Hi,
my Grandma runs Windows XP on her AMD 1.6 Ghz Single Core CPU with 512MB of ram. Does she need to upgrade now or will she be fine with a good anti virus program?
Good that like 70% of all german ATMs run XP. We are doomed!!!
She literally cannot upgrade to Windows 7, given her specs. Windows 7 would probably cost more than the components for a better rig, assuming you purchased used components.
To answer your question, she probably would be fine with good antivirus but why bother when you can just install a Linux distro, have better performance and not have to worry about viruses?
linux would be the way to go for your grand mama
ACTUALLY windows 7 could be installed but would run slowly. up grade it to 1gb ram makes a huge difference. None of the people here have ever modified windows 7 to install and run on 256mb of ram, Or gotten the iso size down to 651 mb. I suggest ubuntu as its linux for N00bz.
But a user coming from Windows XP? Unity is pretty foreign from the XP UI, not to mention it's not a good interface by its own right. I would think that Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition might be a better choice.
No you aren't doomed. Microsoft is continuing security patches for embedded systems until 2016.
I feel KDE is fairly close to windows UI wise
She just needs a pc with chrome or firefox on autostart. Maybe openoffice once a month. I have used Ubuntu myself a few time, so I guess I will install that for. I want to Thank you all for your help.
Ons word: ReactOS
It's the open source clone of Windows XP.