Need to know what I can do with this old laptop.

[Wedge1]

I have come across and old laptop: DELL Latitude XP 475D

It has Windows 95 installed and it appears to have only 400MB of drive space.

Pic of system properties: Pic 1

Pic of drive properties: Pic 2


Windows 95 is installed and it appears to have 400MB of space. Will this PC accept an installation of Windows 98? (doubtful but it doesn't hurt to ask).

What I would like to do is connect it to my wireless network at home for internet surfing and I don't think Windows 95 can do wireless.

If I can't install 98 and/or connect to the internet, what could I do with this thing?

 

[Budman]

I am pretty sure minimum system requirements for win98 is a 486-66mhz with 16 megs of ram.

So it looks like your laptop only has 8 megs of ram,so I dont think you'll be able to install win98, but on 8 megs of ram would you even want to?

Linux might be a better choice for such an underpowered system.

 

[Wedge1]

Originally posted by: Budman

Linux might be a better choice for such an underpowered system.

Really? Which one? All I want to do is use this thing to go from web page to web page.

 

[Wedge1]

Whoops!

I didn't see the notebook forum when I was trying to decide where to post.

Could a moderator move this to the Notebooks forum please? Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

[dhaddox]

Might as well keep 95 on there since it's there already and all you want to do is surf the web

 

[blazerazor]

Ive seen some laptop lcd's modded in to desktop cases. Looks really cool and useful to for winamp, pictures or system stats. Searching the mod communities and google will land you details.

 

[Wedge1]

Do ANY of the PCMCIA network cards support Windows 95?

I am only seeing those that support Windows 98 and up at my local OfficeMax.

 

[Wedge1]

Nevermind, I see that Best Buy has some that support Win95, although none are wireless.

Choosing from these: Best Buy PCMCIA network cards
I'm not sure what to look for except for Win95 compatibilty.