i want internet on my laptop?

Question

ok i have a very old laptop that my dad gave me about 5 months ago it has nothing on it apart from notepad and card games the cd thing doesnt work but im not bothered about that anyway its windows 98 and i dont care but i dont have internet what can i buy that wont cost much to get internet on it so then i can download the things i need oh and how would i get windows xp on it ?

Answer 1

ok, first buy a Windows XP installation CD. then ask your local telephone line centers if they have a wireless DSL offering. ok? that's what i did in my laptop.

Answer 2

The laptop is ready for retirement. You might be able to get a wireless adapter in the pcmia slot to work for your internet or a modem but the machine most likely doesnt have what it takes to run xp. You need at least 256mb ram, a pent 3 or better cpu running at least at 500mhz for xp to work. At these minimums it will crawl along. I suggest windows 2000 if available for the upgrade.

Answer 3

Well, first thing you would need is an Internet Service Provider.

And then you would need an ethernet cable to connect the laptop to a modem, that your Internet Service Provider gave you.

Or if you only have dial-up in your area, you would need a phone line.

If the laptop is very old, do not install WinXP on it.

Answer 4

If you have an ethernet card you can connect directly to a DSL or cable ISP. If you have dialup contact Juno or NetZero and use their 1-800 to connect.
Juno\Netzero are dialup and cost $9.95\mo
Cable or DSL are broadband (Perferred) and start at $16.95\mo.
You will need your CD to install XP. You will need a P-II 450Mhz with at least 256mb of RAM (512mb perferred) to run XP. It will run with less but you will nt be happy with it.
I would recommend Windows 2000 pro instead of XP. More stable and uses far less resources.

Answer 5

You just need a windowsXP installer to install xp in it. but if the processor of the said old laptop is slow, i think its not advisable to upgrade it to xp. i dont know which country u live so i cant recommend how u can get access to the internet. you can use wifi to access the net. just buy a usb wifi and go to hotspots(spots where ur wifi can detect connectivity). Just buy cd installers of games, if thats what u want, its much cheaper. but gaming is better done in personal computers, not in laptops especially if its slow.

Answer 6

XP will probably not work but you can check with Microsoft. For wireless if it is not installed you need to buy either a wireless card or a USB wireless connector. For regular telephone ISP you just need to connect an ethernet wire from the port to a telephone.

Answer 7

If it's an old laptop...don't put XP on it. It'll run far too slow. As far as the Internet, you need to contact a local Internet Provider and pay for service. If you go with high speed, make sure your laptop has a jack for a network cable. If you go with dialup, make sure your laptop has a modem.

Answer 8

If it's 5 years old, you might not be able to run windows XP, it needs a minimum of 256 meg of Ram just to run Windows
It would run very slowly
To get on the internet, you would need a modem and a dialup connection for it. or if you have cable available you should be able to use a broadband connection if your cable company has it available.

Answer 9

Your biggest problem is that the CD drive isn't working. Without that you're not going to be able to load any software to get you on-line. Even if it has USB ports they probably won't be high speed (USB2.0) which you would need to use an external CD drive. Spec wise, it should get you on-line if you could ger the CD fixed.

Answer 10

I would take it to a friends that has internet and see if it works I have an old laptop and it works fine for email etc. or take it to a interet provider and say hey I want to subscribe to your service will this work? at least this way ou aren't pending money for nothing