 yoyomhz
join:2003-02-15
Beverly Hills, CA | What would you do with a cheapToshiba laptop? I bought a dirt cheap Toshiba L35 laptop a few years ago.
It came with a lot of crap which I tried to remove but probably never did a good job, and it probably has some viruses too.
Would you put a new install of XP?
or would you try Windows 7?
Or would you order the Vista restore disc from Toshiba
and reinstall Vista?
(the compuer is cheap) |
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand
 ·Cybersurf Intern..
| said by yoyomhz:I bought a dirt cheap Toshiba L35 laptop a few years ago.
It came with a lot of crap which I tried to remove but probably never did a good job, and it probably has some viruses too.
Would you put a new install of XP?
That's all I'd install, it's an antique from 2005!
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peterboroPremium
join:2006-11-03
Peterborough, ON | reply to yoyomhz
This.
»www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl···dmU#t=0s |
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Reviews:
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 GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:16 | reply to yoyomhz
Depends on the specs... That model seems to come with 512MB of RAM (only supports 2GB max), so Vista is really not a good choice (it's below the minimum requirements for most versions of vista anyhow).
I'd either put XP on it, or something lighter like Lubuntu 11.10.
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+1 for what Guspaz said.
Reinstall a fresh install of XP on it and install Ubuntu as a dual boot. |
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I got for free... 3 Toshiba Toughbook CF-M34 laptops that they were throwing out at work. I don't have all the passwords; and they can't boot from an external USB source.
On the weekend, the hard drives are coming out and are going to have an intimate relationship with a 6 lb sledgehammer. Next week the remains will be dropped off at a recycle depot.
Or... Maybe I'll keep one as a doorstop. |
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peterboroPremium
join:2006-11-03
Peterborough, ON | reply to thebaron
said by thebaron: Ha! You beat me to it, I was going to say "shoot it" Great minds think alike, unless it comes to baby raccoons that is. |
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Slap in more ram to up to to the max of 2 gigs, then install a hacked up and stripped down version of 7.  |
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 dennilfloss Liberal And Loving ItPremium
join:2001-09-09
Ottawa, ON | reply to yoyomhz
I'm giving my eleven-year old 12" 800x600 IBM Thinkpad A21e with its mobile Celeron 600 CPU, ATI RAGE Mobility 4MB videocard, 256MB RAM & 10GB HDD to a friend as I was just given in advance of my birthday a 1920x1080 Dell XPS 17 L702x with an i7 2760QM CPU, 3GB nVidia 555M videocard, 8GB RAM, Bluray & 2x750GB of hard disk space. He'll use the Thinkpad to play MP3s and some basic games like Jewels (OS is TinyMe Linux).
The old: »www.janpara.co.jp/kike/files/thinkpad.jpg .
The new: »i.imgur.com/ywfAk.jpg
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HoboJ
join:2008-03-27
Carrying Place, ON
kudos:1 Reviews:
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| Such a beautiful machine. Made to last the ages while its competition rots away in a junk pile.  |
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yoyomhz
join:2003-02-15
Beverly Hills, CA | reply to dennilfloss
i'll probably buy a new laptop. |
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 JCohenPremium
join:2010-10-19
Nepean, ON
kudos:2 | reply to yoyomhz
I'd use either WinXP or Win7 if you upgrade the RAM. |
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dennilfloss Liberal And Loving ItPremium
join:2001-09-09
Ottawa, ON | reply to HoboJ
said by HoboJ:Such a beautiful machine. Made to last the ages while its competition rots away in a junk pile. Built like a tank. Still works perfectly except for the tiny speakers. |
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Linux, my old IBM T23 can still run it pretty well. |
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