laptop ram

[digitizen]

i have a 3 year old compaq laptop that has a 1.7 ghz celeron processor and 256 mb ram and its slow as hell . so will see a significant change in performance if i increase the ram by 1 gb ? or is it a waste of money .

 

[ssk_the_gr8]

yes there will be a significant change..
btw, what os do u use? check if its fine(not virus infested etc.)

 

[digitizen]

yes there will be a significant change..
btw, what os do u use? check if its fine(not virus infested etc.)

i use xp . andno there are no virus . it was even slower before . i opened it up and cleaned the fan and mobo its quite ok now .

 

[ssk_the_gr8]

then its fine.. u can go with more ram

 

[otpsurvive]

Yes, the RAM upgrade will definitely give you a boost in performance but don’t expect the world out of it. Your daily usage like your file browser (“My Computer” if you’re using Windows), internet surfing and Word processing, everything will be a lot smoother. You’re boot time may also reduce.