I hate to be negative, but if your friend doesn't have the love for antiquity that we share, a PIII era Dell is not going to serve as a daily driver. The prices are a little high on eBay because they are starting to come into fashion as cheap retro-game machines. The defacto old-machine rescue OS in linux( Lubuntu : https://lubuntu.net/ ) is on the edge of dropping support for the 32-bit processors. It'll work, but page loading simple things like Facebook and Gmail that everyday users need is a bit painful. If money is an issue, I usually recommend 5-8 year old netbooks running Chrome for everyday users on a super-tight budget. They can be had from $80--to-free, depending how important a battery is. If you're at a real loss, I have a 2012 Acer C710 that I was going to flush and clean for ebay. I'd be happy to pass it along. (I'm in Lawrenceville/Trenton) -Wil On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 8:18 AM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

I have an older Dell laptop that belongs to a friend. He has no money so I’m trying to do this cheap as possible.

I’m trying to get an older dell laptop updated to get on internet but it seems a lost cause.

Laptop works great (XP) and current browser loads some pages but can't figure what OS will work well with this configuration.

I’m sure more memory will be needed but I need you find what OS and browser will work well first.

It is PIII 1ghz, 10gig hdd, 256k 133mhz ram. Nvidia mobile video.

I was thinking Linux, but no experience there.

Any ideas that can allow me to get this done on the cheap?

Mike R.

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