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AdamD · 23-01-2007, 19:04

Hi all

Got a question for you all.

My dad bought a cheapo laptop from PCWorld about 2 years ago, it was on offer and was the cheapest laptop they sold

So, here's the problem

It's a Celeron M 1.4Ghz, 256mb of ram, 40gb harddisk

Running Windows XP Home

Problem is, it's SO slow....

He's to cheap to buy any ram for it and i've turned off all unnecessary effects/visuals to speed it up, but it hasn't had much of an effect

What would you do?

Do you think it's worth formatting it and sticking on an older operating system? Like Windows 98SE or perhaps Windows 2000 professional?

23-01-2007, 19:04	#1
AdamD Inactive Join Date: Nov 2004 Services: VM 50Mb Posts: 1,665	Laptop query Hi all Got a question for you all. My dad bought a cheapo laptop from PCWorld about 2 years ago, it was on offer and was the cheapest laptop they sold So, here's the problem It's a Celeron M 1.4Ghz, 256mb of ram, 40gb harddisk Running Windows XP Home Problem is, it's SO slow.... He's to cheap to buy any ram for it and i've turned off all unnecessary effects/visuals to speed it up, but it hasn't had much of an effect What would you do? Do you think it's worth formatting it and sticking on an older operating system? Like Windows 98SE or perhaps Windows 2000 professional?