I'm currently on holiday at my grandparents house, and I'm sooo glad I have my laptop - his machine loads /very/ slowly - it's not for a lack of CPU or RAM (and I've done all the usual software maintenance).
His specs:
Phenom II x2 @3.1GHz
2GB RAM
9500GT
XP Home 32-bit
I'm thinking it's that his HDD must be six or seven years old (I used the HDD and Windows installation from before I upgraded his system last year) - whenever the system is doing anything it's just GRINDGRINDGRINDGRINDCRUNCH.
So, I'm gonna recommend that he get an SSD - a 60GB or 80GB will be plenty for him. However, I have no idea how good XP is with SSDs - I'm fairly sure that TRIM would not be enabled, and I know that I'd have to do a clean install of whatever OS I use.
Would I be better off just recommending Windows 7 to him (I know he uses a bunch of old programs, so I'd need to look into their compatibility), or since he'd probably be happier with XP (he's 65... ish, and rather stereotypical in not being fond of having to get used to new things ) just reinstall that?
I know he'd be better off with 7 for obvious reasons, but more specifically would he better off with an SSD+Win7, than SSD+XP? By which I mean £70 better off, the cost of a Win7 license.
Thanks,
- Yami
Edit: lol, that was a rather ranty post
His specs:
Phenom II x2 @3.1GHz
2GB RAM
9500GT
XP Home 32-bit
I'm thinking it's that his HDD must be six or seven years old (I used the HDD and Windows installation from before I upgraded his system last year) - whenever the system is doing anything it's just GRINDGRINDGRINDGRINDCRUNCH.
So, I'm gonna recommend that he get an SSD - a 60GB or 80GB will be plenty for him. However, I have no idea how good XP is with SSDs - I'm fairly sure that TRIM would not be enabled, and I know that I'd have to do a clean install of whatever OS I use.
Would I be better off just recommending Windows 7 to him (I know he uses a bunch of old programs, so I'd need to look into their compatibility), or since he'd probably be happier with XP (he's 65... ish, and rather stereotypical in not being fond of having to get used to new things ) just reinstall that?
I know he'd be better off with 7 for obvious reasons, but more specifically would he better off with an SSD+Win7, than SSD+XP? By which I mean £70 better off, the cost of a Win7 license.
Thanks,
- Yami
Edit: lol, that was a rather ranty post