old laptops and new technology

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i was given an old panasonic toughbook (cf25) for school. it has a 166Mhz
(pentium w/ mmx) processor, 48MB ram, 1GB HD, and is running windows 98. i
have a Nortel Networks 802.11b wireless lan pcmcia card that i want to
configure to use with my schools wireless access points. they have invormed
me, however, that in order to use their network you must have windows xp with
sp2 (because of the WAP encryption). is there any way around this or do i
need to get a newer laptop that will run xp?

Thanks,
T

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

That computer is just to old.
Your processor is to slow, 233 MHz is minimum.
Your memory is to low, 64 MB is minimum.

The hard drive is way to small, 1.5 GB minimum and that is only for Windows
XP.
If you add in updates, you need more.
And that does not account for any programs, Email or other data used on the
computer.

You may be able to increase the memory but the processor is probably
impossible to upgrade.
The hard drive probably can be upgraded.
Even if possible, that computer would probably be terribly slow.

Keep this laptop for Windows 98 and buy a newer laptop.