So I got my hands on an old Dell D610 Laptop with a broken screen and damaged case.
Originally I just had it sitting around as a Kubuntu playground, but that got old.
So I'm in the process of turning it into a media center.
Since the laptop has svideo out and a DVD drive is seemed like a logical option.
My main worry is that it has an INTEL graphic card which are generally crappy as all hell.
It does, however, have 1gb of ram and a 1.86GHz Pentium Mobile which should be able to handle the basics. I want to mainly use it for music, movies, online video, and possibly some emulation. I would love to use it for hulu if possible.
For control, I bought a wireless mouse to use.
Any recommendations would be great.
The box is running Windows XP SP3.
Originally I just had it sitting around as a Kubuntu playground, but that got old.
So I'm in the process of turning it into a media center.
Since the laptop has svideo out and a DVD drive is seemed like a logical option.
My main worry is that it has an INTEL graphic card which are generally crappy as all hell.
It does, however, have 1gb of ram and a 1.86GHz Pentium Mobile which should be able to handle the basics. I want to mainly use it for music, movies, online video, and possibly some emulation. I would love to use it for hulu if possible.
For control, I bought a wireless mouse to use.
Any recommendations would be great.
The box is running Windows XP SP3.