The time has come. I need a new desktop. I LOVE my old Dell Dimension with Windows XP. I would love to keep it but it has 512MB of RAM, and it's become super slow as you can imagine.
My question is what would you do? Buy some RAM and add it, and plug along? (I've had this computer for nearly 12 years!) The hard drive isn't large, but it's a long way from full (less than 50%).
I really only use Beersmith, a few other word processing programs or spreadsheets for Bru'nwater, and general internet stuff like this forum. I don't play games, except for stupid facebook games. I Skype my grandkids in the winter, and play my spotify station a lot.
If I have to buy a new tower, I will. But I like XP a lot, and I like my programs and the setup. It's just that browsers and spotify suck up what little RAM I have and lags are even more frequent.
If you were buying a new tower just for the absolute basics, what would you get, and why?
Thanks for any thoughts or input!
My question is what would you do? Buy some RAM and add it, and plug along? (I've had this computer for nearly 12 years!) The hard drive isn't large, but it's a long way from full (less than 50%).
I really only use Beersmith, a few other word processing programs or spreadsheets for Bru'nwater, and general internet stuff like this forum. I don't play games, except for stupid facebook games. I Skype my grandkids in the winter, and play my spotify station a lot.
If I have to buy a new tower, I will. But I like XP a lot, and I like my programs and the setup. It's just that browsers and spotify suck up what little RAM I have and lags are even more frequent.
If you were buying a new tower just for the absolute basics, what would you get, and why?
Thanks for any thoughts or input!