Return-Path: Received: from fort-point-station.mit.edu by po11.mit.edu (8.9.2/4.7) id RAA17940; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:42:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Received: from websnail.mit.edu (WEBSNAIL.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.99]) by fort-point-station.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id RAA03605 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:41:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from www@localhost) by websnail.mit.edu (8.9.3) id RAA20306; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:41:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ac83b924.ipt.aol.com ( [ac83b924.ipt.aol.com]) as user mqazi@MIT.EDU by webmail.mit.edu with HTTPS; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:41:21 -0400 Message-ID: <1026337281.3d2caa0168f85@webmail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:41:21 -0400 To: sipb@mit.edu Subject: laptop question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1-cvs X-Originating-IP: 172.131.185.36 X-Originating-Host: ac83b924.ipt.aol.com X-MIT-WebMail-User-Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 95) Hi, I'm going to be a freshman this year and I am wondering if i need a new laptop. Currently I have a sony vaio (model: pcg-fx140) with the following specifications: 10gb hard drive 750 mghz p3 processor 128 mb ram dvd drive (no burner) built in ethernet Anyways, as a freshman can i get by with this computer? It runs windows ME. Should I upgrade to windows xp? Also, will this laptop be able to run 'Linux- Athena' ? Thank You For Your Time, Masood