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    Flash and Youtube on an older laptop

    My mother currently has a Macbook A1181 (Core 2 Duo) with a 13.3" display to watch movies off the net... as in stream off Youtube and dailymotion etc.

    She complained about the screen being a bit small for her liking... so I dug around the home and took out my old Toshiba P25 laptop. This laptop cost me a fortune back in the day and had little use so it's pretty much brand new. The screen is 17" and the speakers are Harman Kardon which is great for her needs!

    However, I forgot the specs are a bit "down" for today's standards. For starters it runs Windows XP Pro (which I will probably keep on there) and the CPU is a 3GHz Pentium 4 w/HT. It has 1GB of RAM when I last checked as well as a GeForce 5200 32MB graphics card. Older than the C2D macbook she has now... but the screen size is perfect for her!

    So I was thinking... if I sink in say... $50 and upgrade to 2GB RAM and also find a 7200RPM IDE HDD off the net, will this laptop be able to meet her needs to stream off Youtube and the like on Google Chrome/Firefox? Just 480p stuff... no 720p or anything hardcore like that (doubt she can even tell the difference lol).

    Yes I am aware Pentium 4 is considered quite "slow" and "ancient" these days, but believe it or not... my computer at work is a Pentium 4 Dell GX280 2.66GHz with 512MB RAM... and you can understand how frustrating it can get using the internet! :O

    Any opinions would be great.
    Last edited by stevo1210; 10-06-2013, 07:13 AM.
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    Re: Flash and Youtube on an older laptop

    Good luck. Any older CPU, short of a xeon/operon workstation rig (or maybe a high end gaming rig) will struggle with flash/YT. Flash is highly bloated, so you need a lot more brunt to get the job done with flash.
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      #3
      Re: Flash and Youtube on an older laptop

      it might run it... try it as is with a fresh install, sounds like the CPU was either a high end mobile or its one of those desktop-cpu-in-laptop laptops. YT was around before Core2 and it seemed to do fine.

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        Re: Flash and Youtube on an older laptop

        Originally posted by luke10050 View Post
        it might run it... try it as is with a fresh install, sounds like the CPU was either a high end mobile or its one of those desktop-cpu-in-laptop laptops. YT was around before Core2 and it seemed to do fine.
        Back then 240P and the like was standard... but if you go fullscreen, you'll want 480 or better yet, 720/1080, and a P4 will struggle unless you like your videos super grainy.
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          Re: Flash and Youtube on an older laptop

          It's a bit of a shame that flash seems to have become more and more bloated. :-/
          Same sort of story with Acrobat Reader...however there are nice and lean alternatives for that at least.

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            Re: Flash and Youtube on an older laptop

            i like 'em at 144p, lets me see all the pixels.

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              Re: Flash and Youtube on an older laptop

              Originally posted by luke10050 View Post
              i like 'em at 144p, lets me see all the pixels.


              I hate 144p. I can't see anything that low.
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                Re: Flash and Youtube on an older laptop

                240p reminds me of 320x200 or the like when playing Duke Nukem 3D on a 486 SX 25 Mhz!
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                  Re: Flash and Youtube on an older laptop

                  Originally posted by ratdude747 View Post
                  I hate 144p. I can't see anything that low.
                  I think that post was a joke.

                  That old laptop might handle 480p. 720p might work as well. I don't think it will be able to play anything full screen.

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                    Re: Flash and Youtube on an older laptop

                    Originally posted by lti View Post
                    I think that post was a joke.

                    That old laptop might handle 480p. 720p might work as well. I don't think it will be able to play anything full screen.
                    720P is pointless unless you have a super high res screen or you're fullscreening...
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                      Re: Flash and Youtube on an older laptop

                      With a 3 Ghz CPU, yes it should be possible. Youtube plays fine (at standard resolution) on a 2.8 Ghz Pentium 4 with onboard video.

                      Hell I remember playing 360p youtube on my Acer netbook with its 1.66 Ghz Atom CPU.
                      Last edited by Mrx3750; 10-07-2013, 09:05 PM.

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                        Re: Flash and Youtube on an older laptop

                        Originally posted by ratdude747 View Post
                        720P is pointless unless you have a super high res screen or you're fullscreening...
                        since when 720P is super high res, let me ask?

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                          Re: Flash and Youtube on an older laptop

                          Originally posted by domas View Post
                          since when 720P is super high res, let me ask?
                          for a small framed player? yes.
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