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Answer» My sister has an old laptop that I'm going to start using. The laptop currently runs win vista but it is quite slow in its running. I am going to use the laptop mainly for writing essays and so on when I am way from my desktop and maybe sometimes browsing. My desktop will be the main thing I will use which is running win 7. If you're running an old laptop just for essay writing and browsing, I recommend Ubuntu.Ubuntu is a good choice. Quote It should perform better than Win 7/XP as well.Pure conjecture. Also using the word "perform" here is sufficiently vague that it's easy to make up definitions that both support and argue the claim. EDIT: just say the part in the Original post where it is running Vista- if it came with Vista, it probably just needs a "tune-up" so to speak to get things running again. If UAC has been disabled there is no doubt in my mind that the entire thing is completely infested with viruses. (which would explain why it's slow). Of course, a clean install of Vista/7 will be a lot better then loading from whatever recovery CDs were included with the system. Maybe you should consider fixing up that laptop as well. I got my older sister's 3 year old laptop about a year ago and that thing ran really slow at first. But after I opened it up and went to town on the heat sink and fan with an air can that thing ran like new again. We still have no specs on this machine... Speculation is great though. Quote from: patio on May 03, 2010, 07:16:57 PM We still have no specs on this machine...Yeah, it may only have 1GB of RAM. My Compaq notebook PC which I purchased in July 2007 has Vista and originally had 1GB of RAM. I later increased that to 2GB. As you KNOW, you can test drive Ubuntu without removing the current OS from the hard drive. http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download Quote from: Geek-9pm on May 03, 2010, 09:35:15 PM As you know, you can test drive Ubuntu without removing the current OS from the hard drive.If you've enough hard disk space, you may consider dual-booting as well. You could eliminate either of the OS's at any time, if you choose. Quote you may consider dual-booting as wellYes, the newest versions of Ubuntu use WUBI, which installs a custom bootloader to the main OS and allows you create a virtual partition of a specified size. You can then choose to load either Windows or Ubuntu at startup. This makes it a lot easier to use two OSs.Depending on the hardware if your looking for speed and performance you might also consider trying to use CrunchBang http://crunchbanglinux.org/. It is very lightweight and has may program preloaded for anything you need. Very small footprint. Just a suggestion. Has a live cd as well so you can try it before you install. or, you could flip a coin.What software do you use for writing your essays? Quote from: Aegis on May 04, 2010, 06:38:37 PM What software do you use for writing your essays?This would be crucial, if a word processor is used then it won't matter but if certain proprietary software is being used then that could rule out certain operating systems. I would say that you should go for Ubuntu or Linux Mint. It's free and can easily do the basics you need. If you don't mind installing support for dvd playback and other media files (which can be slightly tricky) then go for Ubuntu. If you don't/can't install the media codecs yourself go for Linux Mint (which is Ubuntu-based) although it will run slightly slower. I would go for Ubuntu, even if you have problems with media codec installation or something else Ubuntu has a HUGE user community that can HELP you. The latest version of ubuntu is very cool, it has 10 second boot, 2GB free online STORAGE, new theme etc. I say: go with Ubuntu Ummmmm He hesn't been back.... Carry on. |
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