In message , Char Jackson
writes:
On Wed, 1 May 2013 23:12:16 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

But I'd say the answer to my first question - why does he think he needs
a new computer at all - needs answering before anything else: in other
words, what does he expect a new computer would do for him that his
present one doesn't (or couldn't if it was bought some more memory).
Unless it's unreliable.

In my experience, the "add more RAM" mantra ended with computer systems
purchased in the early 2000's, about a decade ago. Up until then it was
common to see systems starved for RAM, but since then I very rarely see an
opportunity for such an easy performance upgrade.

Well, it was described as "an very old machine running win xp", so I
thought it worth a punt. Certainly (unless it's a _very_ old mobo) it's
a very simple thing to do.

(Within the last year or two we cheered up an old [XP] laptop of my
brother's no end: I can't remember what it had had, but we upped it to
1G, and it was like a new machine. Without having to change OS of
course.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

This was before we knew that a laboratory rat, if experimented upon, will
develop cancer. [Quoted by] Anne ), 1997-1-29