Help the Aged (laptop)

AMO

Personally, I'd take the original advice you got and chuck it. A desktop that old would be salvageable to some extent. However, a laptop is far more trouble than its worth.

For those that gave advice on using Linux, I would say this is not the best advice. I doubt very much that people were writing Linux hardware drivers for a laptop of that time.

For laptops that old, all components will be very slow expecially the hard drive. For a desktop, there is some scope for debate. However, for a laptop, the hard drive is so slow, that you have to be careful about what you install. Therefore, its a big no-no in my book to install Windows XP or later. You don't have the memory requirements and you certainly don't have a fast enough hard drive for virtual memory usage.

The only real option if you want to salvage this PC is either a copy of Windows NT or Windows 95/98/ME.

Even then, I don't think its worth your time.

I'd donate it.

AMO

JustCharlie

maybe not entirely useless.

someone posted this in a thread a while back but i like the page and had it book marked. check it out

http://www.deoss.org/positive/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=43

Lakeuk

Offer it on your local freecycle

http://uk.freecycle.org/