Re: [OxLUG] ONCF NEEDS AN OLD LAPTOP

Jools Wills wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 23:19 +0000, Tim Pizey wrote:
>
> > But not too old... We badly need a laptop that is no more than three years
> > old that can support PowerPoint so that we can use it for giving local
> > talks, and that can take a datastick with USB port so that I can use it at
> > home. So if you are upgrading anytime soon ... contact Cynth at
> > cynth AT oncf.org.uk
>
> restricting to no more than three years might be a problem. I'm writing
> on my main work machine. its a laptop from 2005, with 2ghz pentium M and
> 2gb of ram. You can run powerpoint on a much older laptop than this.
>
> 10 year old laptops can be quite capable of running powerpoint.

Yup. Looking around the shops, I've yet to find a nicer laptop to
upgrade my main 2GHz dual core 2.5GB daily use laptop - and that's 3.5
years old. I'll probably buy a replacement screen, upgrade the disk
to an SSD and get a third replacement battery for it :-)

I'm installing Fedora Core 12 on my other laptop now - that's >10 years old.

Mind you, 10 year old laptops can't really run powerpoint if there's
full screen video in it...

-- Jamie