In a post between "Paul Quinn : August Abolins", on 12/1/2019 8:54 PM

 AA> My [4] above is the newest of the bunch. I have the extra
 AA> 4GB modules for it since about 6 months ago..

 PQ> Just do it. I recently upgraded my Dell Inspiron 560 (2010
 PQ> model) to 8Gb and it's still 'so nice'. (OTOH, it needs a
 PQ> couple of HDD fixes.) It ran Windows 7 out of the box, for
 PQ> 10 minutes till I saw the AV crappola. Then I plonked Ubuntu
 PQ> 10.04 LTS on it and never looked back. Now has Xubuntu 18.04
 PQ> LTS/64... smooth.

Yes, 8GB would make a big improvement for the [4] pc. Ram typically reaches
near the current 4GB limit during the day when using my required programs at
the same time.

The [4] pc is quiet, and small.  I should be able to even replace the current
HDD with a larger SDD drive. But downtime is a rare commodity at the end of the
business day which is typically 10+ hours.

The [4] pc is parked in a little nook that is currently blocked by "few
things".   No spare time to move those "few things", clean up the dust, and
put everything back - fast.


I had quite the educational experience exploring linux distros for a friend.  I
liked Xubuntu as well.  The trick was to find the right distro to match the
specs of the pc.  Not every distro played well with NVIDIA video in the
aforementioned [5] Dell pc for example.

BTW, although the [5] Dell pc supported 64-bit instructions, I settled with
Win7/32.

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