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Question from Mike T.: The screen in my laptop went bad and I’m getting ready to buy a new one.
The old machine is a Dell Inspiron 14 5000 that I bought back in January 2015.
Since the old Dell has 16GB of RAM in it I was wondering if it’s possible to buy a new laptop with just 4GB of RAM and then swap the RAM from the Dell into the new laptop?
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Question from Carlos: I have an older laptop that’s still running Windows XP and I have question about it.
I read your post about replacing Windows with Linux, and since XP has been orphaned by Microsoft I’d like to do that so I can keep using this machine.
My laptop is a Dell Latitude D620 that has been upgraded to 4GB of RAM and 320GB hard drive. I’m not sure about the video card if that matters.
Can you recommend the best version of Linux to install on this computer? There are so many Linux versions to choose from and I have no idea which one to pick.
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Question from Brad: The 1TB hard drive in my desktop computer has started making odd noises and I’m afraid it’s about to break.
I have already copied all my files onto an external hard drive so I’m prepared if it does go belly up on me.
I’m wanting to replace the failing hard drive with an SSD that has at least the same amount of storage space. I’d like to keep the cost as close to $100 as possible.
Can you could recommend the best SSD for me to get in that price range?
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Question from Randi F.: I’m taking French this year and I have a question about using that language with my laptop.
I’d really like to have a second Windows user account with French set as the language.
I’ve heard this can be done but I don’t know how to set it up. Can you tell me how to do it?