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Judy

I have a 32mb pc currently running on Windows 98. Would
like to upgrade - would Windows XP run on this without
any problems or is it too small to take this. Can anyone
recommend what I would be able to upgrade to please?
Would appreciate answers by email please. Thanks
 
An upgrade is quite possible, cost about $400. Just call
Dell and order a PC with XP, that will be cheaper than
buying a new motherboard that will support an adequate
amount of RAM and a CPU fast enough, and a new hard drive
big enough and the upgrade XP CD.
www.dell.com


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|I have a 32mb pc currently running on Windows 98. Would
| like to upgrade - would Windows XP run on this without
| any problems or is it too small to take this. Can anyone
| recommend what I would be able to upgrade to please?
| Would appreciate answers by email please. Thanks
 
As others have said, your curent PC is too small/old for XP.

A cheap Dell or Gateway owuld be a better investment of your money, since
the retail verison of XP home edition costs about $200. Win 95 does not
qualify for the upgrade, which is half that price. Then, there is the new
RAM, disk, etc. Forget it.

If you can not spring for a new PC, think about upgrading to 98SE or maybe
even a LINUX distribution.
 
Looks OK, BTW, the free Dell 720 printer is made by Lexmark
but Dell is the only source for ink.


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| Here is a simple example, though I would wait for a better
deal than this:
| http://www.fatwallet.com/t/18/357130/
|
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| Nathan McNulty
|
|
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| > An upgrade is quite possible, cost about $400. Just
call
| > Dell and order a PC with XP, that will be cheaper than
| > buying a new motherboard that will support an adequate
| > amount of RAM and a CPU fast enough, and a new hard
drive
| > big enough and the upgrade XP CD.
| > www.dell.com
| >
| >
 
You should be ashamed of yourself, Jim.

a. Dell still has support in India. Regardless that they've moved some back
to US, Dell should be ashamed.
b. Dell is, 'in my opinion' *CRAP*. Hardware failure, cheap parts, absolute
garbage.

Judy, shop around local computer shops and techs, see if you can find
someone to build you a computer to whatever your specifications may be. Not
only would you be contributing to an American job, you'd also be buying a
higher quality computer (that's why you shop around, not every local tech's a
wonderful person). OEM (i.e., Dell, Gateway, HP) use proprietary parts.
Something goes wrong with your power supply. OOPS! Dell will be glad to
sell you the only one that works.

Trust me Judy, and anyone else who reads this, you'll do better in the long
run with a hand-built system, even if it does cost a little more.
 
One persons opinion about the issue of whether Dell is crap
or a good value is just that, an opinion.
The issue and answer was just to the point of the upgrade of
an old W95 computer. The cost of upgrading would far exceed
the cost of a new Dell once the hardware and software costs
are considered. Certainly, building a computer from
scratch, with selection of the highest rated hardware
components will result in a better performing computer, but
also a very much more expensive system. For most users, a
stock or customized Dell is the most bang for the buck.
The highly computer literate computer geek gamer will build
their own and don't need or ask for advise here. The dopy
gamer will buy a high-end machine from one of the specialty
companies and pay the $3,000+ price. Some will pay an extra
few thousand dollars for a paint job.
For someone wanting to surf the web, do school-work and send
email or write the next novel, the cheapest Dell will serve
just fine.


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| You should be ashamed of yourself, Jim.
|
| a. Dell still has support in India. Regardless that
they've moved some back
| to US, Dell should be ashamed.
| b. Dell is, 'in my opinion' *CRAP*. Hardware failure,
cheap parts, absolute
| garbage.
|
| Judy, shop around local computer shops and techs, see if
you can find
| someone to build you a computer to whatever your
specifications may be. Not
| only would you be contributing to an American job, you'd
also be buying a
| higher quality computer (that's why you shop around, not
every local tech's a
| wonderful person). OEM (i.e., Dell, Gateway, HP) use
proprietary parts.
| Something goes wrong with your power supply. OOPS! Dell
will be glad to
| sell you the only one that works.
|
| Trust me Judy, and anyone else who reads this, you'll do
better in the long
| run with a hand-built system, even if it does cost a
little more.
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote:
|
| > An upgrade is quite possible, cost about $400. Just
call
| > Dell and order a PC with XP, that will be cheaper than
| > buying a new motherboard that will support an adequate
| > amount of RAM and a CPU fast enough, and a new hard
drive
| > big enough and the upgrade XP CD.
| > www.dell.com
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| > | > |I have a 32mb pc currently running on Windows 98.
Would
| > | like to upgrade - would Windows XP run on this without
| > | any problems or is it too small to take this. Can
anyone
| > | recommend what I would be able to upgrade to please?
| > | Would appreciate answers by email please. Thanks
| >
| >
| >
 
That shows your lack of intelligence. Dell recieves the same products
as everyone else for their computer components. I agree some of their
business tactics are tacky, especially when they get better deals on
hardware than most other computer makers, but they do have a business to
run after all. You have to give them credit for their success even if
you don't agree with how they did it.

Dell computers are excellent and inexpensive. You can pick up a brand
new, near top of the line computer for under $400! I picked up one of
my computers from Dell (400SC) for only $250 after a Mail in Rebate. I
tell you it works perfectly and I haven't had a single problem.

Sure outsourcing jobs takes away from the American economy (or so you
would think), but you also have a global economy to think of as well.
By hiring less expensive labor overseas for most of our products, we can
sell the products for less which saves the American from spending as
much as they would have to if the jobs were all based in America. Yes
the money is put into another country, but that allows them to purchase
our products as well. The problem usually occurs when they begin paying
overseas workers the same as they would pay American workers and/or the
other countries don't put the money back into the American economy.

I would love to see you build this system for less than $400:

Motherboard with an Intel i875G chipset
Pentium 4 2.8E GHz
512 GB of *Registered* DDR400
DVD-ROM\CD Writer Combo
80 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
And I paid $150 for a 17" LCD to finish the system.
 
New computer time. If the computer is running Win95, I'd guess that a lot of
the components are not on the XP compatibility list...
 
1. You don't know what you're talking about. Do you know the difference
between Dell's cheap generic parts and a new Soyo mobo?

2. Outsourcing- It's easy to say good things about outsourcing when your job
hasn't been taken from you. I was a Quality Assurance Development Specialist
with Symantec before they sent my job to India. I have 6 weeks of
unemployment left, and after that, I don't know how I'm going to feed my
family. I couldn't care LESS about the world economy. Outsourcing has led
my family down a dark road buddy. Let's see you say what you have when
*your* job is taken from you!

3. Why in God's name would you want to build a P4 system? AMD is better,
faster, and cheaper. Something else to keep in mind are the benefits of a
CRT monitor, much better refresh rate.
 
You make me laugh. Dell's boards are generally made by Intel. There is
nothing wrong with these boards either. I actually get very good
performance from them and high benchmark scores (which often don't
portray the true capabilities, but at least is useful for comparisons).

I am sorry to hear your job was outsourced and I know it takes jobs away
from Americans. And I am slowly having my job taken away from me by
technology, but that is the way things work. I am confident that you
can find a job, the question is is it a job that you are willing to do?
I recently found myself laid off and went to look for work. There was
nothing that I was interested in, but there were a ton of jobs
available. Luckily, my lay off was temporary this time, but who knows :(

You can't just go and say AMD is better than P4. There are a ton of
different models, each have their own strengths and weaknesses, and
LCD's don't have to worry about a refresh rate. I think you are
thinking of response time which has now dropped to the same as CRTs.
The only problem is that LCD's are very expensive, but the price is
dropping. Oh, and the LCD I got from Dell was a 25ms response time
which pretty much sucks, but I don't actually see much ghosting in most
of my games.
 
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