Re: Is this even worth $75???

Yes, but old SODIMMs are not that expensive! It would not take a lot to get the
memory up to 192MB or 256MB, which is quite usable with Win 2000.

Some old parallel printers work very well. A USB printer can't be hooked up to
a GX100? ... Ben Myers

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:30:47 GMT, Leythos <void@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>In article <zMkhf.116$Mj.74@xxxxxxxx>, kchilder@xxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> > Each Dell Inspiron Laptop package will at least include the following:
>> >
>> > a.. Windows 2000 (Operating System)
>> > b.. Windows 2000 Drivers for Devices Installed
>> > c.. 64 MB RAM
>> > d.. 10 Gigabyte Hard Drive
>> > e.. No speakers or printers come with it.
>> > So, my question: is it even worth $75???
>> >
>> > Mel
>> >
>> I have watched a number of similar threads and I have to ask, are so
>> many of us so elitist that we have to disregard any system more than a year
>> old as obsolete?
>
>No, but those specs mean it's worthless and would cost to much to make
>it usable for most simple uses.
>
>I just gave my mother a Celeron 466 Optiplex GX100 system with 256MB of
>RAM and a 10GB Drive, a used Monitor, Windows 2000 Prof, and then setup
>MS Works, FireFox, and Outlook 2000 so she could connect to our email
>server. This machine is the minimal that I would want anyone to use, and
>in fact, it's not usable with current USB devices. Seems that Windows
>2000 and the GX100 series doesn't have workable USB drivers, so she's
>stuck with a old Parallel printer.....
>
>64MB of RAM, even in a laptop, even running Linux, would not be enough
>for a user that only did Web Browsing and web mail.
>
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