my 4-year old laptop is so "obsolete", i can't find anything this bad new!

[unblock]

1.2 gigahertz, 20gb drive, 256mb ram.
4 years ago this cost over $4,000, it was close to the macdaddy non-gaming laptop.

mrs. unblock just bought a new computer & monitor for about $1,000.
almost 3 gigahertz, 80gb drive, 512mb ram

and yet, while my "obsolete" computer, so "slow" that they don't even sell anything so lame these days, it serves me fine.

i run quicken, do my taxes, some seriously cpu-draining excel work, have several internet explorer windows open all at the same time, along with vpn and webmail to work. no problem.

[amber dog democrat]

1. More RAM ?

Have you maxed out the ram yet ? I would look at this first.

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3. my point is that i don't NEED more ram!

i'm actually feeling no need to replace my computer, and yes, i could up the ram before junking it.

i'm just amazed that my perfectly reasonable laptop (and you can see i'm a "power user") is considered so obsolete as to not even be available anymore. many people could easily get by on less than the cheapest thing out there today.

[amber dog democrat]

4. If its not broken ....

I was just concerned that 256MB would not be enough to allow you to function well.
I always add the maximum to a new machine. Right now memory is not that expensive. But yet, getting the latest - hightst speeds and feeds is not always the best chioce.

[Deja Q]

2. Here's my laptop:

Pentium 266MHz. (original Pentium, not P II)
128MB RAM
4GB Hard drive
SuSE Linux 9.2

It works, but it is slow. ANd I sure as hell will not put Windoze98 back onto it. More trouble than its worth.

[CatholicEdHead]

5. What OS?

4 years old it could be running Windows ME. ME sucks with managing RAM. Upgrade to XP Home or Pro as it handles it better and speeds things up.

[unblock]

6. i'm running windows 2000 professional

honestly, i really don't have a problem.
i just don't get it, how a power user can have a perfectly fine computer, no performance problems, and yet it's considered obsolete.