Is it XP or me?
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i be slow
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Is it XP or me?
My computer is extremely slow and i dont know if its the system of xp.
it takes 6 seconds sometimes just for the start menu to pop up or the file menu to fall down.
here is what me gots:
Hewlett Packard Pavilion
Intel Celeron
1.10 GHz
128 MB RAM
it takes 6 seconds sometimes just for the start menu to pop up or the file menu to fall down.
here is what me gots:
Hewlett Packard Pavilion
Intel Celeron
1.10 GHz
128 MB RAM
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Floppy Death! noES!!!
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celery and no workspace... and probably too many things on the table....
(read: get rid of the celeron, get more ram, close things that are running in the background = speed)
(read: get rid of the celeron, get more ram, close things that are running in the background = speed)
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i be slow
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i always make sure that everything that doesn't need to be opened is closed.
this is my parents comp so i might just have to build one of my own. whats a good one to look at or build or whatever?
this is my parents comp so i might just have to build one of my own. whats a good one to look at or build or whatever?
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BOOM goes the dynamite!
in xp, visual styling and extras make performance suck. turn off the shadows and other stuff, and it might help. i personally like amd and would go with them, but it's a personal pref. i suppose. the new p4's with hyperthreading really move though. more ram is always better (for the most part). and realize that you do get what you pay for. if a really fast computer is really cheap, be leary. make sure you get fairly well known brands for stuff because they usually have better warrantees and stuff. i've built my own for the past 5 years and always go with name brand stuff for everything.