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What to do with 2 old 1.8ghz desktops?

  • 11-12-2010 5:30pm
    #1
    iii Stevo iii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 285 ✭✭


    Ive two old 1.8ghz computers.

    An Acer aspire with a sempron 64 processer, 512 mb Ram, 80Gb Hdd
    A Dell Optiplex Gx260 with a P4, 512 mb Ram, 20Gb Hdd

    Ive just formatted both of them and installed a 'Performance Edition' of Win XP.

    My thoughts for one computer:
    Upgrade ram to 1gb
    Buy a DVT-B dongle
    Upgrade Hdd to 500gb+ and use computer as a media centre.

    I do a bit of work with Dreamweaver, Photoshop and lightroom (currently on my 1.8ghz duo core 3gb ram laptop).

    Would a formatted 1.8ghz PC with lets say 2gb ram be suffice for this? and running 2 or 3 of the programs concurrently?
    If so which processor should I go for, P4 or Sempron?


    Has anyone any other thoughts of what these computers could be used for?


Comments

  • #2
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,694 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    A skip:D

    Or seriously, maybe donate them to a charity or some class that may teach IT to disadvantaged or night classes?


  • #3
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    NIMAN wrote: »
    A skip:D

    Or seriously, maybe donate them to a charity or some class that may teach IT to disadvantaged or night classes?

    Charity or install and learn Linux. Great thing about GNU/Linux, is that it will work on anything from an old piece of **** 486, all the way up to the current fastest supercomputer in the world. You won't have to pay either which is a consideration. Charity is better though.


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