So I went down to the basement , found both laptops and took them upstairs . Started with the Gateway and suprisingly it started up and seemed to work . It has Windows XP and I kept getting Windows update warnings and error messages stating expired operating system . Then tried the Dell and basically the same results and it has XP also . The Dell I downloaded Ubuntu on a whim and it seemed like the download took but I couldn't get it to open . The Dell is old enough that it doesn't have any USB ports ! So I am not going to waste any more time on that one .
The Gateway has a great clear screen but only a Celeron processor , I may try to strip/uninstall a bunch of stuff and see if she speeds up . I need to find a 15 year old kid that knows computers to help me
. If I can get a reliable operating system on it so I can search the net and run Durametric software for the Porsche it would be great . If not target practice it is