Will this old laltop work for an HTPC
#1
I have a laptop and the screen broke I was wondering if this would work to stream full 1080P mkv files from a NAS and be able to run xbmc ... is there anything i should watch out for that it can't do.

This is what I could find for the info on it. any help would be greatly appreciated.

MODULE, PROCESSOR, ARN, I5-460M, 2.53, INSPIRON
N7010, Mid 2010
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#2
Yes it will work.
"PPC is too slow, your CPU has no balls to handle HD content." ~ Davilla
"Maybe it's a toaster. Who knows, but it has nothing to do with us." ~ Ned Scott
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#3
thank you so much for the quick reply will i face any limitations in add on or anything or what version of XBMC I need to run? Thanks
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#4
It's not really that old.

I use a 2009 laptop with a core2duo processor and it works fine.

It depends what OS you want to install on the laptop really.
"PPC is too slow, your CPU has no balls to handle HD content." ~ Davilla
"Maybe it's a toaster. Who knows, but it has nothing to do with us." ~ Ned Scott
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#5
thanks what would be the best OS i am open to anything. I would prefer windows but if there is a greater benefit to linux distro that is fine. Also is there any cool power saving options for it so it will wake up only when it has to and be asleep otherwise.
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