need advice on speeding up a laptop thats already tweaked for high performance

[kronoSX]

but it fails horribly.
Its a old laptop,i think its ddr1 rAM..HERE is the specs


Number of CPU(s) One Physical Processor / One Core / One Logical Processor
Vendor GenuineIntel
CPU Full Name Intel Pentium 4
CPU Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
CPU Code Name Northwood
Technology 0.13µ
Platform Name Socket 478
Type Original OEM processor
FSB Mode QDR
Platform ID 2
Microcode ID 2E
Type ID 0
CPU Clock 2405.47
System Bus Clock -1.0
System Clock 133.64
Multiplier 18.00
Original Clock 2400.00
Original Bus Clock 533.33
Original System Clock 133.33
Original Multiplier 18.00
Overclock 0.23%
L2 Cache Speed 2405.47 MHz
L2 Cache Speed Full
CPU Family / Model / Stepping F / 2 / 9
Brand ID 09
HyperThreading 1
Cache 12 KµOps L1 T-Cache, 8 KB L1 D-Cache, 512 KB L2 Cache
Instructions MMX, SSE, SSE2, MSR
Architecture x86

these are the memory
Property Value
Memory Summary
Maximum Memory Module Size 512 MBytes
Maximum Capacity 1024 MBytes
Memory Slots 2
Name Physical Memory Array


Device Locator ROW-0
Capacity 256 MBytes
Memory Type SDRAM
Bank Label RAS 11 4
Form Factor DIMM

Os

Name Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3

Do i chuck this thing in the bin in what

 

[kronoSX]

infact all the above is jibberish
its a 2.4 pentium4 with 240mb of ram,40gig hdd and up to 64 mb of video memory.

All i am saying is if i add more ram will it be worth it,cause the ram is like +- R500...or should i just let the client upgrade to a better pc

 

[arf9999]

What do you want to do with it. The first thing that I would do is toss the 256Mb SoDIMM and replace it with 2 x 512MB SODIMMs. immediate speed improvement...

 

[bekdik]

The best thing is to replace the elastic band with a thicker one, this will allow you to wind it up more.

 

[Lino]

Bro, what on earth are you asking us? I am guessing by your post you find the laptop is running too slowly? If that is the case, format it and install a stripped down version of Windows XP. Or you could always install Windows For Legacy PC's.

"thats if its software causing it"

 

[kronoSX]

The best thing is to replace the elastic band with a thicker one, this will allow you to wind it up more.

thats the best advice i heard in years...So how much is the band

 

[kronoSX]

Bro, what on earth are you asking us? I am guessing by your post you find the laptop is running too slowly? If that is the case, format it and install a stripped down version of Windows XP. Or you could always install Windows For Legacy PC's.

"thats if its software causing it"

I did format it twice..
i did install a stripped down version of xp and added sp3..
i did tweak the system...but you right linoman...I cant see why its still running slow..

 

[sn3rd]

Upgrading to the maximum 1024MB RAM will help significantly for general usage. If you're looking for anything more than general office use, you'll probably do better chucking it and getting a new one.

 

[boramk]

its a 2.4 pentium4 with 240mb of ram,40gig hdd and up to 64 mb of video memory.

Thats pretty old... How about a new one? You can get great ones from R6k

 

[kronoSX]

lets hope there is money that

 

[Lino]

lets hope there is money that

What about installing a stripped down version of linux on it? Perhaps something like Damn Small Linux?

 

[thisgeek]

Your biggest problem with that machine is the lack of RAM. 256Mb these days is pathetic.
Even 512Mb is not enough for decent performance.

 

[kronoSX]

Your biggest problem with that machine is the lack of RAM. 256Mb these days is pathetic.
Even 512Mb is not enough for decent performance.

i know...i mean xp uses 180 from that..that gives me 30megs to play with.we cant make miracles happen without upgrading ram.