On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 04:08:31PM +0000, Dianne Reuby wrote: > > Another target group includes people who are still running XP, using an > older machine. > > Their PC is working fine, so why should they buy a new one? Why should > they upgrade from XP when it does what they want, but isn't supported > with upgrades?
That is true, I've lost count of how many really low spec PCs I've sorted out which wer running XP with no real hope of running Windows 7 without costly (often not so cost effective) upgrades. Whereas Ubuntu will run happily on a machine with low specifications, and if Ubuntu is too much for it then there is Xubuntu. > That's why I switched in 2006, and I'm sure there are a lot of others > still in that situation in 2010. Ubuntu saved me last year after a > motherboard failure forced me to rely on a PC "Designed for Win95"! A friend of mine has asked me to sort out 2 laptops, one is a P3 800 with 192MB Ram and the other is a P3 733 with 128MB Ram, neither ran XP very well (10 minute boot times), at least with Linux they are bareable to use. Something else which might be worth mentioning, a friend of mine in our local LUG came up with an idea of doing a complete training course, for a small fee to cover room hire we were looking at providing a free PC running Ubuntu. We'd take the trainees through installing Ubuntu, using it (general use and administration) and then at the end of the course they could take the PC home and keep it. Granted this did require a donation of PCs, in this case my friend had been given a number of P3 and P4 PCs but it turned out that the catch was he wasn't alowed to give them away to anyone in the UK due to a potential comeback on the organisation who supplied the PCs. Still with all the new rules on electronics disposal, and the positive press, maybe some of us may be able to get donations of old PCs from businesses as they upgrade. Just a thought. > > There is lots of good stuff online, but for a beginner it's no > replacement for someone pointing at the screen and saying "This is how > to .... ". > Very true, hence my suggestion above :-) (I would have cutt and pasted it better I'm using vi and I don't know the shortcuts to cut/copy and paste :-P Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
