You've got a bigger problem. To _really_ come up to speed, she needs
all the niceties in WinXP (or Vista). You can throw a gig or two of
ram at that Win2k install but you'll never get it up to today's
standards.

This system would make a nice internet enabled backup for guests, but
it's too aged for a personal machine.


On Feb 18, 2008 7:52 PM, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have an older desktop computer for my daughter's use which was
> adequate until she is now in high school.  She complains that she can't
> play on-line games because the computer is too slow.  I'm wondering if
> additional RAM would help, and if so whether it is worth buying for such
> an old computer.
>
> INFO:
>
> Dell Optiplex GX240
> 1700 MHz. Pentium 4; 3/256 KB memory cache
> Bus 100 MHz.
> Windows 2000 Pro SP4
> Drives:  40 GB, 26 GB free
> Memory:  384 MB total:  DIMM_A: 256 MB and DIMM_B: 128 MB


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