Author Topic: Got a laptop from school (Read 640 times)

Ducky duck · October 01, 2015, 04:03:14 PM

2 Core Duo CPU
some kind of Nvidia GPU
2GB Ram
Windows XP (I have a Windows 7 disk for it)

Its myn to keep, I got it from the computer technician in my school. And odly enough, it came from my old school. (Saint Gabriel's, I go to a regional school in Ridley now). I guess its because the technician came from St. Gabe's too.

What should I install?
So far I'v got:

Microsoft Office
Fingerprint Scanner (pre installed)
Scratch
Smart 11 (Pre Installed software for Smart Boards)
Mozilla Firefox (Id use chrome but it uses up too much RAM, ill be getting more RAM later)

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Col. Derontchi · October 01, 2015, 04:03:46 PM

Whatcha gone use it for?

Planr · October 01, 2015, 04:04:20 PM

good god only 2 gigs of ram and windows xp? that computer must be at least 10 years old.

Slab Bulkhead · October 01, 2015, 04:05:08 PM

Quote from: Ducky duck on October 01, 2015, 04:03:14 PM

ill be getting more RAM later)

Do this first and then ask us about things. I don't think you can do a whole lot with just 2GB of ram.

shitlord · October 01, 2015, 04:05:16 PM

you could try linux mint
i just bought a laptop for work and put it on here and its actually pretty sweet
everything i've tried has worked so far, and all the drivers work
also no bloatware on laptops is nice

Maxwell. · October 01, 2015, 04:05:43 PM

get ram and then upgrade to windows 7 first of all

espio100 · October 01, 2015, 04:29:26 PM

sell it and buy a ~~desktop~~ better one

Satan From Wreck-It-Ralph · October 01, 2015, 04:30:32 PM

search for research on it

HULKHOGANWWFWORLDCHAMPION · October 01, 2015, 04:32:07 PM

steam and download huniepop

MoltenKitten · October 01, 2015, 04:33:25 PM

Quote from: espio100 on October 01, 2015, 04:29:26 PM

sell it and buy a ~~desktop~~ better one

I think he would be lucky to get anymore than $100 for this

K3k0m@n · October 01, 2015, 04:47:53 PM

wow I also have an old laptop with a fingerprint scanner
I wonder why laptopS DON'T HAVE THIS NOWADAYS???

ThatDarkNinja778 · October 01, 2015, 09:47:38 PM

Reminds me of my cousin when she won an IBM Thinkpad from some sort giveaway or competition at school or something. It's was a decent laptop actually, pretty nice for regular web browsing and any other mundane things.

Meta_KnightX · October 01, 2015, 10:08:02 PM

My school just has us buy crappy (as in not the good ones) Chromebooks.
They only run flash games. They are supposed to be used for school stuff anyways

Khaz° · October 01, 2015, 10:08:32 PM

uninstall scratch why the hell do you have that