Lowest low end you can have?

[Skeithex]

What do you believe is the lowest low end PC that a person can have and still get some worth while use out of it?

[froggyboy604]

I seen some old computers with Pentium 4 CPU,512MB of RAM, and 40GB of storage which ran pretty well with Linux installed on them.

I think the Raspberry Pi 3 would be the lowest end computer which can still be useful as long as you don't use it for video editing, 3D gaming, and heavy web browsing like playing 3D flash games.

[Skeithex]

I've seen some old ones with linux running on them that allowed them to do some heavy lifting.

[froggyboy604]

I've seen some old ones with linux running on them that allowed them to do some heavy lifting.

I used Gimp Image editor in Linux, and a KdenLive video editors, and they ran pretty well even on an older Intel CPU with 1GB of RAM. Linux runs LibreOffice, web browsers like Firefox and Google Chrome pretty well as well.

It is also easier to uninstall programs like the bundled version of Firefox and LibreOffice which you may not need. I think Windows sometimes block users from uninstalling programs like Microsoft Edge, Virtual Reality Portal, and the Windows Store, so you sometimes can't uninstall them without using software which someone made.

[Skeithex]

seems like windows itself is just a lag on any hardware then I guess?

[froggyboy604]

seems like windows itself is just a lag on any hardware then I guess?

Windows 2000 and XP ran at a usable speed on a 1 Ghz CPU and 512MB of RAM in my experience.

But, ever since Windows Vista, you need more RAM like 4GB , and a faster multi-core 2GHz CPU to run Windows at a good speed without as much lag .

[Skeithex]

Yeah for some reason MS thought you couldn't run a OS on a simple setup, they went for a high end for some reason.