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My brothers girlfriend is selling a laptop for £100, there isn't anything wrong with it or else she wouldn't sell it to me.
It is a Compaq Armada M700 laptop with the following:
Windows 98
Memory 192.0 MB of RAM
Memory 5.58 GB
CD compartment
Leads for use of the mains aswell as a battery
Comes with its own carry case
IS that ok?
It is a Compaq Armada M700 laptop with the following:
Windows 98
Memory 192.0 MB of RAM
Memory 5.58 GB
CD compartment
Leads for use of the mains aswell as a battery
Comes with its own carry case
IS that ok?
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192mb of SDRAM?
Has to be slow, HAS to be.
Has to be slow, HAS to be.
cookie monster wrote:
> XP would crawl on that spec though. It just loves RAM.
This is such a popular misconception
> XP would crawl on that spec though. It just loves RAM.
This is such a popular misconception
XP would crawl on that spec though. It just loves RAM.
Lawrence wrote:
> So....just a summary, i go to house with laptop and windows 98 CD,
> connect to the roauter (sp)..then get a cat cable if i need
> one..where would i get one from? PC world??
Correct, except as cjh says you need the cable in order to connect. If your landlord doesn't have a spare cable, and I suspect he will, PC World or any half-decent computer shop will stock one. Your landlord will probably be able to tell you exactly where to go and exactly what to ask for if he hasn't got a cable himself.
> Would I be able to up grade windows 98 or will that be more hassle
> than it's worth?
Personally I would, but I use my computer all the time. The more you use your computer, the more benefit you'd get out of a better version of Windows. Windows 98 will be able to do all the things you want it to though, it just won't be as smooth or pleasureable an experience as either 2000 or XP.
> So....just a summary, i go to house with laptop and windows 98 CD,
> connect to the roauter (sp)..then get a cat cable if i need
> one..where would i get one from? PC world??
Correct, except as cjh says you need the cable in order to connect. If your landlord doesn't have a spare cable, and I suspect he will, PC World or any half-decent computer shop will stock one. Your landlord will probably be able to tell you exactly where to go and exactly what to ask for if he hasn't got a cable himself.
> Would I be able to up grade windows 98 or will that be more hassle
> than it's worth?
Personally I would, but I use my computer all the time. The more you use your computer, the more benefit you'd get out of a better version of Windows. Windows 98 will be able to do all the things you want it to though, it just won't be as smooth or pleasureable an experience as either 2000 or XP.
Get it from ebuyer or something. Just make sure it's patch cable.
Lawrence wrote:
> So....just a summary, i go to house with laptop and windows 98 CD,
> connect to the router .. then get a cat cable if i need
> one.. where would i get one from? PC world??
Yeah, you can get a cable from PC world or any local computer / electronics store. Though you'll need the cable in order to connect it to the router.
Though as its Windows 98, you may need to make a few changes yourself to get it working, but I would have thought the others in the hosue could help you out there.
> So....just a summary, i go to house with laptop and windows 98 CD,
> connect to the router .. then get a cat cable if i need
> one.. where would i get one from? PC world??
Yeah, you can get a cable from PC world or any local computer / electronics store. Though you'll need the cable in order to connect it to the router.
Though as its Windows 98, you may need to make a few changes yourself to get it working, but I would have thought the others in the hosue could help you out there.
OK, thanks so much for the info.
When i'm at my new house i'll come to you when anything goes wrong!!! Not that it would
*touches wood*
(no jokes please this isn't General Chat)
So....just a summary, i go to house with laptop and windows 98 CD, connect to the roauter (sp)..then get a cat cable if i need one..where would i get one from? PC world??
Would I be able to up grade windows 98 or will that be more hassle than it's worth?
When i'm at my new house i'll come to you when anything goes wrong!!! Not that it would
*touches wood*
(no jokes please this isn't General Chat)
So....just a summary, i go to house with laptop and windows 98 CD, connect to the roauter (sp)..then get a cat cable if i need one..where would i get one from? PC world??
Would I be able to up grade windows 98 or will that be more hassle than it's worth?
Lawrence wrote:
> Yeah he has. There are 3 other people in the house already and they
> use the internet, so do i just connect my laptop into the phone
> socket?
>
> I can't believe how dumb i'm sounding!!!
Nay. A local area network like what your landlord probably has does not run on the phone system, the phone system is only used (sometimes) as the medium by which computers in your house collectively communicate with the outside world. Your landlord will presumably have a network set up so that all the computers in his house plug into a router (or a computer set up to act like a router) using cat5 network cable between each machine and the router. That router will in some way connect to (or possibly include within itself) a modem, which uses either an ADSL or cable connection to connect to the internet.
All you need to do to include yourself in this setup is establish a connection between your laptop and the router, by running a piece of cat5 cable between the network socket on your laptop and a free network socket on the router. This means you need a cat5 cable, but don't buy one, as your landlord may well already have one ready. You may also need to do a bit of twiddling with Windows so that it is set up to talk to the router, but this is pretty easy and your landlord will be able to help. You will probably need the Windows 98 CD to do this though, so make sure you take it with you to the new house.
> Yeah he has. There are 3 other people in the house already and they
> use the internet, so do i just connect my laptop into the phone
> socket?
>
> I can't believe how dumb i'm sounding!!!
Nay. A local area network like what your landlord probably has does not run on the phone system, the phone system is only used (sometimes) as the medium by which computers in your house collectively communicate with the outside world. Your landlord will presumably have a network set up so that all the computers in his house plug into a router (or a computer set up to act like a router) using cat5 network cable between each machine and the router. That router will in some way connect to (or possibly include within itself) a modem, which uses either an ADSL or cable connection to connect to the internet.
All you need to do to include yourself in this setup is establish a connection between your laptop and the router, by running a piece of cat5 cable between the network socket on your laptop and a free network socket on the router. This means you need a cat5 cable, but don't buy one, as your landlord may well already have one ready. You may also need to do a bit of twiddling with Windows so that it is set up to talk to the router, but this is pretty easy and your landlord will be able to help. You will probably need the Windows 98 CD to do this though, so make sure you take it with you to the new house.
Miserableman wrote:
> Assuming your landlord has some kind of network already set up, you
> will only need to plug it into your laptop's network adaptor socket
> (and possibly do a bit of twiddling in Windows, which your
> landlord/network admin should be able to help with). Cross this
> bridge when you come to it, though.
Yeah he has. There are 3 other people in the house already and they use the internet, so do i just connect my laptop into the phone socket?
I can't believe how dumb i'm sounding!!!
> Assuming your landlord has some kind of network already set up, you
> will only need to plug it into your laptop's network adaptor socket
> (and possibly do a bit of twiddling in Windows, which your
> landlord/network admin should be able to help with). Cross this
> bridge when you come to it, though.
Yeah he has. There are 3 other people in the house already and they use the internet, so do i just connect my laptop into the phone socket?
I can't believe how dumb i'm sounding!!!
Nimco wrote:
> Wow, one of those phrases I love! No offence to you, it just bugs me
> when people say stuff like "doesn't have internet on" or
> "my internet's broken" as though the Internet is some kind
> of single entity they have stored on their computer. Ha.
Well as i said my bro and bro in law deals with stuff like that.
I was thinking today about hooking the sound up to my cd player, which isn't very good actually, it has radio and a cd player so what else could i want??
My best mate does this with his pc and stereo but what does my cd player need to have in order to do this? Is it just a matter of connecting the sound to the sockets the speakers are plaugged into?
> Wow, one of those phrases I love! No offence to you, it just bugs me
> when people say stuff like "doesn't have internet on" or
> "my internet's broken" as though the Internet is some kind
> of single entity they have stored on their computer. Ha.
Well as i said my bro and bro in law deals with stuff like that.
I was thinking today about hooking the sound up to my cd player, which isn't very good actually, it has radio and a cd player so what else could i want??
My best mate does this with his pc and stereo but what does my cd player need to have in order to do this? Is it just a matter of connecting the sound to the sockets the speakers are plaugged into?
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