computer values?
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Grimolfr -The word "Laptop" is what is killing your speed...
Adjust your system performance settings, clean up your system, get rid of IE, and give it a general tuneup. The std settings on any machine make them dogs and when you add slow laptop systems on top of that you get a real slug.
Adjust your system performance settings, clean up your system, get rid of IE, and give it a general tuneup. The std settings on any machine make them dogs and when you add slow laptop systems on top of that you get a real slug.
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Where I live it would fetch about $250 and maybe $300 depending on what software you've got. As was noted, it's not a gamer but for surfing, email, MS Word/Excell/Money and apps along these lines it's just fine. The 128Mb of ram is a bit light though, and if it's got SDRAM the price of that is going up around here. If you've got a buddy with a tight $ situation or an older parent/relative it would be a great gift if they were thinking about getting online for the first time. If anyone thinks a new car/truck depreciates fast, then they need to try a new computer. I'm building one now; somehow I think the $600 I spent today is only going to be worth $580 when this Sunday's paper comes out.
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From: Atlanta GA
> How is the $$ value of a computer figured? Is there any rea
> l way to go about it?
Yes, 1/2 the cost to replace it.
You could replace your whole system with a 2200 Mhz AMD board ($115 board and CPu, $40 case, plus misc. stuff) for under $500 at www.tigerdirect.com. Twice the power with more memory for under $500, including the monitor. Your system is probably only worth $100-$150 used, tops.
> l way to go about it?
Yes, 1/2 the cost to replace it.
You could replace your whole system with a 2200 Mhz AMD board ($115 board and CPu, $40 case, plus misc. stuff) for under $500 at www.tigerdirect.com. Twice the power with more memory for under $500, including the monitor. Your system is probably only worth $100-$150 used, tops.
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