   Compaq Armada 7400 + VC++.Net Question
  Heyas,I had a freind offer me his old laptop from college at a pretty good price.  However, since he has used it since he started college it was pretty old (5 years).  If I do buy it from him, I would use it purely for finishing up learning C++.  Since I just bought VC++.Net 2003 last week I would want to use that, however on the bottom of the box it says:  Pentium II 450MHz, which si the part I am a little nervous about.Here are the specs of the machine:P2 366mHZ256M RAM6M VRAM (This could be 4M, I forgot, but I do not believe it would make much of a differnce with console apps)10 GB HarddriveI would be running either Windows 2000 Pro or Windows XP Home, I am leaning more towards Win2K though.  What are your thoughts on how it would run?  It would probably run, but the IDE would be a bit on the slow side, right?Thanks,ChrisEdit:  I am looking to buy such an old laptop, because I am most likely going to have to buy a new one when I goto college, this one is just to use for the next year and a half until I have to buy the new one.[edited by - Chryzmo on February 8, 2004 8:16:56 PM]
  I think PII-450Mhz applies for Windows XP, because if I am not mistaken, that''s Windows XP minimum requirement. ;  So if I plan on running Windows 2000 Professional on it, I should be able to get by with the P2 366mHZ processor without too much performance decrease, right? ;  well, I have no idea and I can''t guarantee that.But it''s just an IDE. I would try it if I were you. ;  P2 450mHZ256M RAM8M VRAM18 GB HarddriveWindows 2000ran VC++ .Net just fine(until i decided i''d rather use gcc based compilers)    