I have an older Dell XPS Gen 2 computer with Windows XP Home --3 GHz
Pentium 4, 1 Meg DDRAM, about 1.5 terabytes disk drives, about 250 GB
internal: the rest external. Very, very many applications, most used
frequently. These include graphics, video processing, mathematical
processing (e.g., Matlab), but not many video games.
I've noticed that the computer has slowed down a lot from the original
purchase 5 years ago. The main reason for slow down is (I think) the
disk drives. The internal disk drives are all SATA (about 250 GB).
Mostly I have to wait for the drives to complete operation to get a
response on any application, such as browser or word processor. I have
already checked to see if disk caching, SMART, and disc test software
can find a problem, but these report none.
If I buy a new computer, will the disk delay be expected to improve
significantly?
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