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Thread ID: 100169 2009-05-28 21:41:00 Compaq Presario ,Model 2123AP.Fix it. Cicero (40) Press F1
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777737 2009-05-28 21:41:00 Have inherited the above.

Would like to reformat and up- date if it is thought it is worth it.

H/D 74.5

Mobile Athlon XP 2200

1,79gh
320 meg of ram..

All I would like of this laptop is,use to watch films on TV and occasional surf.

Any advice would be welcome.
OS XP.
Cicero (40)
777738 2009-05-28 21:53:00 What do you mean watch films on TV?? What films? Do you mean DVD's? Speedy Gonzales (78)
777739 2009-05-28 21:58:00 What do you mean watch films on TV?? What films? Do you mean DVD's?
I would transfer films from another H/D onto laptop and watch on LCD TV.

There are no discs with unit.
Cicero (40)
777740 2009-05-28 22:04:00 You'll be lucky, with 320mb. Thats barely enough for XP. You'll probably run out of memory. Speedy Gonzales (78)
777741 2009-05-28 22:10:00 You'll be lucky, with 320mb. Thats barely enough for XP. You'll probably run out of memory.



Is it not worth upgrading?
Cicero (40)
777742 2009-05-28 22:13:00 Well you cant upgrade much besides the ram. But if the max is 320mb, you cant add more ram to it Speedy Gonzales (78)
777743 2009-05-28 22:14:00 It is worth doing a small upgrade of RAM, then it will probally do everything you want.

Do you know if it has wifi and svideo?
Rob99 (151)
777744 2009-05-28 22:20:00 Looks like its got wifi, a webcam, ATI based card, modem Speedy Gonzales (78)
777745 2009-05-28 22:34:00 It is worth doing a small upgrade of RAM, then it will probally do everything you want.

Do you know if it has wifi and svideo?
It has Wifi and svideo.

No web cam!
Cicero (40)
777746 2009-05-28 23:13:00 With wifi you will be able to network to your main computer, if you have an accesspoint/wireless router.
You will not have to copy the videos to the laptop, just stream across wifi.

With svideo it should be easy to plug into your LCD TV with the correct wires, then there is just a keyboard short cut to get the output to the TV.
Rob99 (151)
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