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soccerchamp76 · 09-19-2003, 07:27 PM

My current computer: HP custom built online
850 MHz Athlon
512 MB RAM
40 GB HDD
Geforce2 VC
Crappy generic sound card
8x/4x/?x CD burner
10x DVD burner
Windows 98SE then upgraded to XP (best 100 bucks spent)

Runs very fast for what I do (AOL/IE/Windows Media/KaZaA Lite, light games).
I take care of it (delete uncessary programs, update software, defrag, run Scandisk, you get the picture.
Absolutely no problems with it (computer is base computer of home wireless network)

Friends computer
Same only a lil better specs, but only Windows ME.
Faster processor, smaller HDD, but does not take care of it. Computer is shit, when you minimize programs they disappear, some programs stop working, freezes up, all sorts.

Could performance be dictated by specs AND the way you keep the computer in shape?

09-19-2003, 07:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
soccerchamp76 Go Cardinals Location: St. Louis/Cincinnati	Performace related to Maintenance My current computer: HP custom built online 850 MHz Athlon 512 MB RAM 40 GB HDD Geforce2 VC Crappy generic sound card 8x/4x/?x CD burner 10x DVD burner Windows 98SE then upgraded to XP (best 100 bucks spent) Runs very fast for what I do (AOL/IE/Windows Media/KaZaA Lite, light games). I take care of it (delete uncessary programs, update software, defrag, run Scandisk, you get the picture. Absolutely no problems with it (computer is base computer of home wireless network) Friends computer Same only a lil better specs, but only Windows ME. Faster processor, smaller HDD, but does not take care of it. Computer is shit, when you minimize programs they disappear, some programs stop working, freezes up, all sorts. Could performance be dictated by specs AND the way you keep the computer in shape?