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    Quote Originally Posted by imdying
    Big laptop repair section here at work. Avoid Acer, Dell, NEC, and anything you can't pronounce. Asus seems ok, but I'd go for Toshiba, Compaq, or IBM.
    Vouch for Toshiba but Gateway aren't too good.
    90% of the time spent writing this post was spent thinking of something witty to say. It may have been wasted.

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    Traditionally Toshiba have been the best. They too are now producing to a budget so they arent quite the leader they used to be, but they are still good. Asus for the price are good, but again, they tend to be a little cheap and plasticy. We use HP/Compaqs here at work, with very few probs (bar user error).

    HTH.

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    Before you go mad replacing / upgrading parts, sometimes just a clean up and possibly a rebuild will help performance of an old machine.
    Defragging the hard drive, making sure there is no spyware, old programs running can help.
    Or if you have a way to backup data, reformat the hard drive and reiinstall operating system.

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    Actually magicfairy might be on to it here. I just assumed these avenues had already been explored (mother of all fk-ups I know), but especially in light of his comments about watching movies, clearing some of the spyware out might be a damn good place to start!

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    oh here is a good idea...

    install Dos 3.3 and Windows 3.1 it'll run much much faster I promise you.
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    Here is the best thing for it. - or should I say what you still end up doing after you have tried to make it faster. See Attached.
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    BTW please make a video as well if you decide to go down that path.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian d'marge
    So My question is : How can I make this old girl work faster ......
    Hi Stephen,

    You are the owner of a very nice laptop. I quite enjoy the look of these and feel that you would be making the right decision in upgrading this Laptop. It appears that it already meets your current needs but could do with a bit more omphf. Fair enough.

    Basically, any computer system, whether it be a laptop or a desktop, is easily upgraded. Just like on a motorcycle, how much you modify the system is dependant on how much knowledge and experience you have personally, or how much money you can affoard to pay someone else with the knowledge and experience.

    As mentioned by previous posters, your best bet is going to be upgrading the Memory and Hard Drive. It would also pay to look at choosing the best operating system for your hard ware, generally Windows XP will match anything however sometimes you will find Windows 2000 or Windows 98 performs better. For shits and giggles, you might even like to try some of the Open Source alternatives.

    All the information you need to know is available on this website: http://www.pc-ap.fujitsu.com/support/faq_lb/index.html

    Fujitsu have dished out a lot of good information and it should be easy for you to establish the relevant support information with your model of laptop.

    And on a side note - I find it interesting how the majority of these posts are related to personal preference rather than giving actual advice based on the variables at hand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by swanny
    Hi Stephen,

    You are the owner of a very nice laptop. I quite enjoy the look of these and feel that you would be making the right decision in upgrading this Laptop. It appears that it already meets your current needs but could do with a bit more omphf. Fair enough.

    Basically, any computer system, whether it be a laptop or a desktop, is easily upgraded. Just like on a motorcycle, how much you modify the system is dependant on how much knowledge and experience you have personally, or how much money you can affoard to pay someone else with the knowledge and experience.

    As mentioned by previous posters, your best bet is going to be upgrading the Memory and Hard Drive. It would also pay to look at choosing the best operating system for your hard ware, generally Windows XP will match anything however sometimes you will find Windows 2000 or Windows 98 performs better. For shits and giggles, you might even like to try some of the Open Source alternatives.

    All the information you need to know is available on this website: http://www.pc-ap.fujitsu.com/support/faq_lb/index.html

    Fujitsu have dished out a lot of good information and it should be easy for you to establish the relevant support information with your model of laptop.

    And on a side note - I find it interesting how the majority of these posts are related to personal preference rather than giving actual advice based on the variables at hand.

    I see your points but seriously how much longer is this laptop going to last - nothing lasts forever. You could very end up spending $100 - $300+ to end up with a dead machine a few weeks later. I have a Compaq P3 933MHz laptop and is slow as hell for the basic things like Internet, Word, Excel etc and the guys at work can tell you the same with me ranting at it. Running XP Pro, 320Mb ram and brand new 40Gb toshiba HDD (Yep I need a new machine as its my own not works, but the bike and other things comes first in my case). Generally if you have a laptop out of warranty in this day and age is not worth it. If you decide to go down the path of a new machine it would be wise to get 3 year warranty as well. Buying second hand I also would not recommend for a notebook unless you are willing to spend an extra $140 or so on a HDD (unless fully tested) at least if it has been moved while on (bad sectors) etc.
    Lastely do you need a latop computer?
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    Thanks all
    I will go down the ram path , ( I will make a video , but how crass just banging the laptop on a desk, when you can get perfectly good pyrotechnics to do the job for you )

    I looked at the fujitsu site , Thanks swanny , and asfar ar I could make out ( I cant find if I have a A, B , OR XYZ model ..not clear ...but it seems well I reckon anyway that the ram is 2 x 128 PC 100. Thats cheap enough to buy...

    If I do experience a smoke leakage , then I have had good results with sellys no more nails. ( used it as a gasket on me Hillman Grunter ,,worked a treat ,,,So should hold in that loose smoke )

    Tomorrow I is Smoozing at motor show so saturday will go to pc shop !

    Sunday we should Know if we need sellys help or not

    Thnks kindly everyone I got learned heaps !! much appreiated!

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    Yeah what danb said... do you need one!?

    And yes dan's computer SUCKS at the internet to put it bluntly. Would help if he closed all the remote desktop windows and other shit he has open though

    Keep us informed.

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    You might be better off purchasing 133Mhz ram as its generally backwards compatible with 100Mhz to be safe, You should be able to open the machines ram cover and look up the numbers on the current ram modules that are in it (or on the chips them selves) in Google to find this out. Some machines may not boot with 100Mhz ram in them if they need 133Mhz minimum. Laptops are fussier than desktop computers when it comes to this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tristank
    Yeah what danb said... do you need one!?

    And yes dan's computer SUCKS at the internet to put it bluntly. Would help if he closed all the remote desktop windows and other shit he has open though

    Keep us informed.

    Oh you shut up about remote desktop right now u!.
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    Quote Originally Posted by swanny
    [...]You are the owner of a very nice laptop[...]
    Stephen's techie has already supplied him with the correct set of tools for the job:

    http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...3&d=1143645955

    Save the last bullet for yourself Stephen (just in case it doesn't work out).

    Yes anything can be upgraded but just like a bike, the parts work in concert to produce high performance.

    There is no point me putting high-spec tires and suspension on my bike for example, because there are too many other factors slowing it down. The only way to make it go super fast will be to replace everything (i.e. buy a new bike).

    The main benefit to tinkering with this one will be the things you learn along the way - if that's your goal, then yes, you will be able to get more life out it, there is no doubt. If you can think of better things to do, I would start with the hammer...

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