Problems should I buy new

I have a compaq I bought in April 99, the invoice says it is 450mhz,
128mb
100mhz Syncdram,
13.00gb 5400 rpm ultraDMA hard drive,
6xdvd rom drive,
ATI Rage LT PRO 2x agp 2/8mn SDRAM,
4x/2x/24x CD/RW Drive

Is there something I could do that is inexpensive to get this to run on the
internet better? Modem usage?
Would buying a new computer and using the modem work any better?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

New is always happy g

I would do one (or two) things:

Upgrade RAM to 300+ megs
Upgrade to a broadband solution

The second is more expensive and not available in all
areas. I had DSL with a similar PC, 450MHz Celeron,
but with 200+ megs of RAM. I was very satisfied, until
I moved and my new location did not have DSL. I had
to downgrade to a dial up with a modem. The biggest
obstacle in better Internet speed was the connection
itself.

I also had 92MB RAM and upgraded to 200+ and I
really felt the difference, although I don't know how much
difference you will feel, since you have 128MB, but an
upgrade really does help.

Good luck!
Saga

"FGM" wrote in message
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I have a compaq I bought in April 99, the invoice says it is 450mhz,
128mb
100mhz Syncdram,
13.00gb 5400 rpm ultraDMA hard drive,
6xdvd rom drive,
ATI Rage LT PRO 2x agp 2/8mn SDRAM,
4x/2x/24x CD/RW Drive

Is there something I could do that is inexpensive to get this to run
on the
internet better? Modem usage?
Would buying a new computer and using the modem work any better?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Faster internet speed is possible with a cable or DSL connection. If you
are using dial up and get a new computer with dial up, you should get a
comparable connection speed (i.e., no improvement).

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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"FGM" wrote in message
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I have a compaq I bought in April 99, the invoice says it is 450mhz,
128mb
100mhz Syncdram,
13.00gb 5400 rpm ultraDMA hard drive,
6xdvd rom drive,
ATI Rage LT PRO 2x agp 2/8mn SDRAM,
4x/2x/24x CD/RW Drive

Is there something I could do that is inexpensive to get this to run on
the
internet better? Modem usage?
Would buying a new computer and using the modem work any better?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

FGM wrote:
I have a compaq I bought in April 99, the invoice says it is 450mhz,
128mb
100mhz Syncdram,
13.00gb 5400 rpm ultraDMA hard drive,
6xdvd rom drive,
ATI Rage LT PRO 2x agp 2/8mn SDRAM,
4x/2x/24x CD/RW Drive

Is there something I could do that is inexpensive to get this to run
on the internet better? Modem usage?
Would buying a new computer and using the modem work any better?

No, assuming by "work better" you mean "work faster", i.e., download
pages faster.

Speed via a dial up modem is limited by the nature of the beast. The
thing that would make things zippy is a broadband connection, eiother
DSL (phone compan) or cable. Either will increase your internet speeds
many, many times.


dadiOH

"FGM" wrote in message
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I have a compaq I bought in April 99, the invoice says it is 450mhz,
128mb
100mhz Syncdram,
13.00gb 5400 rpm ultraDMA hard drive,
6xdvd rom drive,
ATI Rage LT PRO 2x agp 2/8mn SDRAM,
4x/2x/24x CD/RW Drive

Is there something I could do that is inexpensive to get this to run on
the
internet better? Modem usage?
Would buying a new computer and using the modem work any better?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Broadband is needed for faster connection.... I would change the re writer
to a 52x speed.... they are about £20 now

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:21:10 -0800, FGM wrote:

I have a compaq I bought in April 99, the invoice says it is 450mhz,
128mb
100mhz Syncdram,
13.00gb 5400 rpm ultraDMA hard drive,
6xdvd rom drive,
ATI Rage LT PRO 2x agp 2/8mn SDRAM,
4x/2x/24x CD/RW Drive

Is there something I could do that is inexpensive to get this to run on the
internet better? Modem usage?
Would buying a new computer and using the modem work any better?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Internet is more dependent on connection speed rather than computer speed.
I know someone who recently purchased a high end machine and with a dialup
connection the internet is very slow access. I have an older laptop with
500MHz CPU and 128MB RAM and it surfs the web and downloads just as quickly
as does my much newer 1.83GHz system with 512MB RAM, both on a cable
hookup.

Patty