It used to be great, untill I installed a newer version of McAfee. Now it is slow and stalls a lot. Would more memory work? I have 192 MB of RAM now. Can I do this myself? Or would a higher processor be better? I have a AMD 2800. What does that cost and can I do it myself?
2007-10-28 16:03:31 · 7 answers · asked by MG 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
well as for the ram you do need more and you can do very easily by your self go to www.newegg.com and treat yourself to a couple of 512mb or a couple full 1 gig sticks and place them in however make sure you get compatible ram ...... as for the processor you dont have the smallest but a descent and usable size to work with as the ram will make a big big diference in itself for you ram will only cost you about 50 bucks or so ....... not expensive at all
2007-10-28 16:14:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have 192 mb of ram? my 12 yr old mac has that. if you don't have 512-1024 of ram then you ain't even living in this decade.
you should really have 2 gigs or more to run anything today.
your pc sounds at least 10 yrs old. buy a new dell inspiron 1501 for $499 and be happy for 3 years. just put $.50 - $1 in a jar each day and you get a pc every 3 yrs!
mcaffee is terrible. use AVG for free from download.com
a better processor would be money down the tubes on a piece of junk 10 yr old pc. same with ram. that'd cost $100's on ram they don't even make any more.
2 gigs of ram on today's pc's cost only $20-$40
just buy new
2007-10-28 16:11:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
192Mb of RAM is really slow. You need to upgrade your RAM. Just bring your laptop down to the shop and ask them how much it costs to upgrade your laptop RAM. Try and get an additional 256Mb at least. 512Mb would be even better. There is nothing you can do about the processor.
2007-10-28 16:08:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you ought to be waiting to run XP without situation. look at your startup record of classes and eliminate the classes which you do no longer use perpetually from the record, so as which you're no longer working too plenty. additionally, look on the quantity of RAM which you have. you like a minimum of 512Meg (ideally a million GB or extra). additionally, defrag your laptop after removing all the non everlasting internet archives - this might slow you down. there is not any such ingredient as a "residing house windows XPchronic". you're able to might desire to discover getting between the extra present day complicated drives that are swifter velocity; i might advise a Western digital 80GB or extra suitable with a 7200 rpm velocity (possibly it quite is what he's conversing approximately). each and every so often it takes various issues extra at the same time to get the cost up. i might take the laptop to a community save who specializes in this and get their assessment of your needs.
2016-10-14 07:28:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should get at least 512 MB's of Ram....or even 1GB.
Ram cost around 50 to 70 bucks. not sure about the processor cost though. I would suggest more ram.
2007-10-28 16:08:53 · answer #5 · answered by Paulisneat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget ram . . .try this first
Unistall McAffee
scan HHD for viruses and spyware. #1 cause for slowness
try www.superantispyware.com it's a good spyware remover that doesn't load spyware on your machine when you install it.
BTW it's free
defrag HDD
Get a good registry cleaner also
2007-10-28 16:14:17 · answer #6 · answered by Bob T 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
More RAM is what you need 192mb, thats almost nothing. Yes you can do yourself just click remove, insert click your done.
2007-10-28 16:08:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋