Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler IT guys - Laptop needs a tune-up

Just to add, most laptops throttle down their CPU's to around 800 Mhz for normal use. There is essentially 0 difference between a 800 Mhz proc and a 1600 Mhz proc if you arn't using 100% of your processor speed. For e-mail and stuff, the processor doesn't need to really be fast. It's the RAM and HD speed that really come through most.

I just ordered that chip two day air. I’ll let y’all know how it goes after I install it. Or, I may have to ask how to do that……

I used to re format years ago. Just about every year I’d do it. But not since XP. I haven’t felt compelled like I used to. Re-formatting is just too much of a PITA. I’d rather use the screwdriver repair method whenever possible.

And as cheap as computers are now a days, I buy a new one about every year. I just find something a few models down from the top that was the Ferrari twelve months ago. I’m just fine with a mustang. … The laptop on the other hand is nothing more than my CD changer interface. I’ll keep it for a while.

Wow, a new computer every year? That's impressive.

I have a gaming computer and it's still top of the line, and all I had to do is upgrade the video card after a couple years.

I try to have my computers on a 3 year cycle-this year it's the Mac's turn if I can put together the money. Next year it's time off. The next year it's back to the PC, which hopefully will just be the mobo, graphics, ram, and cpu. Maybe a hard drive.

Just the PC. I just pick up something at Costco or Sam's Club. Usually around $500. Then I sell the old one for a couple hundred, if I don't just give it to one of my kids, or my parents, or someone else that needs, but can't aford one.

There is no such thing as a whole computer to be replaced in my house. I just upgrade misc parts when I need or feel the need to (mostly driven by gamming). I have 5 running PCs right now and enough parts to probably get another 5 running if I really wanted to.

I tend to get carried away with….oh just about anything. I realized that computer gaming/Xbox/etc were too much of a temptation for me. I got hooked onto Doom when it first came out years ago. I played it and played it for hours / days until I beat the damn game – without cheating. About drove me friggin batshit along with anyone who came near me.

I haven’t played a game since.

You have more willpower than most.

Whoa, that sounds familiar. The first time I played Doom I was staying at my roommates house while living in Germany. His family was loaded and had a sweet (for then) PC in the guest room. I booted up the machine and launched Doom at about 2am when we got back from the bars. I was still playing at 9:AM when my roomy came to get me for breakfast....

james

Doom ist ja toll....