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Using the Rasberry Pi on older PC systems

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Former Member over 13 years ago

I currently have several laptops a Dell lapstop Inspiron 1501, a Compaq Intel, both are about 7 yrs old and work well. I also have 2 laptops about 15 yrs old Toshiba Techra 8000s that work well for what they are capable of doing. Will the Rasberry PI B attach to these laptops?  The Dell & Compaq can already surf the net, do office functions, watch movies and store quite a bit, but the download times are long. The Toshibas are basically good to type with and email with a little surfing. My question is this will the Rasberry B give them a comparable functionality to newer Laptops?

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    grahamedriver over 13 years ago

    Pi and laptop have ethernet so remote access is possible, VNC or whatever?

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to grahamedriver

    The newest kit I have is an iPhone, before registering I did a quick scan of these posts. I hoped to use a simple connector to use an svga monitor. Even if not, I'm ordering anyway.

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to grahamedriver

    The newest kit I have is an iPhone, before registering I did a quick scan of these posts. I hoped to use a simple connector to use an svga monitor. Even if not, I'm ordering anyway.

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    You can't because Raspberry Pi has digital output on both HDMI and composite ports. Your display has only analog input. You need a lot of convertos that are more expensive than the rpi.

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