Re: Old hardware brought back to life
Well, the P4 is in. Everything's working A-OK; the BIOS didn't even need updating, as the existing A22 Dell BIOS supports up to a 2.8 GHz P4, so all that was needed was a stripdown, CPU replacement, and re-assembling; totally straight forward, and about an hour's work all told.
As far as OS's are concerned, well.....the P4's running about 25% faster than the Celeron was, so; I honestly think that Xubuntu is now a viable alternative as a 'work' tool. I'd quite happily use it for work, if I had to. The P4 has made quite a difference in that respect; the machine is that much faster, and more responsive.
I'm very pleased with the outcome. Nice one. Job's a "good'un"!
Regards,
Mike.
Compaq Presario SR1619UK, running Xubuntu & Puppies 'X-Slacko' & 'Slacko'
Dell Inspiron 1100, running Xubuntu & Puppies 'TahrPup' & 'Precise'
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