I can remember these machines being sold in Asda back in the day, and they were considered to be low spec when brand new

At least you can get access to the RAM and hard disc without taking apart the machine, unlike some Acer's I have

The model label for your amusement

Removing the battery

On the left is the power, Ethernet, VGA, two USB2 ports, and the mic and headphone sockets

On the right is the DVD/CD writer and the Kensington lock

The keyboard and touch-pad. Urgh, an Intel Celeron and Windows Vista!

It's so low-spec it doesn't have a camera above the screen

It didn't come with a PSU, but the PSU from my Acer ES1-512 works, but on switching it on it doesn't boot into Vista, it hangs with a blank screen, so into startup repair we go

After what seemed like twenty-seven hours, but was more like 45 minutes, it boots into the glorious Vista that is Windows

Even my phone camera hates WIndows Vista, but I can tell you it's got an Intel Celeron running at 2.2GHz with 3GB of RAM, so again, Xubuntu it is
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