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Old Pentium 4 computer Dont Throw away
Hi all
I've just upgraded an old P IV laptop computer to W7 x-86 and it REALLY FLIES. (Sony VAIO PGC 816)
(2GB RAM Full Pentium IV (not Celeron) 2.8 GHZ.
This gives some of the more modern laptops a real run for their money -- of course a full P IV is not a sensible choice these days for a laptop as the power consumption is Humungous -- you are lucky to get 90 mins of battery time with this one - especially with the HUGE screen and it weighs a ton.
However as an extra computer it's worth it (glad I never chucked it -- I added 1GB of RAM to it - it has 2 slots).
I just can't believe how FAST this old dynosaur is -- still has a beautiful screen so I'm using this one also as my TV / DVD viewing machine now.
I upgraded via XP home===> vista ultimate x-86 (non activated) ==> W7 RTM x-86 (from technet).
All the drivers were found.
Very happy with this although I wouldn't take it on the road - much to big and heavy.
Cheers
jimbo