L logan6480 Baseband Member Messages 68 Jan 21, 2010 #1 I have a 98 compaq bought from wal-mart would it be good enough to make a htpc out of it
Mutant Corn Daemon Poster Messages 605 Jan 21, 2010 #3 ^ that. At least give us the model. By 98 do you mean windows 98? Because if that's the case it's around 10-12 years old is probably too weak for HD videos and whatnot.
^ that. At least give us the model. By 98 do you mean windows 98? Because if that's the case it's around 10-12 years old is probably too weak for HD videos and whatnot.
OP OP L logan6480 Baseband Member Messages 68 Jan 22, 2010 #4 yeah windows 98, i thought it was too old wasnt for sure though
63083 Fully Optimized Messages 2,129 Jan 22, 2010 #5 logan6480 said: yeah windows 98, i thought it was too old wasnt for sure though Click to expand... 98 is exceedingly old in computer terms actually. Those things won't run anything noways really.
logan6480 said: yeah windows 98, i thought it was too old wasnt for sure though Click to expand... 98 is exceedingly old in computer terms actually. Those things won't run anything noways really.
Mutant Corn Daemon Poster Messages 605 Jan 22, 2010 #6 What are the actually specs on the computer? If you've got one of the 1Ghz+ pentium 3's and a fairly good GPU, there's a chance it will work. Not a very big one, but a chance no less.
What are the actually specs on the computer? If you've got one of the 1Ghz+ pentium 3's and a fairly good GPU, there's a chance it will work. Not a very big one, but a chance no less.
63083 Fully Optimized Messages 2,129 Jan 24, 2010 #8 logan6480 said: not a pentium thanx anyways guys Click to expand... Ok. Can you tell us what the CPU RAM and video is?? Not just hints of what might be in there are.
logan6480 said: not a pentium thanx anyways guys Click to expand... Ok. Can you tell us what the CPU RAM and video is?? Not just hints of what might be in there are.
wol-va-rine Fully Optimized Messages 2,104 Jan 24, 2010 #9 it could probably serve as a decent torrentbox but that's about it...
OP OP L logan6480 Baseband Member Messages 68 Jan 25, 2010 #10 yeah i might do that How hard are they to make?