I was so stunned how fast that I could launch M$ 7 Ultimate 
that I posted a YouTube Video using Kazaam (Desktop Capture) - Microsoft 
Windows 7 Ultimate - Booted In Less Than 3 Seconds 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8m4JXln_FY&feature=em-upload_owner>.

John


On 08/01/2014 12:45 PM, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm pondering buying a Dell laptop with an Intel Core i3-4030U 
> processor and 4GB of DDR3, 1600MHz RAM.
>
> Benchmark seems decent : 
> http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-4030U+%40+1.90GHz
>
> CPU seems rather good : 
> http://ark.intel.com/products/81018/Intel-Core-i3-4030U-Processor-3M-Cache-1_90-GHz
>
> I would like to load Linux on it to use it as a LAMP development box.  
> Most of my work is custom PHP, however I may need to spend some time 
> with Drupal which is a resource hog.  It is my hope running local-host 
> would mitigate some of the Drupal issues.
>
> I might want to use it to edit videos and potentially images.
>
> I was thinking of using a Modern IE 
> https://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools in a Virtual Box 
> https://www.virtualbox.org/ so I can have Internet Explorer for testing.
>
> I don't think I will need any other Windows software, or at least that 
> is my hope.
>
> I have not done something like this before so I thought I would ask 
> the experts.  Is my approach solid or is there something I am missing 
> or should consider?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Keith
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