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I will say, my wife's PC was running my old Athlon 1.1 & and her old 8.4 GB 5400 HD. I upgraded her to a 80 GB 7200 RPM Western Digital SE drive (Officemax $20 sale) and it made a world of difference. The 7200 RPM drive made a big performance difference - if you get a chance on a cheap one (like...

I will say, my wife's PC was running my old Athlon 1.1 & and her old 8.4 GB 5400 HD. I upgraded her to a 80 GB 7200 RPM Western Digital SE drive (Officemax $20 sale) and it made a world of difference. The 7200 RPM drive made a big performance difference - if you get a chance on a cheap one (like...

I set up my Dad's PC (an old K6-2 450 Compaq) with Win XP Pro. He had 64MG RAM. I was surprised how it ran OK right out of the box. But it took very little time before the comp ran like utter crap. I stole 128MB PC133 from my wife's PC to give him 192, and XP seemed to run just fine on that...

I set up my Dad's PC (an old K6-2 450 Compaq) with Win XP Pro. He had 64MG RAM. I was surprised how it ran OK right out of the box. But it took very little time before the comp ran like utter crap. I stole 128MB PC133 from my wife's PC to give him 192, and XP seemed to run just fine on that...