Can you get a decent browser on Windows XP?
I'm doing some MUCH overdue electronics purging. We have two laptops running Windows XP that I would like to donate to a local charity. They actually run pretty well except for internet access. Th...
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To the OP - don't continue to use XP and the Internet. You put yourself and others at risk.
Ever since I tossed my 486/33MHz system in the trash, a system I paid $3500 for in the lat 80's, I've wrapped my head around this tenet:
Computers are the only things, as far as I can tell, that can still perform their original functions flawlessly but become worthless overtime.
That 486/33 machine was working as well in 1998 as it did in 1989. But it was *worthless*.
No charity wants an old laptop.
IDE drives that aren't supported.
A BIOS that can't boot from USB.
A screen that maxes out at 1024x768.
A power supply that sucks 90 watts.
For $5, I can buy a Raspberry Pi Zero W that kicks an old laptop's b*tt by every measure. If I wanna splurge, I'll pop $35.
I hate throwing away old hardware. It pains me.
But those things become worthless - $0.00 or worse.
Ever since I tossed my 486/33MHz system in the trash, a system I paid $3500 for in the lat 80's, I've wrapped my head around this tenet:
Computers are the only things, as far as I can tell, that can still perform their original functions flawlessly but become worthless overtime.
That 486/33 machine was working as well in 1998 as it did in 1989. But it was *worthless*.
No charity wants an old laptop.
IDE drives that aren't supported.
A BIOS that can't boot from USB.
A screen that maxes out at 1024x768.
A power supply that sucks 90 watts.
For $5, I can buy a Raspberry Pi Zero W that kicks an old laptop's b*tt by every measure. If I wanna splurge, I'll pop $35.
I hate throwing away old hardware. It pains me.
But those things become worthless - $0.00 or worse.
