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Washington · 06-21-2003, 12:21 PM

I got a DELL Inspiron 8200 that I bought about a year ago. Its specs are:

Intel Pentium 4 Mobile CPU 1.6GHz
384 MB of RAM
Microsoft XP Home (I know, should have gotten PRO)
Toshiba 40gig HardDrive
NIVIDIA GeForce4 440 GO video card
Samsung CDRW/DVD drive
Internal 56k Modem
2 USB 2.0 Ports
1394 FireWire Port
Network Cable hole thingy
Infared Port
The best Sound Card I could get on it at the time (dont know how to look for its name)

I want your advice on two things:

1} I am spending about 2400 dollars on a nice Digital SLR Nikon Camera. I want to be able to use a powerfull editing software. What do I need to change/upgrade to be able to do this better?

2} I havnt done any matainence on this since I bought it. It seems to be running slower than it did when I first got it. My friends who are computer people talk about defragmenting/disk cleanup/uninstalling some programs that I never use.... What can I do to make it run like it used to?

3} I orginally bought this laptop because I was planning on majoring in Computer Science. I have since switched to physics (and will be done in about a year. Yay!). I dont need a laptop anymore, would it be smarter to sell this and get a tower instead? How much you think its worth? My father is an IT professional and would be able to help me build a Tower...

Thanks!

06-21-2003, 12:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Washington Insane Location: somewhere cool	comp upkeep I got a DELL Inspiron 8200 that I bought about a year ago. Its specs are: Intel Pentium 4 Mobile CPU 1.6GHz 384 MB of RAM Microsoft XP Home (I know, should have gotten PRO) Toshiba 40gig HardDrive NIVIDIA GeForce4 440 GO video card Samsung CDRW/DVD drive Internal 56k Modem 2 USB 2.0 Ports 1394 FireWire Port Network Cable hole thingy Infared Port The best Sound Card I could get on it at the time (dont know how to look for its name) I want your advice on two things: 1} I am spending about 2400 dollars on a nice Digital SLR Nikon Camera. I want to be able to use a powerfull editing software. What do I need to change/upgrade to be able to do this better? 2} I havnt done any matainence on this since I bought it. It seems to be running slower than it did when I first got it. My friends who are computer people talk about defragmenting/disk cleanup/uninstalling some programs that I never use.... What can I do to make it run like it used to? 3} I orginally bought this laptop because I was planning on majoring in Computer Science. I have since switched to physics (and will be done in about a year. Yay!). I dont need a laptop anymore, would it be smarter to sell this and get a tower instead? How much you think its worth? My father is an IT professional and would be able to help me build a Tower... Thanks! __________________ there is no absolute, only the moment.