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Unless he's going to do video editing, re-encoding compiling huge programs then I'd disagree. I only have 256MB of RAM and Mandriva runs reasonably quick on my machine.theinfamousbob said:SIDENOTE: Get some more RAM. Your computer will love you for it, and it's cheap enough.
Doesn't matlab love RAM though? Plus, there are performance increases with more RAM; cheaper than buying a new processor...Hero999 said:Unless he's going to do video editing, re-encoding compiling huge programs then I'd disagree. I only have 256MB of RAM and Mandriva runs reasonably quick on my machine.
UTMonkey said:How olds the laptop? if you have a laptop with SATA and the newer video adapters you could have a problem with around 70% of the distros. that 70% definitely could be made to work - but only with a bit of tinkering (I don't know how much you know about Linux).
If it's a new laptop try OpenSuSe 10.3
Mark