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    Slw Desktop... would an upgrade help?

    Re: Slw Desktop... would an upgrade help? What he does He basically processes lots of data. For example, he has some very complex spreadsheets that has information in from years ago. He continuously updates this information. One spreadsheet has information in it that he has kept track...
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    Slw Desktop... would an upgrade help?

    Re: Slw Desktop... would an upgrade help more information He doesn't do any gaming. I don't think he needs a new monitor but I am sure he would be willing to buy one if he did. As to budget, I would guess anywhere between $1,000 and $2,500 would be OK with him. He spends alot of time on his...
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    Slw Desktop... would an upgrade help?

    Re: Slw Desktop... would an upgrade help?.....here is what he says he wants to run Here is what my friend said he was willing to do if he could not upgrade his current Dell............. To reiterate, I'm looking for blazing fast processing speed when using Microsoft Windows. The applications...
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    Slw Desktop... would an upgrade help?

    I have a friend that has a Dell desktop Dimension 8400 with a Pentium 4. It has 3.80GHz with 1.00GB of RAM. He has a problem with trying to process large Excel spreadsheets that apparently contain arrays. It is taking up to 5 -7 minutes to work through his calculations in the spreadsheets...
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