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Old April 19th 19, 06:13 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Steve Hayes[_2_]
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Default Why would I want HTML5?

On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 08:20:52 -0400, Paul
wrote:

Here is another browser to try out.

It runs one process and doesn't have process isolation.

It handles HTML5, according to the descriptions I could find.

https://www.midori-browser.org/download/


Another one is Maxthon.

I started using it when Facebook blocked my Firefox browser, unless I
downloaded something on to my computer, which I refused to do.

Maxthon is a bit clunky, but it seems to work OK with Windows XP.








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On your next post, include details of the computer so we
can figure out what your options are.

Amount of RAM (Task Manager memory tab might give a hint)
CPU type "Pentium 4 2.93GHz 2MB cache"
Chipset "X48/ICH9"
Video card "ATI 9200"

https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html ("Windows 98" version?)
https://www.techspot.com/downloads/4452-gpu-z.html (WindowsXP/Vista/7)

The utilities can give you various bits of information.

Of those, the amount of memory gives some idea of the
latitude of what you can do. The chipset gives an idea
of how decrepit the memory bandwidth is (I have a system
here with 1.5GB of RAM [good] but only 300MB/sec of
memory bandwidth [bad]).

And whether you have a BIOS popup boot menu matters too,
as machines with a popup boot, might also support
booting from a USB flash stick. Which is a practical
way of booting alternate OSes so you can web surf.
But that's only worth doing, with gobs of RAM.

Teeny tiny RAM computers, the options are limited.
With 512MB of RAM (typical in that era), options
are limited.

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You can get refurbished Core2 machines. This is the
right time of year to try to acquire one. The Core2
tells me that installing WinXP is an option, as you'd
be able to find drivers. The video card is the only
questionable item. The details section says "Integrated Video",
which means chipset video. Probably VGA output.

"HP Refurbished ELITE 8000 Tower, 3GHz Intel Core2 Duo E8400, 500 GB HDD, 4GB DDR3, Win10 Home" $149

https://www.staples.ca/en/hp-refurbi...0_1-CA_1_20001

JoySystems refurbs are available at several major
department store chains. That's if you can convince the
web site to list the stuff.

And you don't want more modern systems ($500), because then
there might not be drivers for WinXP for the video card.

For $149, an equivalent tablet might not have a lot of
horsepower. A Chromebook would be slow in any case, but
might allow viewing Youtube videos.

Paul


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