Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Tony its so slow it can barely load pictures on the net mate, i think his spec does have something to do with this and its just bogging down.
Ok a new hdd or more ram may speed things up but at the end of the day he has a very old celeron, i think its worth upgrading the whole thing for a few hundred then he wont have to worry about it for 4-5 years, and he will have some comeback if anything goes wrong with that dell
If you dont have the cash for a new pc then by all means get another gig or two of ram in there
If he just browses the net etc.. then he does not need a big spec an the extra power the PC has is wasted. I would put money on his PC being clogged with Spyware etc.. My brother only uses his PC to play online poker and its a 900mhz celeron with 512mb ram and it runs ok for this use.
I see the point of what you are saying and it makes far more sense than him majorly upgrading what he has. I just feel that for a quick scan with adaware and perhaps £40 of ddr ram that it will be ok for him.