Hopefully you understand how easy it is to perform a RAM Upgrade on the desktop. You have 64 RAM which is frankly absurd in today's PCs (not meant unfriendly) BUT not for Linux and sounds like a 95 at best. A RAM Upgrade is completely specific to Make/Model. A RAM Upgrade is simply buying the litlle (about smaller than a pocket comb) memory stick and plugs into the Empty Row inside the desktop computer box. Generally, a RAM Upgrade is the same size as you have, here 64 RAM, so that you would install another 64M memory stick giving you total 128m RAM.
Shopping online at memory shops usually have search engines for products and you type in Make/Model to see what is available. With only 64RAM (and hopefully you are reading that correct ??? Go To Start > Control Panel > System to see) you are on a dinosaur. Must be a 95 or earlier ? (Wow. Is this a Commodore your talking ? ) So with older machines the hunt for stuff is for what is left out there actually. You might consider building the machine by other components.
I appreciate the love of labor here but you may be getting into more aggravation than the machine is worth considering the cheapest Netbook is only $210 (USD). Next up is all the others at $300 USD which will be like 1Gig RAM and near or over a 100Gig hard drive (Solid State). If you chuck it - keep the Monitor because they can plug right into the Netbook or get a wide screen under $130 USD. In other words you could be spending up to $200 USD just to bring the antique up to speed and any part can die anytime. BUT great idea to simply get Linux as a "live operating system" again whereas up to Windows XP Service Pack 3 is no longer supported by Microsoft and virtually all security products (antivirus etc).
Another point is the processor, anything under 800 Megahertz as a painfully slow dog. Check that at System too.
Check out http://www.linux.com/news/hardware/desktops/8248-linux-distros-for-older-hardware
"....For these tests, I dug out Igor, an old PC that had been collecting dust in my closet. Igor is a Pentium II 233MHz machine with 64MB of RAM, an 8x CD-ROM drive, a 3GB hard drive, and an integrated ATI 3D Rage Pro video card with 4MB of video RAM. You can run Linux on older and slower machines, but this is the most under-powered machine I had available. "
Check out...
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/8584-running-linux-on-small-configurations#what-os-for-my-old-pc
"...Here are some screenshots: http://static.commentcamarche.net/en.kioskea.net/pictures/4DnWowMz-ccm1-s-.png ....
Damn Small Linux running on a machine with 64 MB of RAM ... and there is still room in memory despite Firefox launched: ..."
RAM Upgrade... Edge is great... http://www.edgetechcorp.com/
SEE http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/addmemory.mspx
TIP: There may also be a dial up modem upgrade available generally from windows but may be at pc manufacturer like a v.92 upgrade increasing processor speed. I did that with an old Compaq box.
I was just at a forum last night and lost the damn link. There is a side box plug in of 64RAM they were adding and was called something like "WEDO" or something like that. Gotta get back on my linux box and will reply with the link for that. Another promising venture, inexpensive, that can immediately double your RAM. Again, you are sure you are not looking at like some utility software showing you onlu currently have 64 RAM available right ? I mean in year 2001 with the XP Release all manufacturers were building minimum 256M RAM 'puters for reference.
gerald philly pa usa
https://sites.google.com/site/linuxducks/home/linux-os
--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "Ken" <kshansen@...> wrote:
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> I have an older HP computer, not this one, that has a Pentium II processor and 64 MB Ram.
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> Would this be a good candidate for Linux and if so any particular version? Just looking for something to play around with, maybe surf the web email and such.
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