i using a 266 MHz laptop with 64 MB of ram 5 gb hd and a floppy drive i think it makes it harder for me as
a linux begineer but its the only laptop i have haha.

ive now got a knoppix style install on the hd which runs ok. strange thing is that live cd gives me a bad display
the debian one seemed to detect it better and used the right setup or driver.

now all i have to do is try installing a few progs and get them working.