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IS MY COMPUTER OBSOLETE????
Right now, I'm using a Dell XPS 400.
MY LITTLE BROTHER WILL NOT USE ANY OTHER COMPUTER EXCEPT FOR THE DELL INSPIRON 1500, which is the default kind of computer I use. HE SAYS THAT EVERY COMPUTER IN MY HOUSE IS OBSOLETE!!!!!!!!!, BECAUSE IT'S TO SLOW!!! (Yes, I am stressed!) So anyways, I took an internet speed test for my obsolete? Dell XPS 400, and its download speed is 2.53Mb/s. But still, my little brother says it's OBSOLETE!!! Am I using an obsolete computer? |
The internet connection speed is totally irrelevant. What the the specs of each?
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Anyway. Internet connection depends on you ISP, Internet Service Provider, not what computer you are using. Tell your brother to stop being stupid and to actually learn about how the internet and computers work. Also, a Dell 1500 isn't exactly an Ailenware. It is a pretty bog-standard laptop that can't really do much more past playing videos. |
After a quick google it seems that the XPS a little slower in the CPU department. The graphics is so poor on both that it's irrelevant. XPS should come with 3GB ram standard, as opposed to 2. They're about the same, to be honest. The difference is that you can chuck a decent graphics card in the XPS, which isn't an option for the laptop.
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i have no idea if its obselete, but tell your little brother to actually learn about computers(has he even used [email protected]#$)
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If I were you, I don't think that is a great desktop. Graphic card is not good enough
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For a laptop to beat a desktop in overall performance, you would have to find a horribly low end desktop and a very expensive £1500+ laptop. |
http://www.dell.com/us/en/dfb/desktops/xps_400/pd.aspx?refid=xps_400&cs=28&s=dfb
If you haven't done any upgrades to it, it's... pretty darn bad. You should look into getting a better computer, or upgrading your current one, as soon as possible. Simply because you'll enjoy using it more. My first recommendation if you want to upgrade is to upgrade your RAM. Your RAM seems to be the worst part of your computer by a long shot. 512MB? That was decent about a century ago. On the bright side your processor is actually decent. But yeah, seriously. Your computer is capable of going up to 4G of RAM and RAM isn't that expensive. Go upgrade it. You'll be glad your computer isn't as slow. |
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While the whole 4GB of RAM would end up wasting a chunk of money for the performance gain you'd end up with (not to mention bottlenecking elsewhere) even doubling from 512 to 1GB of memory would make a big difference, and 2GB would result in further benefits.
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Also, if they're not doing anything particularly intensive, such as heavy Photoshop use, video editing, VMs or gaming, 4GB is absolutely a waste of money. Where the hell are you getting DDR2 RAM for $20? Unless they're 1GB DIMMs. OP, what do you want to do with it? |
How EXACTLY is future proofing a waste of money, or using any adobe product which are all obese, video gaming, or video editing? These are very popular passtimes/things people to do.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820141300&cm_re=2GB_ddr2_ram-_-20-141-300-_-Product $16.50 per gig |
how old is the computer, what year?
let me seaRCH SOME FACTS........... its not that bad....but not really good. the facts: NEW Intel® Pentium® D Processor up to 840 (3.2GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB) with Dual Core Technology. Operating Systems Chipset Intel® 945P chipset Office Suites & Productivity Learn More Standard: Corel® WordPerfect® Optional: Microsoft Works Suite 2005 Corel® WordPerfect® Office 12 Microsoft Office 2003 Basic Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition Memory Learn More 512 MB dual channel DDR2-533MHz SDRAM standard, upgradable to 4 GB1 dual channel DDR2-667MHz SDRAM 4 DIMM slots Drive Bays Externally available: Two 3.5-inch bays for an optional floppy or 13-in-1 media card reader Two 5.25" for CD, CD-RW, DVD or combination drive Internally accessible: Two 3.5-inch bays for hard drives I/O Ports Video: 1 VGA connector, 1 DVI connector USB: 7 USB 2.0 ports - 2 front/5 back/1 internal 7.1 Channel Audio: 5 miniature jacks for line in, line out (front, rear and center) and two front panel connectors for headphones/microphone Network: Integrated 10/100/10002 Ethernet Optional: One 9-pin serial port (optional) Optional: 2 PS/2 ports (optional) Slots 3 PCI slots 1 PCIe x 1 slot 1 PCIe x 4 slot 1 PCIe x 16 (graphics) slot Chassis Quiet, silver and white chassis with black accents features: 7 USB 2.0 ports (2 front, 5 back) and front headphone jack Color coded ports and internal cables simplify service and set up Dimensions (H x W x D): 17.5" x 7.4" x 17.5" Weight: 34 lbs. Power Output Wattage: 375 Watts Input Voltage (auto-sensing): 90 to 135V at 50/60 Hz; or 180 to 265 V at 50/60 Hz Heat Dissipation: 1280 BTU/hour (fully loaded computer without monitor) Backup Battery: 3.0 V CR2032 coin cell kinda long.... its not that bad....but not really good. the facts: NEW Intel® Pentium® D Processor up to 840 (3.2GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB) with Dual Core Technology. Operating Systems Chipset Intel® 945P chipset Office Suites & Productivity Learn More Standard: Corel® WordPerfect® Optional: Microsoft Works Suite 2005 Corel® WordPerfect® Office 12 Microsoft Office 2003 Basic Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition Memory Learn More 512 MB dual channel DDR2-533MHz SDRAM standard, upgradable to 4 GB1 dual channel DDR2-667MHz SDRAM 4 DIMM slots Drive Bays Externally available: Two 3.5-inch bays for an optional floppy or 13-in-1 media card reader Two 5.25" for CD, CD-RW, DVD or combination drive Internally accessible: Two 3.5-inch bays for hard drives I/O Ports Video: 1 VGA connector, 1 DVI connector USB: 7 USB 2.0 ports - 2 front/5 back/1 internal 7.1 Channel Audio: 5 miniature jacks for line in, line out (front, rear and center) and two front panel connectors for headphones/microphone Network: Integrated 10/100/10002 Ethernet Optional: One 9-pin serial port (optional) Optional: 2 PS/2 ports (optional) Slots 3 PCI slots 1 PCIe x 1 slot 1 PCIe x 4 slot 1 PCIe x 16 (graphics) slot Chassis Quiet, silver and white chassis with black accents features: 7 USB 2.0 ports (2 front, 5 back) and front headphone jack Color coded ports and internal cables simplify service and set up Dimensions (H x W x D): 17.5" x 7.4" x 17.5" Weight: 34 lbs. Power Output Wattage: 375 Watts Input Voltage (auto-sensing): 90 to 135V at 50/60 Hz; or 180 to 265 V at 50/60 Hz Heat Dissipation: 1280 BTU/hour (fully loaded computer without monitor) Backup Battery: 3.0 V CR2032 coin cell kinda long.... at least you have a computer. |
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You can't "future-proof" computers, let alone one that's already so old. Eventually you're going to hit performance problems that can't be resolved by adding more RAM, and I wouldn't say there are that many ways you can use such a computer where adding over, say 2GB of RAM is the answer to a performance issue.
(You never asked him if he was running a 64-bit OS, either) |
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With the machine in it's current state, the best option is to put in another 1GB or 2GB of ram and do a fresh install of XP. A bloated windows install will bring any computer to its knees. (ie. someone who uses limewire, AVG, Norton, McAfee, driver helper software and other useless wastes of space which load on start up. Not to mention the viruses that any of those AVs will let through) Whereas I have a 1GHz Pentium 3 rig that's running XP quite happily, because the install is clean and well optimised. |
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So many people have installs of XP (partially because it's older, partially because it's less secure than Vista/7) that run like crap because they have all sorts of mess installed. Don't get me started on Virus infections. "But it's okay, I was using Norton. My uncle's vet says it's really good because it came with their computer." Wrong. Many of the popular AVs, in practise, are useless. Norton, McAfee, Trend, all bloated horrible crap. I'd also like to point out that CA Antivirus is potentially the most disgusting piece of software I have ever seen running. MSE and Avira are very light and effective. Oh, and they're both free and more effective than the big two. That reminds me. OEM preinstalled software is usually bloatware. Toshiba, Sony, HP, MSI are the biggest culprits of this. Lenovo, Dell and Asus generally aren't too bad. Although Asus is hit and miss. Printer "helpers" are a big one. They sit in the tray and suck memory for the once a month that you might scan something in without doing it the proper way (via the Printers and Scanner menu). This also only applies to Vista and 7, but the desktop gadgets are horribly bloated. Google's are even worse. Don't just no choose any, disable them. You can also use a tool called nLite to slim down the installer disc, but I find that's too much hassle when you can do most of it post-installation. Before I finish, I want to remind everyone that Service Packs will slim down the installations. XP SP0/SP1 is bloated, but SP2 is much better. SP3 is a slight improvement. Vista SP0 was a mess, but SP1 fixed a lot of things, SP2 really isn't much different to Windows 7. |
Just because it came with the computer, doesn't mean it's any good. I personally use NOD32; it's probably not the best but I love it.
I also disabled some features in the Visual Effects of XP. Helped alot. |
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When she got a new machine earlier this year, it had so much stuff on it that she'd never use. There was facial tracking software for login stuff, password managers, trials for programs that she'd never need, even one that acted as adware! Ugh. She had a trial for McAfee which bogged down the normally fast machine until it rivaled the speed of the Win2000 machine. All of it was deleted. I think the reason why some of these programs are so bloated is because individually, the devs know the program won't take up too much space and power. When the OEMs begin stacking them, though, that's when it gets bad. |
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The Win2000 machine was a Dell, though. It has since been beaten to death with a hammer, torn to pieces and threw into a fire retired and now sits in a landfill. |
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See, if you actually look at the specs of that computer you'll see it lacks the power to run anything past XP. XP is so old that it predates the age where 64 bit became viable. Quote:
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