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mawil1013
October 28th, 2010, 05:05 PM
Please help me figure out which version will work on this laptop,
(I tried current but seems not enough memory, tried netbook from cd and it wouldn't install, I cannot remember the name but there was a picture of a rat, it worked.

emachine M5414, susposidly these are the specs,

CPU: AMD Sempron 2800+ Mobile Processor with
HyperTransport system bus architecture
Operates at 1.6GHz
256KB L2 cache
Operating System: Genuine Microsoft Windows XP Home (SP2)
Display: 15.4″ Widescreen TFT LCD WXGA (1280 × 800 max. resolution)
Memory: 256MB DDR SODIMM (PC2700)
Expandable to 768MB
Hard Drive: 60GB HDD
Optical Drive: CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive (24 × 24×24 CD-RW; 8x max. DVD-ROM)
Video: SiS M760 Ultra 256 graphics
64MB UMA Shared memory
Sound: AC ’97 Audio
Built-in Stereo Speakers
Network: Integrated 802.11g Wireless LAN (up to 54Mbps), 10/100MBps built-in Ethernet
Modem: 56K ITU V.92 Fax/Modem
Pointing Device: Touchpad with vertical Scroll Zone
Ports/Other: 3 USB 2.0 ports, 1 VGA external connector, Microphone In, Headphone/Audio Out, PCMCIA Slot (Card Bus type I and type II)
Dimensions: 1.36″H x 14.0″W x 10.0″D
Weight: 6.6 pounds (7.3 pounds total travel weight)
Battery: 8-cell Lithium-ion (Li-ion)

jrev
October 28th, 2010, 05:15 PM
I think Ubuntu 10.04 will work fine on this computer.
This version is more stable than the latest one :)

mawil1013
October 28th, 2010, 05:16 PM
I think Ubuntu 10.04 will work fine on this computer.
This version is more stable than the latest one :)

Do you think it has enough RAM?