Reviving my notebook

[Kaze]

Specs:

Intel® Atom™ N2600 (Dual Core; 1.6GHz) Processor
1GB RAM
20GB HDD (My 320gb HDD died, used my 20gb Xbox HDD)

I only have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit disk with me. I highly doubt a system like this will be able to work with Windows 7. Should I try and go for Ubuntu?

I will strictly use this notebook for XMBC/Kodi. It will permanently be connected to my TV via HDMI.

[Bundy]

I suggest buying a bigger HDD before you take any next step. Search eBay, you can find some on the cheap.

[Devin]

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit requires 20gb by itself. 

[Kaze]

I suggest buying a bigger HDD before you take any next step. Search eBay, you can findsome on the cheap.

I'm not looking to 'invest' in this notebook. I 'recycled' this HDD   

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit requires 20gb by itself. 

Yeah, I went yolo and got Xubuntu. It only took like 7gb or something which is quite good. I literally have only XMBC installed for streaming movies/tv shows.


I'm having issues with 'closing my lid' on my notebook. The notebook 'suspends' when I close the lid (blank screen on my TV) I've tried everything on the 'Power' section.

[SugarD]

Make sure you have all of the appropriate drivers installed. Sometimes generic ones can cause issues, both on Windows and *nix.

[Kaze]

This notebook is useless as fuck. Lock topic.