...until it becomes so outdated or worn out that I have to buy a new one? It's a HP that was purchased on August of 2002.
OS Version: Windows XP Home Edition SP1
Total Physical Memory: 254 MB (in use for virtualization)
CPU Type: Intel 1800 MHz Pentium 4
Default Printer: Lexmark X1100 Series
Hard Disks: One original 40GB Western Digital with 1.5GB free and one fairly new 160GB Maxtor 3200 with 140GB free.
I also have avast! Antivirus installed, but that's about it. I've had to reinstall Windows once.
2007-04-30 17:14:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
That PC is good enough to last for several years.
Add more memory and you'll get a performance boost. Put a good video card and you still can play games with it.
Just do some regular cleaning of the insides of your PC, vacuum it to remove accumulated dust.
2007-04-30 17:19:32 · answer #1 · answered by Mike S 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Who knows man, I have an old Pentium 2 IBM that i bought in 2000. He originally had windows 98 , but I upgraded him to XP with more memory! He is still running strong and shows no signs of failing.
2007-05-01 00:57:45 · answer #2 · answered by ron 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a similar HP but I got it with Millennium 2000 and installed Windows XP Home Edition ..so I think it would last two more years but I don't think I will keep it this long.
I am having some minor problems but it does what I want it too..so I will probably replace this next year..good luck..it was a good computer ...so far...seven years for me..good luck
2007-05-01 00:25:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Increase your RAM (1Gb is great) while they are cheap nowadays. Update to SP2 and you should still be in business for 2 years or more.
2007-05-01 04:41:25 · answer #4 · answered by Karz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
get yourself a firewall i use zonealarm - get a spyware program
usually adaware or spybot or both - get a file program cleaner usually ccleaner or cleanup452.
defrag and run the programs on your pc every month or so.
The pc can last a decade if kept in a good working order.
2007-05-01 00:23:07 · answer #5 · answered by Sano 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only your RAM and Processor are getting outdated. Get SP2 and you can run for a few more years.
2007-05-01 00:22:06 · answer #6 · answered by {flick} 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if you do regular maintance like HD defragmentation. regular Windows updates, antivirus update, it will last for 2 -3 more years
2007-05-01 00:21:11 · answer #7 · answered by steven25t 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋