On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 08:20:28PM -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > So I just got ahold of an old e-Machine (Model EL1600) with 1GB of Umm, this machine? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883114074 > memory. I was going to install CEntOS on it and try to run VirtualBox This is an Atom 230 based machine http://ark.intel.com/products/35635/Intel-Atom-Processor-230-512K-Cache-1_60-GHz-533-MHz-FSB It doesn't do VT; I'm not sure it's a good base for VirtualBox... it's probably gonna be very slow. > for other OS'es. I am curious to know if I have to stick with the 2GB > "max" the specs say the machine can take or if its possible to install a Crucial don't believe it can handle anything except 2GB http://www.crucial.com/upgrade/eMachines-memory/E-Series/EL1600-01-upgrades.html -- rgds Stephen