pattaya127 Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 I am going to give my old Toshiba laptop to my ex's kid who turns 13 this month (plus the old digital camera, with USB cable). Now, she is learning english, but barely, i would guess. what programs would you install on such comp' (windows 98), to help het thru the motion of using that thing. A windows 98 manual in thai too (book, not software)? english/thai talking dictionnary?, english tutoring? anything specifically thai? I mean: Any specific programs you know about, rather than the idea of I'd say comp' is 6 years old, got it used too, probably 333MH, 64RAM, 5 GB memory, that type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 YOu can get win98 thai version, probably cheep or free these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 easy find on google http://www.dcothai.com/product_info.php?products_id=478 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Be sure to wipe the hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattaya127 Posted October 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Be sure to wipe the hard drive ----------------------------- I appreciate the warning, my Mom had it for a good year, just checked she did not put any naughtly shots. None, cool! :: Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 I'd put a lot of games on it, nothing quite like games to get kids used to using the computer. Also all the thai kids I know like photoshop type program and text editing changing programmes. DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Do the kid a favour and add as much RAM as it will take (prolly a stick of 128Mb is it for a total of 192Mb). Otherwise it will be so slow as to be worthless. Doing any internet stuff? If so, load Firefox and Thunderbird to help keep it free or nasties that prey on Micro$oft shit. And of course AVG or some other free virus stuff. And MSN Messenger cuz most Thai kids live with internet access live on it. Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Also a video card if you can, if it's available for the laptop - games DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-ride Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 It's usually not possible to change the video card in a laptop, in the best case you can add some video memory but probably not on that type of hardware. If possible I would add/replace the memory modules in order to reach 256 MB of RAM (it's probably some old SDRAM, very cheap to upgrade) and I would install a Thai version of Windows XP OR a Multi User Interface (MUI) version of Windows XP with the Thai language pack. This last option would allow you to switch the whole OS interface language from Thai to English whenever you want (if you need to fix something for instance). Windows 98 is outdated, instable and if the goal is to learn how to use a computer, better start with an operating system that is still in use in home and corporate environments. The 333 Mhz CPU is a bit slow for Windows XP but once tuned (mainly the visual effects) and with 256 MB it should run perfectly. No need to consider installing Windows 2000 as the hardware requirements for it are similar to the ones needed for a fine tuned Windows XP. Feel free to contact me if you need more details about the tweaking of XP or just search google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALHOLK Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Hi! The 333 Mhz CPU is a bit slow for Windows XP but once tuned (mainly the visual effects) and with 256 MB it should run perfectly. It should run but extremely slowly. XP is more stable than w98 but not more stable than a properly tuned W2000. Anyway if a kid is to learn how a computer works an old operating system will do the job as one should learn the basics before learning how to edit videaos etc. regards ALHOLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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