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The best way to upgrade their computer is buy Windows XP Home OEM for $85, format the hard drive, and reinstall Windows on it. It would run incredibly fast after that. I still don't understand how it's running slow if it's free of adware and spyware, though. There must be something slowing it down...probably spyware and adware that's not found yet on top of years of clutter.
If you really want to upgrade (useless), then buy a new motherboard and processor. That P3 won't be much faster technically speaking, and you certainly wouldn't notice a difference within Windows. I'd go with a low-end Athlon XP and low-end Athlon XP motherboard. They could be bought for under $100 easily. You'd have to buy RAM, however, and RAM is really high right now.
Just a forwarning: if you upgrade their PC with a new motherboard and processor, you'll have to format the computer and reinstall Windows, which makes the entire process useless anyway. Reinstalling Windows is the key option here. It would make their computer way faster. I'd simply buy Windows XP Home OEM and format the hard drive.
If you upgrade to a P3, you won't notice a difference, but you won't have to format and reinstall Windows either.
-Lasereth
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