I was going to do the same with my 6 year old 17" screen Dell laptop.
But it runs XP Home Edition and, apart from booting as slow as molasses,
it's performance is generally acceptable. I might still convert it to
running XP on a 256 GB SSD or maybe move it to Linux. It's really my
wife's computer now and apart from the slow boot up she seems happy with
it. But she might also be able to get along with Linux since 95% of her
usage is restricted to Firefox and Thunderbird. Right now inertia and
lack of complaints from her side leave the status quo in effect.
Incidentally, I upgraded it from 2GB to 4GB and saw very little change
in performance. It has an Intel dual core processor but at 1.6 GHz both
processors are still pretty slow. I also suspect that it's fairly rare
for the second processor to do much work.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/30/2013 11:10 AM, JOHN DUGGAN wrote:
> Ken, Before I switched to an IMac my main desktop computer was running XP
> professional. It gave me very little trouble. My laptop, which is presently
> semi-retired, runs Vista. I have come close to destroying it on more than 1
> occasion! I am considering drastic surgery, putting in a 240GB SSD and
> installing Windoze 7. At the moment I do not use it, as it is so Slow!!
> Trying to decide if it will be cost effective on a 17" widescreen Dell about
> 6 years old which has had Very Little use.......Would of coure prefer a
> MacBook but cannot afford or justify it.
>
> Regards
> John Duggan,
> Wales, UK
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2013, 13:44
> Subject: [OM] New Camera, and some Photos Uploaded.
>
> We've got two Lenovos in the house running Windows 7 and a couple of Vista
> machines and two XPs. I get along with the XP machines well, but the Vista
> os just about drives me to drink. Windows 7 has been outstanding.
> Absolutely fine. The thing about Windows is that every other version is a
> disaster.
>
>
> On Wednesday, January 30, 2013, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> Nothing's perfect, Bill. Apple's is just a different way of computing. I
>> far prefer it to Microsoft's way.
>>
>> I had to instal a printer driver on a Winders machine yesterday; it took
>> about 10 times longer than on my Macs.
>>
>> At work I waste a lot of time with "network settings" on startup and
>> "saving your settings" on shutdown. It is with great relief that I return
>> in the evening to my Macs; they are flawed as well, but in a more palatable
>> way :-)
>>
>>
>
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