[Gwyhir]

I bought a Mitac 6133 laptop about 7 years ago and it has given excellent service, although my wireless connection is a plug in card, but it has CD, infra-red etc. Mitac say that it cannot take an operating system beyond 'Millenium' because the BIOS cannot be upgraded, and now Ad-aware have stopped offering internet protection. I would like my daughter to get some use out of it. Do I have to admit defeat now or is there anything I can do to extend its life ?

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[uzzzi]

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[Wes M]

You could probably install one of the less resource-heavy Linux distros like PuppyLinux ([url]http://www.puppylinux.org/home[/url] ) or Damn Small Linux ([url]http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/[/url] ). You can then use Wine ([url]http://www.winehq.org/[/url] ) to run any Windows applications you need to use. It might be a bit confusing at first but there are forums and sites with info on pretty much everything Linux-related.

[gikstar]

Here's a little more information about running Windows vs Linux, as if you weren't given enough to read already































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