My computer's too slow

[andrewducker]

[Poll #1461959]

You can't buy a computer nowadays that's too slow to run Word Processors/Spreadsheets/Web browsers on.

So what would you be able to do on your computer if it was faster that you can't now?

Comments

[dougs.livejournal.com]

The speed is fine... sometimes I could do with more RAM or more bandwidth.

[andrewducker]

If the low level of RAM slows your machine down because it's swapping all the time, then I'd count that as low speed, in this context :->

(Julie's Mum was sold a machine that should have been lightning fast for her use - with 256MB of RAM in it. I could have killed the shop assistant when I found out.)

[lizzie-and-ari.livejournal.com]

So it is possible to get a computer that is too slow to run word etc? I think our problems are RAM ones too - the old one (we need to load a new operating system (in fact you said a couple of months ago you had a disc you could lend us, is that still a thing?)) took a good five minutes simply to switch on and once you were in word was pretty much fine but just took forever to open it.

Our new one is much, much better but could be more so. Generally speaking what I want speediness in are: switching on time, opening a programme time, and loading new internet pages time.

There needs to be a general better understanding of RAM and what it is/ how it works amongst the Ordinary People.

Is what I think

Lxxx

[red-phil.livejournal.com]

One thing about RAM is that it is incredibly cheap these days.

I just updraded my home PC from 1GB to 3GB RAM and it made a pretty decent improvement in everyday use.

A grand cost of about £30.