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bd1886 · 03-05-2007, 01:23 PM

Was given an older Gateway w/ ME. Going to get it tuned up and running smoothly and then going to make the decision to keep ME (and go through the search for av and support utilities),install XP and use free av and apps, or run with Ubuntu. The computer came with some nice office apps. and that is the only reason I'm considering keeping ME. Would there be any problems installing Ubuntu on this and would it be just a reformat/install.
System is running: Athlon processor, MSI 6330 Ver.2.1 mobo, 128mb ram, 20gig WD hd, cd/rom and a cd/rw drive, ATI Radeon graphics card 64mb, and a Newton 250w psu. Can't get into the bios using th delete key on startup to check the system out there? What would you guys do?

03-05-2007, 01:23 PM	#1
bd1886 Member (10 bit) Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 720	Old Gateway/ Install Ubuntu Was given an older Gateway w/ ME. Going to get it tuned up and running smoothly and then going to make the decision to keep ME (and go through the search for av and support utilities),install XP and use free av and apps, or run with Ubuntu. The computer came with some nice office apps. and that is the only reason I'm considering keeping ME. Would there be any problems installing Ubuntu on this and would it be just a reformat/install. System is running: Athlon processor, MSI 6330 Ver.2.1 mobo, 128mb ram, 20gig WD hd, cd/rom and a cd/rw drive, ATI Radeon graphics card 64mb, and a Newton 250w psu. Can't get into the bios using th delete key on startup to check the system out there? What would you guys do?