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 ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
