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I don't know about the others, but Dell has stopped doing this. You can now opt out of all the bloatware, and for a lot of their computers you can still get XP.
I'm glad to hear one manufacturer sensed public dissatisfaction with all of the "bloatware"/advertising they include with their products. I think most manufacturers still include that garbage. If I were to buy a computer from HP or others, the first thing I'd do is uninstall all of the promotional garbage they include, especially AOL.
I think XP will be offered by manufacturers for a while longer, until the Vista platform becomes more efficient. I also think Microsoft was thinking way ahead of current hardware technology when they designed Vista.
Guys, I checked under system information, and its Windows XP version 2002. 930 MHz, 256RAM.....
(The sticker on the hard drive says 128MB SDRAM)
So, it seems like the consensus is that upgrading the RAM to 512MB would be a nice improvement?
I have a brother in law who said he could install the memory. Would you advise buying online and installing on your own or having someone from geek squad do it?
Guys, I checked under system information, and its Windows XP version 2002. 930 MHz, 256RAM.....
(The sticker on the hard drive says 128MB SDRAM)
So, it seems like the consensus is that upgrading the RAM to 512MB would be a nice improvement?
I have a brother in law who said he could install the memory. Would you advise buying online and installing on your own or having someone from geek squad do it?
An additional 256 would be a good improvement. Before you buy you need to open the case and see what config you have as far as open memory slots. If it came with 128, and 128 was added, and the motherboard only has two slots, you'll need to remove them both and purchase 2 256MB modules, also check what the max memory is for your machine, it dictates what size modules can be installed. If the max it can do is 512MB and you have 2 slots, than 256 is the largest you can put in each slot, if it has 4 slots the max for each slot is 128MB.
Frankly; RAM in most cases is so cheap that if it were me, bite the bullet and go for 2 Gig if your motherboard will support it. I had both my Mac Mini and my G/F's HP Slimline PC upgraded to 2 gig RAM per machine for around $200 at Fry's including installation (I had to break open the Mini's case for the tech).
ram is easy to install. just open the case, find the spot where it fits, and put it in there.
Normally I agree; but, when I opened up my Mac Mini's case to kick the RAM from 512K to 2 Gig, I say 'no way' and decided to give the $35 installation fee to Fry's.
Frankly; RAM in most cases is so cheap that if it were me, bite the bullet and go for 2 Gig if your motherboard will support it. I had both my Mac Mini and my G/F's HP Slimline PC upgraded to 2 gig RAM per machine for around $200 at Fry's including installation (I had to break open the Mini's case for the tech).
As I found for the OP in my previous post, the max for his PC is 512.
What is especially galling is DDR series RAM below 512K strips is getting hard (and expensive) to find. And the old SIMM RAM's, good luck.
The 1 Gig strips are a dime a dozen these days.
I believe it was a Pentium 3 933 or such, I would definetly consider retiring it
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