Cable Internet

I wanna get get charter cable internet.

Does the amount of RAM on my computer have anything to do with getting it? Once we tried to get it but it fried our computer but that's when we had bad wiring.


There is 128 MB of ram on the comp and our budget is limited. In theory could we get cable internet and not fry our computer like last time?

ALso if you need anything else just ask.

In case this is not a troll:

The web doesn't care about your OS, speed of RAM. That said, you need a cheap network card to connect to cable or DSL. You also need to have at least 256 MB RAM if I'm right in suspecting you run Windows 2000. If you run XP, you should buy double that, but a gig is recommended. The reason is that you'll end up upgrading programs just to watch videos, with needs for newer IE, Firefox, realplayer, Quicktime, Java runtimes and even... spyware protection.

Get a free firewall like Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall before you do anything close to connecting to the web. Even if you have XP, you should just get the executable on a jump/flash drive instead and make sure you've rebooted before even connecting the cable uplink to the PC. Research shows you'll be spywared in just minutes, otherwise.

Now, get more RAM. A new PC would be best, but I'm running fine on Win2k with 384MB RAM and Firefox 1.06. Upgrading programs to their latest versions will bringyou a better, safer, seamless web, but will slow down our old PCs. If you're not a technician like me, you should probably buy a cheap Wallmart PC before considering all the hassle, though. Good luck. I don't browse this part of 4chan

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Sometimes we get some troll requests. I doubt this thread is one of them.

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Felt compelled to check up.
Let me fix something. My suggestion should have read " OS, speed OR RAM."

And no, neither cable nor DSL has fried stuff for computers we tend to. That's an oddball issue you had. Maybe you want your house checked, but you seem to imply you fixed your stray power in the wiring already. If this computer happens to be a laptop, you can test it elsewhere before checking your own house... or you can risk plugging in a smaller intermediate device first, such as an inexpensive router or hub, but someone may have to set it up properly before you can see the internet through it. If the stray power is still there, the hub may die... or at least not shoot the full power leakage to your actual PC. I'm not responsible for weird unexplained stuff, though. Laters!

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Thanks

Well we have 128 MB on Windows XP, so you're saying we'll need 512 MB?

is that 128MB your auctual RAM or is that your Graphics Card?

All lies, my goddamn old-ass laptop connected to my network can runs the internets with 64MB of RAM running DSL (DamnSmall, not digital subscriber line you n00bs) or Win2k. 

Just don't expect shit like big-ass videos to run smooth.