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PC & Broadband

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  • 04-03-2007 3:51pm
    #1
    Redlancer
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    What spec pc would you need at the least to run eircom dsl broadband


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    aidan_walsh
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    Anything capable of running a web browser.


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    watty
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    Yes. An old Windows for Workgroups 3.11 had 32bit TCP/IP, so with old browser and email sW and ethernet card/cable it works. 386CPU, 16MHz, 8M RAM minimum.. :)


    For more recent browsers/email SW you want Windows 98 SE, Win2000, XP, Max OS X, any recent Linux distribution. 200MHz to 1GHz CPU (depending on newness/boatedness of OS), 64M RAM (Win98SE) to 512M RAM (XP, OS X, Ubuntu) and at least 1024 x768 @16 bit (High colour) graphics.

    Vista will work too :)


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    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    watty wrote:
    8M RAM minimum.. :)
    Blasphemy! I had 4MB on my 386 and Windows 3.11 ran fine! :D


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    MOH
    Registered Users Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭MOH


    No hope for my Vic-20 then


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    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    zilog_jones wrote:
    Blasphemy! I had 4MB on my 386 and Windows 3.11 ran fine! :D
    Not with a 32bit Web Browser on Win32S and the 32bit TCP/IP stack it didn't.

    Add another 4M RAM to sensibly run Office 4.3 at the same time.


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    dathiultaigh
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    PC specs will usually be listed on the ISP's website


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