That was 256M , not 256K.

And you seem to be correct already.
Acrobat reader and Excel seem to be quicker.
But the web Pages speed is limited by things other than Ram.

I think the speed increase is because the Computer is using the ram Storage rather than Hard Drive storage , and that is much more efficient.

It won't make the actual pages load faster just the program itself, i should have been more accurate in what i was saying.

Depending on the ram party has i have 2 gigs of ram sitting here he can have.

Shaun, thats very nice of you for the offer, are you saying that the system is not THAT bad just upgrade to more RAM?

like cos I thought in computer terms its probably ancient??

Anyway b4 I do anything I'll have a Squizz in
Harvey Normans tomorrow and see what they are offering, as I say there is more than one problem with the desktop, and my feeling is I may as well upgrade NEW, rather than throwing good money after bad. (I think I'd be the mug they are waiting for) the repairers that is!

Will be in touch!

Poop

The new AMD Fusion notebooks give decent performance at low cost. There may be some desktop models also. Failing that a Intel Core i3 notebook or desktop will probably do what you want. Stay away from Intel Atom's and don't let them flog an old Intel Core Duo model to you.

Get at least 4GB of RAM, and a 250GB+ HDD.

I buy hundreds of PC's and notebooks each year (other end of the market though). I've just bought a AMD Fusion for general use around the house.

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I would agree with the above sounds good, as for what you have would be fine as a pc for surfing the net or e-mail just stick some more ram in it.

As i said get the specs of what ever system they offer you and post here we will give you an idea on it's value for money.

The atoms are fantastic for what they were designed for and that is low power usage, i bought an eeepc for my daughter just for surfing the net and facebook and she can get almost 9 hours out of a full charge and this thing runs windows 7 starter edition, not bad for just over $300

Shaun

Yep it's a game of leap frog. The AMD E-350 betters the Atoms in most areas (particularly graphics) at present. It's sure to change though. I wouldn't expect too much from these but for the everyday 2D stuff Poop described machine built around this chip are good value for the money. Will probably turn mine into an entry level HTPC.

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[QUOTE=AngryPixie]Poop

a and don't let them flog an old Intel Core Duo model to you.

Well, had a quick squizz and I think thats exactly what they were trying to do

Details EON G2 Intel Pentium DC
E5400 2.7 GHZ
4GB DDR3 RAM
500GB HDD
INTEL X4500 128MB
CD/DVD DRIVE
CORDED KEYBOARD + MOUSE
WINDOWS 7R HOME PREMIUM 64Bit

$588

Alternative, but not sure,

Lap Top Toshiba C660/01M 15.6" screen

i3-380m Procesor
4GB RAM
640GB hard drive
512 MB Graphics
CD/DVD Burner Drive
Windows 7 Home Edition

Just a starting point so any comments welcome.

The first one is a mix of old and new for the price, not worth it if you are getting a new pc.

at price is the laptop, the only other thing you need to check is they are installing the 64bit operating system because 32bit will only see 3gig of ram.

Poop

Could they show you one of these?

http://www.harveynorman.com.au/prod...s-ku-sxv-laptop

No idea what these are like (all care no responsibility) but this looks not too bad.

Of the two you listed I'd also prop for the second although I'm not sure it's the current model as I think they're going with the 2nd gen i3 in those now.

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