[Shikazi]

I've got a bunch of spare parts around my house, so I threw 'em all together to make an 'internet' pc for my mother-in-law to use. Only needs to run Firefox/IE7 and have enough speed to get other minor tasks done.

It has:
AMD 1700 Processor
1gb of RAM
e-Geforce4 MX4000 Video Card (128mb)
40 gig-harddrive

It's going to run windows XP.

Do you think it'll have the speed? I think it comes out to a 1.5GhZ processing speed.

All I need is a powersupply and a reformat of the HD and I think its good to go.

[Sinkuu]

if all it's gonna do is surf, then that's fine.

[Shikazi]

cool

[-Infidel-]

If all you're going to do is surf, I'd just throw Ubuntu on it instead of Windows. It will run faster with lower end hardware.

[Shikazi]

The person using this is familiar with Windows and anything else would just confuse 'em.

[-Infidel-]

The person using this is familiar with Windows and anything else would just confuse 'em.

You should take a look. Ubuntu uses gnome UI which looks very similar to windows and behaves like you would expect Windows to act. I wouldn't recommend it for a power user (although plenty use it) or gaming but if all you are doing is email and web surfing, it's ideal and freeeeeeeeeee.

[Shikazi]

what is it, Ubuntu.com?