What to use it for

[Blue_Gundam2002]

I just got a broken computer from my aunt a couple days ago and repaired it. its a compaqu desk pro, 166mhz, 192md ram, 2.1gb scsi hdd, cdrom, floppy, and all the normal ports on the back. Its running XP Pro, I don't know why she put that on it.
Now my problem is I don't know what to do with it. Does anyone have any suggestions?

PS: I wasn't sure were to put this, if it would be better in a different section please move it.

[LiVeWiRe]

Originally posted by Doobie
Computer: 486
Ram: 8 MB
CD Rom: None
OS: Windows 3.1

Ship it to Doobie...it's an upgrade for him! :D
-LW

[Blue_Gundam2002]

Originally posted by LiVeWiRe
Ship it to Doobie...it's an upgrade for him! :D
-LW
Those specs would explain why he couldn't download rainlendar:D

[imbest123]

Sell it for like $20, at least u get something out of it. BTW thats a very sexy computer.

[LiVeWiRe]

Originally posted by Blue_Gundam2002
Those specs would explain why he couldn't download rainlendar:D

Very good point! :)

-LW

[glc]

Wipe it and put 98SE on it and use it for a word processor or websurfer.

Put Linux on it for a learning machine.

Whatever you do, get XP off it, that's insane putting it on a 166 with a 2 gig hard drive.

Donate it to a school, senior center, or church.

[Panama Red]

Originally posted by glc

Donate it to a school, senior center, or church.

........and take a $499 tax deduction :D ;)

[doctorgonzo]

Originally posted by Panama Red
........and take a $499 tax deduction :D ;)

If you want a visit from the IRS, that is. :eek:

I would stick Linux on it. I just put Linux on an old laptop for my wife and I was surprised that Mandrake detected everything correctly and it ran straight away.

[Blue_Gundam2002]

I decided to put fedora on it. I have another computer laying around and I'm going to put mandrake 10.0 on it if I can get it working.

[Doobie]

I guess that could be the reason I couldnt download it ;)