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<blockquote data-quote="mickm" data-source="post: 191138" data-attributes="member: 58100">Hi all,Am a big fan of MP using it for quite a while now without issues and still using XBMC too. I've recently decided to resurrect a very old laptop in the hope of getting it to run as a music/photos/weather only front-end. I realise that this is a big step backwards in capabilities for MP but my ideal solution would be to maintain the same interface that everyone around the house is already accustomed to, hence the desire to use MediaPortal for this PC too.My problem is that it is a really old machine: PII 400MHz, 256MB RAM and a built-in NeoMagic video card that doesn't support DirectX hardware instructions. Obviously this is far from capable of running MP as it is but I'm wondering if there are older versions possibly in SVN that would be capable if running on this machine without having to do any video playback/recording at all. It may well be that it doesn't make sense at all to try get MP running on this but I doubt I'm the only one who is in this position of wanting a consistent UI across all devices in the house. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be more than grateful. Maybe it makes no sense at all to try get an older version to run on this machine given the really limited feature set I want (music/weather/photos only) but it's worth asking. Thanks,Mick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mickm, post: 191138, member: 58100"] Hi all, Am a big fan of MP using it for quite a while now without issues and still using XBMC too. I've recently decided to resurrect a very old laptop in the hope of getting it to run as a music/photos/weather only front-end. I realise that this is a big step backwards in capabilities for MP but my ideal solution would be to maintain the same interface that everyone around the house is already accustomed to, hence the desire to use MediaPortal for this PC too. My problem is that it is a [U]really[/U] old machine: PII 400MHz, 256MB RAM and a built-in NeoMagic video card that doesn't support DirectX hardware instructions. Obviously this is far from capable of running MP as it is but I'm wondering if there are older versions possibly in SVN that would be capable if running on this machine without having to do any video playback/recording at all. It may well be that it doesn't make sense at all to try get MP running on this but I doubt I'm the only one who is in this position of wanting a consistent UI across all devices in the house. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be more than grateful. Maybe it makes no sense at all to try get an older version to run on this machine given the really limited feature set I want (music/weather/photos only) but it's worth asking. Thanks, Mick [/QUOTE]

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