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Best browser for low-performance PC
Name: luckypingudog Date: April 21, 2005 at 18:53:37 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: CUP? 56MB RAM
Comment:
My parents are running a low-performance Windows ME computer, with 56MB RAM (I'm not sure of the processor speed).
They have a dial-up internet connection.
Can anyone advise which would be the best Internet Browser for them to use? Presently they use IE6 which is very slow and I fear leaves them virus-prone.
I looked at Firefox, but unfortunately it requires 64MB RAM.
Name: larryf215 Date: April 21, 2005 at 20:24:43 Pacific
Reply:
56mb is not much. sounds like one stick of 32 & one 24. download a program called everest to learn more about the machine, then others may be able to advise you on some easy and cheap upgrades. what kind of modem are you using? may want to think about an external dail-up modems, they work best with slower processors.
larry
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Response Number 2
Name: rhi Date: April 22, 2005 at 21:41:19 Pacific
Reply:
Better stick with IE because of u'r low memory. Even if u try for others, they create more problems than solutions.
try visiting my home page to try speeding up u'r pc a little bit.
good luck rhi.
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Response Number 3
Name: jboy Date: April 23, 2005 at 10:06:58 Pacific
Summary: I ran this test at PC Pitstop and it said I have low performance on my disk c, I know I probably should go back to w98se, but I've not had no crashes with Me and love the restore, I did ad more ram, n...
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