need to find a donor computer.

[Stephen]

Err IBM Ideacenter. HAve dell on the mind as i am rebuilding a laptop
for the kid.

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <ejs at shubes.net> 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'
>>
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>
> Stephen



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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