Thursday, November 28, 2013

DEATH-PROOF your old XP netbook: 5 OSes to bring it back to life

<p>My son's school has decreed that next year he'll need a computer of some sort.</p><p>Mr 12 wants an iPad. I want him to use the 2009-vintage Lenovo S10e Netbook gathering dust in the study, because it's already been paid for. The netbook is also fit for purpose: it was the very model handed out in Australian schools circa 2009.</p><p>It's also alive and kicking. That Redmond will turn it into a curiosity next April rankles, so I want to find something useful for it to do.</p><p>Mr 12 scoffs at such sensible arguments and cares little for the family budget. All he knows is that the single core 1.6Ghz ATOM N270-powered machine with its 2GB of RAM, 150GB hard disk and oddly proportioned 1024 x 576-pixel 10.1-inch screen runs like treacle.</p><p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/28/five_oses_to_save_your_xp_netbook/">Keep reading...</a></p>

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