mcheu wrote:
> On 1 Oct 2006 08:47:07 -0700, "Tony R" <tonyr1988@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On my desktop, I want to get a new motherboard, CPU, and RAM (128 MB
> >just isn't cutting it anymore). Problem: I've never bought / installed
> >any of those. I was looking at these:
> >
> >Motherboard:
> >http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131517
> >CPU:
> >http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ubCategory=343
> >(not sure which one)
> >RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820161679
> >
> >Here are few of my biggest questions:
> >
> >1) Will these last me a while? I'm not a gamer and I don't use any real
> >high-powered applications. My laptop (with a dual-core 32-bit and 2GB
> >of DDR2 RAM) fits my needs perfectly. I shouldn't need more than those
> >in a while, right? (excluding more RAM)
>
> That depends entirely on you and how you use the laptop. While I've
> upgraded my desktop a few times, my laptop is still a pokey old
> Pentium III with 256Megs of RAM, and a 6Gig hard drive. While the
> hard drive size is a bit of an annoyance, it otherwise fits my needs
> just fine.
>
Today I loaded win98se and ie6 on a Dell Latitude LX 1000d (486dx4)
with 24MB of ram (maxed out), and got it online with broadband. It
actually was quite acceptable for web surfing (MSN and CNN, also
NASA's website). Oddly IE6 was more responsive than IE5....

Why? Somebody told me I couldn't. :)