XP Pro SP3?

On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:07:12 -0500, Leonard Grey wrote:

(lol...24 minutes for SP3 and all the other updates I installed at the
same time...on a computer that's almost 7 years old.)
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est


"nupsig" wrote in message
...


Hours? 35 to 40 minutes is about right. How do I know? I have just done
it!

It may take 'hours' if you include all the programs you may need but not
hours for the OS. If it does take 'hours' I sudder to think of the machine
performance once installed as the machine must be exceptionally slow.


Would the fact that I have only 256 MB of Ram (2 X 128) have anything to do with this?
It will take 2 X 512 modules.
The machine is an IBM ThinlPad A30, ( Pentium III-M - 1.13 GHz - ) and in my opinion should be
faster. It seems that whnever I load any programs, the HD is forever spinning.

I checked with the store where I bougth it to see in they had RAM modules, and while they do, they
cautioned me agains spending money on that, and said it probably would not make much - if any -
differense.

Any advice or opinion?

Thanks!
__________________________________
johnn
__________________________________
"God is dead"
- Nietzsche (1844-1935)
"Nietzsche is dead"
- God

On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:07:12 -0500, Leonard Grey wrote:

(lol...24 minutes for SP3 and all the other updates I installed at the
same time...on a computer that's almost 7 years old.)
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est


"nupsig" wrote in message
...


Hours? 35 to 40 minutes is about right. How do I know? I have just done
it!

It may take 'hours' if you include all the programs you may need but not
hours for the OS. If it does take 'hours' I sudder to think of the machine
performance once installed as the machine must be exceptionally slow.


Would the fact that I have only 256 MB of Ram (2 X 128) have anything to do with this?
It will take 2 X 512 modules.
The machine is an IBM ThinlPad A30, ( Pentium III-M - 1.13 GHz - ) and in my opinion should be
faster. It seems that whnever I load any programs, the HD is forever spinning.

I checked with the store where I bougth it to see in they had RAM modules, and while they do, they
cautioned me agains spending money on that, and said it probably would not make much - if any -
differense.

Any advice or opinion?

Thanks!
__________________________________
johnn
__________________________________
"God is dead"
- Nietzsche (1844-1935)
"Nietzsche is dead"
- God

It will make a huge difference. 256 MB is about minimum for Windows XP.
I suggest you go to www.crucial.com and research your memory details. They
guarantee their
memory and are cheaper than others.
"johnn" wrote in message
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On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:07:12 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

(lol...24 minutes for SP3 and all the other updates I installed at the
same time...on a computer that's almost 7 years old.)
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est


"nupsig" wrote in message
...


Hours? 35 to 40 minutes is about right. How do I know? I have just
done
it!

It may take 'hours' if you include all the programs you may need but not
hours for the OS. If it does take 'hours' I sudder to think of the
machine
performance once installed as the machine must be exceptionally slow.


Would the fact that I have only 256 MB of Ram (2 X 128) have anything to
do with this?
It will take 2 X 512 modules.
The machine is an IBM ThinlPad A30, ( Pentium III-M - 1.13 GHz - ) and in
my opinion should be
faster. It seems that whnever I load any programs, the HD is forever
spinning.

I checked with the store where I bougth it to see in they had RAM modules,
and while they do, they
cautioned me agains spending money on that, and said it probably would not
make much - if any -
differense.

Any advice or opinion?

Thanks!
__________________________________
johnn
__________________________________
"God is dead"
- Nietzsche (1844-1935)
"Nietzsche is dead"
- God

It will make a huge difference. 256 MB is about minimum for Windows XP.
I suggest you go to www.crucial.com and research your memory details. They
guarantee their
memory and are cheaper than others.
"johnn" wrote in message
news
On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:07:12 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

(lol...24 minutes for SP3 and all the other updates I installed at the
same time...on a computer that's almost 7 years old.)
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est


"nupsig" wrote in message
...


Hours? 35 to 40 minutes is about right. How do I know? I have just
done
it!

It may take 'hours' if you include all the programs you may need but not
hours for the OS. If it does take 'hours' I sudder to think of the
machine
performance once installed as the machine must be exceptionally slow.


Would the fact that I have only 256 MB of Ram (2 X 128) have anything to
do with this?
It will take 2 X 512 modules.
The machine is an IBM ThinlPad A30, ( Pentium III-M - 1.13 GHz - ) and in
my opinion should be
faster. It seems that whnever I load any programs, the HD is forever
spinning.

I checked with the store where I bougth it to see in they had RAM modules,
and while they do, they
cautioned me agains spending money on that, and said it probably would not
make much - if any -
differense.

Any advice or opinion?

Thanks!
__________________________________
johnn
__________________________________
"God is dead"
- Nietzsche (1844-1935)
"Nietzsche is dead"
- God

Your Thinkpad no doubt has an onboard video chip,
this steals (uses) some of that 256MB of memory,
leaving Windows OS and applications with less than
256MB.

So yes, upgrade to 512MB or 1GB (2 X 512 modules)
if there is not much price difference between 512 and
1GB upgrade.You will see and improvement with 512MB,
most likely no noticeable improvement with 1GB.

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com


"johnn" wrote in message
news
On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:07:12 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

(lol...24 minutes for SP3 and all the other updates I installed at the
same time...on a computer that's almost 7 years old.)
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est


"nupsig" wrote in message
...


Hours? 35 to 40 minutes is about right. How do I know? I have just
done
it!

It may take 'hours' if you include all the programs you may need but not
hours for the OS. If it does take 'hours' I sudder to think of the
machine
performance once installed as the machine must be exceptionally slow.


Would the fact that I have only 256 MB of Ram (2 X 128) have anything to
do with this?
It will take 2 X 512 modules.
The machine is an IBM ThinlPad A30, ( Pentium III-M - 1.13 GHz - ) and in
my opinion should be
faster. It seems that whnever I load any programs, the HD is forever
spinning.

I checked with the store where I bougth it to see in they had RAM modules,
and while they do, they
cautioned me agains spending money on that, and said it probably would not
make much - if any -
differense.

Any advice or opinion?

Thanks!
__________________________________
johnn
__________________________________
"God is dead"
- Nietzsche (1844-1935)
"Nietzsche is dead"
- God

Your Thinkpad no doubt has an onboard video chip,
this steals (uses) some of that 256MB of memory,
leaving Windows OS and applications with less than
256MB.

So yes, upgrade to 512MB or 1GB (2 X 512 modules)
if there is not much price difference between 512 and
1GB upgrade.You will see and improvement with 512MB,
most likely no noticeable improvement with 1GB.

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com


"johnn" wrote in message
news
On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:07:12 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

(lol...24 minutes for SP3 and all the other updates I installed at the
same time...on a computer that's almost 7 years old.)
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est


"nupsig" wrote in message
...


Hours? 35 to 40 minutes is about right. How do I know? I have just
done
it!

It may take 'hours' if you include all the programs you may need but not
hours for the OS. If it does take 'hours' I sudder to think of the
machine
performance once installed as the machine must be exceptionally slow.


Would the fact that I have only 256 MB of Ram (2 X 128) have anything to
do with this?
It will take 2 X 512 modules.
The machine is an IBM ThinlPad A30, ( Pentium III-M - 1.13 GHz - ) and in
my opinion should be
faster. It seems that whnever I load any programs, the HD is forever
spinning.

I checked with the store where I bougth it to see in they had RAM modules,
and while they do, they
cautioned me agains spending money on that, and said it probably would not
make much - if any -
differense.

Any advice or opinion?

Thanks!
__________________________________
johnn
__________________________________
"God is dead"
- Nietzsche (1844-1935)
"Nietzsche is dead"
- God