Compaq evo sff worth the trouble to upgrade?

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Eirualmac

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have an old Compaq EVO 51s sff - p4 (2.4 gh, 512 RAM, 40g hd). Orig with WinXP Pro. Runs XP exceptionally slow, & am even running Firefox (iE won't run at all). Bitdefender protection (free version).
Reading various places over web, am trying to decide if it's worth trying to upgrade or not. Both spouse & I recently unemployed. Got to have a PC, though. Have read no drivers for this PC for Win7. Was thinking about Ubuntu as OS but reading that this old chipset (graphics on chipset) not compatible with Linux based. Any one still running one of these pcs (successfully)?
Noticed HP selling same PC for $250 (refurbished), so it can't be completely worthless!
 
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A P4 system will run Windows 7 but that is a $100 license and is worth...
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It's not worth the cost to upgrade. Just because you found one listed for $250, doesn't mean its worth anything. Depending on where you live, the cost in electricity to run your system may be more than it is worth.
I'm all for keeping things that work; I would certainly try Ubuntu to see if it can work for you.
You could buy a Core2duo system with windows 7 for about $50 and it would be twice as fast as what you are currently using.
You might try asking around local schools/libraries/businesses for old hardware you could scavenge. Many businesses would throw out computers more powerful than yours.
 
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hp would sell there own grandmothers for a inflated price if they could that tech is ancient maybe worth 30 usd at best you could pick that crap up in any scrap dealers
 
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A P4 system will run Windows 7 but that is a $100 license and is worth more than double what the computer is worth so a bit silly to do. Linux should run on the system, but you'd want more RAM for that, or for anything really. It's not very usable without more RAM, the drive in it is also old and will be slow. Unless you can get some free parts, not worth upgrading.

Don't fall for reading out-dated and worthless prices, that is how people end up listing 10 year old plasma TVs for $1,000 because they paid 2,000 and found some site online that has the same model for the price when it was new.
 
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