Aging laptop question....is it time to change<more>

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elazarus

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Hi,

If my IBM T-43 notebook which is almost 4 years old with a Intel Pentium M 1.86GHz, 1.5mb RAM, seems like it is slower than ever is it time to change?

I have pared down the hard drive, Cleaned all Temp, Cookies, spyware, lube, oil and filter. Updated all things IBM and drivers...Yet, when I take the laptop out to travel on business it just seems slow, slower...slow...

I know it will never be as fast as my desktop....but how do I determine if the time has come to change notebooks?

Thank you

Elliot
 
elazarus said:
Hi,

If my IBM T-43 notebook which is almost 4 years old with a Intel Pentium M 1.86GHz, 1.5mb RAM, seems like it is slower than ever is it time to change?

I have pared down the hard drive, Cleaned all Temp, Cookies, spyware, lube, oil and filter. Updated all things IBM and drivers...Yet, when I take the laptop out to travel on business it just seems slow, slower...slow...

I know it will never be as fast as my desktop....but how do I determine if the time has come to change notebooks?

Thank you

Elliot
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I would suggest backing up all your data and doing a fresh install and see how the performance is before going out and buying a new one.

I realized the other day that I was using my laptop basically as a external
storage device.SOOO,,I took everything off the HArd drive I wanted to save to a external drive and re installed OS.Running fast again.
 
What camel lips said. A fresh install should help, your specs aren't all that bad, it definately should be a moderately fast computer. Also make sure you change the spark plugs, they could be fouled:P
 
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