Windows Question...

[kf0rt]

Since nobody else has mentioned it, once other problems have been addressed you might want to check and see if it has sufficient RAM to avoid excessive disc caching. Many off the shelf computers have barely above the minimum installed and he may have one of them so it's like the ewe once told me, you can never have too much ram.
(Bad joke, BBBAAAaaa.)

But, don't go over 4 Gig on a 32-bit OS, unless you want to waste some.

And what happened to RAM prices? Stuff was cheap not that long ago!

[KJ3N]

And what happened to RAM prices? Stuff was cheap not that long ago!

Oh, good. I'm not the only one who noticed. :think

[n0iu]

And what happened to RAM prices?

I'm telling you... ticket prices are getting pretty outrageous here in St. Louis!



At least we got the No. 1 spot in the draft. Coming in dead last place does have its benefits!

EDIT: Oh, I thought he said RAMS prices, sorry! My bad.

[kf0rt]

And what happened to RAM prices? Stuff was cheap not that long ago!

Oh, good. I'm not the only one who noticed. :think

I've got 4Gig of DDR2-800 I've been meaning to put up on eBay. If I get $50 for it, it'll be the first time I've ever made a profit selling a used computer part. Exact same part is going for $100 on newegg -- think I paid $46.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231207

Computer memory runs in a commodities market, I'm told. Probably all those iPads driving the price up. :shock:

[kf0rt]

And what happened to RAM prices?

I'm telling you... ticket prices are getting pretty outrageous here in St. Louis!



At least we got the No. 1 spot in the draft. Coming in dead last place does have its benefits!

Oh, goodie! That means the economy is improving!

Not into sports (at all), but I hope that dood in Dallas recoups the cost of that billion $$$ stadium he built.

[n2ize]

And what happened to RAM prices? Stuff was cheap not that long ago!

Oh, good. I'm not the only one who noticed. :think

Actually I think it is a RAM issue. I cleaned off some trojans and stuff but the machine still runs somewhat slow. I have the same computer and I have issues with it running slow at times.

I recommended he put some extra RAM in the thing but as people here have pointed out...the prices for RAM are quite high,. The thing needs either PC2700 or PC3200 (non ECC) DDR SDRAM and when I last checked the stuff was damned expensive... $60.00+ per module. I'm thinking it might be worth it just to buy a new machine which will be 64 bit (probably dual or quad core) and come with at least 2 - 4 Gigs of RAM.