Extra PC any thoughts please.

Has any tried this plug in device from the U.S.A. called Extra P.C. It apparently brings old computers back to life making them boot up in seconds , just seen it on a pop up add .

Has any tried this plug in device from the U.S.A. called Extra P.C. It apparently brings old computers back to life making them boot up in seconds , just seen it on a pop up add .

It installs Linux of some type.

Watch and learn:

just seen it on a pop up add .

I wouldn't trust anything advertised by a pop up ad.

Yes you could create your own for a lot cheaper using something like 'Rufus'

https://rufus.akeo.ie/

and then choose a suitable light distro - I would go for either SolydX 9 (community stable edtion) or AntiX 17 as neither of them require PAE (Physical Address Extension) to run/install - which can be a significant issue for older kit.

You can buy a 64 Gb SanDisk Cruiser for 15.99 at Tesco

Agree with the above. No magic potion or bit of kit that will turn an old PC into a speed machine.

What I would try is to install a lite version of Linux on it and see how it goes. Windows and full Linux can be a tad much on older hardware. I'm not a big Linux user but ask away and I'm sure you'll get pointed in the right direction.

Try them via a live USB/CD but don't spend $80 on one. £10-20 for a half decent USB drive and the rest is free.

This could be worth a look if you're using an old machine:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/11/elive_v3/

Elive looks nice but needs more power like the ElReg said - and the last time I took it for a spin, the Beta was more stable than the stable version!

If you want something that will work on low spec then it is AntiX 17 wthout a doubt which also only needs 256 Mb RAM to work with.

https://antixlinux.com/

https://zoringroup.com/forum/download/file.php?id=5899&mode=view

From the same "stable", maybe?

The "PhotoStick"....