Worth it to upgrade Win2000 laptop from 64MB to 192MB?

[gkwok]

I'm running an HP Pavilion N3270 (K6-2 475MHz, 64MB, 6GB) with Win2000. Currently it takes 10 full minutes to boot up from power off to all systray programs loaded and hard drive light off. I'm wondering if it's worth the $140-150 to upgrade to 192MB RAM, or if this is even the cause of the general slowness (I can't run more than two or three tasks simultaneously without the hard drive coming on solid). My paging file is set to a permanent 256MB, and it was running out of page space when it was a permanent 128MB...any help and insights appreciated, thanks!

 

[office boy]

With win2k if you under 128, your hurting...

 

[pdo]

Oh hell yeah it's worth the upgrade. Currently I have an HP Omnibook with 128 megs using W2K and it does not take me ten minutes to load. That is way too long. Maybe you need to defrag or reinstall OS.

 

[Blayze]

it is something other than the ram if its taking 10 mins to load up
I ran a Ppro 200 with 64 megs of ram on Win2k and it didn't take that long to load

 

[HaVoC]

GOOD GOD YES PLEASE UPGRADE!

If you can afford it, 256 is even better, but 192 is great. Win2K is a great OS for laptops except for the pricey memory that it eats up!

 

[Gatsby]

Assuming that everyhting is similar to win2k dekstops I would say it definentaly worth it.

Gatsby

 

[RSI]

If you're serious about the 10-minute boot time, forget about spending on memory, unless you have the money to spend on that and something else. Your RAM is definitely not the problem here. I have 96MB in my system, and Win2K boots in close to (probably under) one minute. K6-2/350, Quantum LM.

I say buy a new hard drive. You'd be amazed at the difference it would make. I went from a 261MB Seagate Medalist (3600rpm) to a 20.5GB Quantum LM (7200rpm). Crazy.

Upgrade to 128MB and buy a fast hard drive (IBM 75GXP, Maxtor DiamondMax Plus, Quantum Fireball LM, or whatever is newer). Hard drive is essential. Even more important than RAM in your case, I would think.

-RSI

 

[Davegod75]

def worth it

 

[SickBeast]

i would only add another 64mb to take you to 128...laptop memory is expensive dude.

 

[Viper GTS]

RSI...

None of those hard drives would be an option in his system. We're talking laptops here, unfortunately.

Viper GTS