Originally Posted by
Uplinker
Thanks for the further suggestions.
I don't need it as a laptop - only to communicate with equipment that uses Ethernet/RJ45 for comms for all its functions via GUIs No gaming, no videos, no spreadsheets, no big or high resolution screen. Speed doesn't matter either.
Other than that, just basic emailing and reading PDFs would be useful, but I do not need a full all-singing, all-dancing machine. And really 11" or smaller - I don't want too much extra bulk or volume to carry around.
@Saab; why not a Celeron CPU ? Is it slow or not secure ?
I have just remembered that I have an old company HP ElitePad. I have bought a RJ45 adaptor for it, now I just need to find a way to get it working - it is loaded with Windows 8.1 and I don't think I can reactivate that because I can't find a product key, and the only option seems to be to go all the way up to Windows 11 which I don't need - and which probably won't run on this tablet.
I only need the most basic Windows platform. The ElitePad license was a company one, and that company went bust 5 years ago, so I cannot get a product key from them.
I could be mistaken but I seem to remember that if it's a standard OEM operating system, the product keys are stored in the motherboard firmware and will automatically activate.
(For general info, there's usually a product key sticker under a laptop or somewhere on a desktop case
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