[geeks] sunday project

[Lionel Peterson]

--- James <james at jdfogg.com> wrote:
> I'm thinking that with the ram boost and installing Linux it should
> run ok. With Win98se and 32M it was a tad slow (lots of swappage and
> disk thrashing).

I am working on a PII/333 CPU laptop right now, and it is quite
acceptable with a modern/bloated Linux (RH 8.0) on it. It doesn't
"rock", but it is good enough for serious work (where you ahve to stop
& think every once in a while, like coding, WWW/email, etc.).

I also have the same laptop with a PII/266 (albeit with a smaller
screen),and it is nice too, but booting takes a while, and the disk
thrashes a bit once the OS is up and running...

I have no exp. with the graphic card you mention, but I suspect that a
better video card would be the best improvement for that box (256
Meg/Celeron 300 CPU are fine), as an interactive machine.

Emotionally, I'd put the PII/266 int he box, but the celeron may
actually be a better CPU (based on your unique mix of applications) - I
still remeber whenthe celeron first came out and had *no* cache, I
always avoid celerons...


=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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