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February 24th 04, 09:13 PM
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Armada M700 - worth loading XP?
Hi
I've resurrected an old Compaq Armada M700. Finally got all the drivers up and running with Win98SE. I was pondering upgrading to XP but wasn't sure if the machine could hack it (or if I'd be able to find all the drivers). Spec is:- Pentium III 600Mhz 128Mb RAM 10Gb HDD Graphics = ATI Rage Mobility AGP (seems to support dual monitors which I was surprised about) What do folk think...is it worth it or will it struggle to hack it with XP. I primarily want to use it around the house...mostly for Word etc. and will probably equip it with a wireless LAN so that I can copy data to and from my main home PC. Thanks for any advice Jonathan Nottingham, UK 
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February 25th 04, 12:41 AM
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Hack it?
"Jonathan E" wrote in message ... Hi I've resurrected an old Compaq Armada M700. Finally got all the drivers up and running with Win98SE. I was pondering upgrading to XP but wasn't sure if the machine could hack it (or if I'd be able to find all the drivers). Spec is:- Pentium III 600Mhz 128Mb RAM 10Gb HDD Graphics = ATI Rage Mobility AGP (seems to support dual monitors which I was surprised about) What do folk think...is it worth it or will it struggle to hack it with XP. I primarily want to use it around the house...mostly for Word etc. and will probably equip it with a wireless LAN so that I can copy data to and from my main home PC. Thanks for any advice Jonathan Nottingham, UK
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February 25th 04, 01:03 AM
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It should be able to... I'm running it on a PIII 500 desktop. the only thing
is the memory. You'll want to definetly upgrade that to at least 256 if not 512. Deep "ñKs" wrote in message ... Hack it? "Jonathan E" wrote in message ... Hi I've resurrected an old Compaq Armada M700. Finally got all the drivers up and running with Win98SE. I was pondering upgrading to XP but wasn't sure if the machine could hack it (or if I'd be able to find all the drivers). Spec is:- Pentium III 600Mhz 128Mb RAM 10Gb HDD Graphics = ATI Rage Mobility AGP (seems to support dual monitors which I was surprised about) What do folk think...is it worth it or will it struggle to hack it with XP. I primarily want to use it around the house...mostly for Word etc. and will probably equip it with a wireless LAN so that I can copy data to and from my main home PC. Thanks for any advice Jonathan Nottingham, UK
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February 25th 04, 03:17 AM
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No
Hack it? "Jonathan E" wrote in message ... Hi I've resurrected an old Compaq Armada M700. Finally got all the drivers up and running with Win98SE. I was pondering upgrading to XP but wasn't sure if the machine could hack it (or if I'd be able to find all the drivers). Spec is:- Pentium III 600Mhz 128Mb RAM 10Gb HDD Graphics = ATI Rage Mobility AGP (seems to support dual monitors which I was surprised about) What do folk think...is it worth it or will it struggle to hack it with XP. I primarily want to use it around the house...mostly for Word etc. and will probably equip it with a wireless LAN so that I can copy data to and from my main home PC. Thanks for any advice Jonathan Nottingham, UK
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February 25th 04, 03:55 AM
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Where does that answer come from? I'ts got sufficient power and although
it's low on memory, it should be just fine. Heck I've got XP running on a 1692! K6-2-400 Mhz! Deep "Sharmon" wrote in message ... No Hack it? "Jonathan E" wrote in message ... Hi I've resurrected an old Compaq Armada M700. Finally got all the drivers up and running with Win98SE. I was pondering upgrading to XP but wasn't sure if the machine could hack it (or if I'd be able to find all the drivers). Spec is:- Pentium III 600Mhz 128Mb RAM 10Gb HDD Graphics = ATI Rage Mobility AGP (seems to support dual monitors which I was surprised about) What do folk think...is it worth it or will it struggle to hack it with XP. I primarily want to use it around the house...mostly for Word etc. and will probably equip it with a wireless LAN so that I can copy data to and from my main home PC. Thanks for any advice Jonathan Nottingham, UK
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February 25th 04, 07:14 AM
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Sorry....clearly lost in translation between our two versions of English...
"Hack it" a slang term meaning to cope with see http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hack "ñKs" wrote in message ... Hack it?
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#7
February 25th 04, 09:46 AM
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Odd, I understood it... I'm in Canada.
Deep "Jonathan E" wrote in message ... Sorry....clearly lost in translation between our two versions of English... "Hack it" a slang term meaning to cope with see http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hack "ñKs" wrote in message ... Hack it?
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