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03-15-2004, 07:23 PM
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What to use it for
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.
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03-15-2004, 07:33 PM
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Re: What to use it for
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03-15-2004, 08:38 PM
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03-15-2004, 08:42 PM
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Sell it for like $20, at least u get something out of it. BTW thats a very sexy computer.
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03-15-2004, 08:47 PM
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03-16-2004, 10:29 AM
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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. |
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03-16-2004, 04:12 PM
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03-16-2004, 04:14 PM
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 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. |
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03-16-2004, 04:22 PM
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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.
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03-17-2004, 02:01 PM
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I guess that could be the reason I couldnt download it
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