suggestions for upgrade?

[Guest]

i am not very computer saavy, but i know enough to get by...recently i bought
an hp pavillion laptop with 512 ram, duo core 1.6, vista home basic...it's a
pretty basic laptop that really does not run very expediently...any
suggestions on upgrades i could make to it to speed it up??pls email me at
(e-mail address removed) with any suggestions...thanks!

 

[JimR]

i am not very computer saavy, but i know enough to get by...recently i
bought
an hp pavillion laptop with 512 ram, duo core 1.6, vista home basic...it's
a
pretty basic laptop that really does not run very expediently...any
suggestions on upgrades i could make to it to speed it up??pls email me at
(e-mail address removed) with any suggestions...thanks!

Adding ram will help.

 

[Rock]

i am not very computer saavy, but i know enough to get by...recently i
bought
an hp pavillion laptop with 512 ram, duo core 1.6, vista home basic...it's
a
pretty basic laptop that really does not run very expediently...any
suggestions on upgrades i could make to it to speed it up??pls email me at
(e-mail address removed) with any suggestions...thanks!

Adding RAM to 1GB, and/or using a USB memory stick for ReadyBoost.

 

[Dustin Harper]

The one major thing you can do is to increase your RAM to at least 1 GB.
Laptops are pretty limited on upgrades, but the RAM upgrade is easy to do,
and you will notice a fairly good speed increase by doing it.

 

[Victek]

i am not very computer saavy, but i know enough to get by...recently i
bought
an hp pavillion laptop with 512 ram, duo core 1.6, vista home basic...it's
a
pretty basic laptop that really does not run very expediently...any
suggestions on upgrades i could make to it to speed it up??pls email me at
(e-mail address removed) with any suggestions...thanks!

As everyone says, more RAM would make a big difference. I would only add
that Vista benefits from MORE than 1gb IMHO. If you can add 1gb to the
512mg that you currently have that would be better. Laptops often only have
one memory slot available for expansion in which case you want to make the
best use of it. I would recommend trying ReadyBoost as well. The only
disadvantage for a laptop is having a thumb-drive (memory key, whatever)
sticking out of a USB slot. If you have a memory card reader built-in you
could try using SD Flash memory for Readyboost since it's flush with the
case. Good luck!

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

i am not very computer saavy, but i know enough to get by...recently
i bought an hp pavillion laptop with 512 ram, duo core 1.6, vista
home basic...it's a pretty basic laptop that really does not run very
expediently...any suggestions on upgrades i could make to it to speed
it up??

Upgrade the RAM to 1GB.

pls email me at (e-mail address removed) with any
suggestions...thanks!

Sorry, no. No E-mail support. Ask here, read answers here.

 

[Dustin Harper]

Isn't it kind of easy to copy and paste the email address into the Cc:
field? I did, took about 2-3 seconds for that... He gets the reply, and the
group sees it as well. Help him and others.

Nothing against you, just seems a little odd for an MVP to not go above and
beyond for such a simple request that takes an extra 3 seconds.

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Dustin Harper
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.vistarip.com

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[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

I do not know Kens reasons, but my experience is when you respond by
email and there are other questions, they return by email bypassing
the newsgroup.
At that point, there are a couple of choices:
1. Respond by email bypassing the newsgroup and thus defeating much
of the strength of the newsgroups.
Respond by email and also search for the correct thread and send to
there as well.
This can be time consuming depending if the email has the same subject
as well as several other factors.
What takes seconds on the first post can easily get longer.Add to that
this may get more numerous and the few seconds to begin with grows
into a larger consumer of time.

Generally I respond in the newsgroup only and if the OP wants the
answer, they need to come back to find it.
Otherwise the OP may miss out but many more can see and hopefully
learn from the public discussion.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Dangerous habit to get into, Dustin.

First, when you do that people start using you as their personal support
person and you get all sorts of questions, many of which you may not be able
to answer. Plus, it tends to tie up time you get to spend in the groups.

Second, one of the strengths of newsgroups is peer review. We all make
mistakes, and some give out intentionally bad advice. In a newsgroup, this
can be reviewed by and corrected by others. In a one on one session via
email, this process does not occur.

Third, the whole point of a newsgroup is that information is shared by all,
and is left for others to search on for answers. When things are resolved
via email (including confirmation that it was resolved), the information is
no longer public.

Fourth, many simply do not want to have their personal email address
floating out there or engage in personal email with people they don't know.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Isn't it kind of easy to copy and paste the email address into the Cc:
field? I did, took about 2-3 seconds for that... He gets the reply, and
the group sees it as well. Help him and others.

Nothing against you, just seems a little odd for an MVP to not go above
and beyond for such a simple request that takes an extra 3 seconds.

--
Dustin Harper
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.vistarip.com

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

All excellent reasons, which I endorse. The same goes for Jupiter Jones's
response.

I'll anticipate Dustin's response that I could send the message to both the
newsgroup and the individual, and add one additional point: I used to do
that, then found that I would often receive a reply by personal E-mail, then
later find the reply on the newsgroup. I ended up answering questions twice
that way. I don't want to do that any more, and it's the main reason I no
longer provide a real E-mail return address in newsgroups.

 

[Dustin Harper]

Good point. If they did reply back by email, and then later by newsgroup,
that could get confusing...

Great clarification, guys. Thanks! Like I said, nothing against you. It was
just an observation.

--
Dustin Harper
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.vistarip.com

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