Can I bring this old laptop up to current speeds?

[TXwrxWagon]

Hey all... I found an old Mircon Laptop I forgot a co-worker gave me. Its a model year 2000, Micron Transport XKE series WIN95 installed. Pentium 233mHz, 48.0 MB of Ram, 32-bit resolution.

it has the following:

(1) CD-Drive (accessory port 1)
(1) 3.5" floppy drive/battery (accessory port2)
(1) USB port
(1) PCMCA slot
(1) S-Video & Composite video out
(1) Cell phone SIM Card port (internet compatible)
(1) traditional telephone port

I have an outboard CD-R-RW/DVD unit, but it runs on WIN98. I'd like to use this for tuning software on cars & one of the Windows based RTA programs & maybe speaker modeling/testing software.

Any of you computer-guru's have recommendations on what items to get & in what order? I am guessing I will need memory & possibly hardware upgrades... I think I have a registered copy of WIN-XP-Pro but I don't knwo what system requirements it needs.

I'm all ears... all suggestions welcome.

Rob

[DIYMA]

[michaelsil1]

I believe that PC Based Measurement Software is Memory and Processor intensive. That being said get a newer Laptop old ones won't last anyway especially the Dinosaur you're describing.

[LauZaIM]

I think your best option would be getting a new laptop. It's practically impossible to bring a laptop "up to current speeds" like you can a desktop. Like michaelsil1 said Memory and Processor would be most important, memory can usually be upgraded on a laptop, Processors are usually not upgradeable.

That computer might be able to run the software but it will be agonizingly slow and probably would lock up. I doubt it could run an RTA.

Heres the minimum sys requirements for TrueRTA:
A 500 MHz Pentium III class PC with 64MB RAM running Windows 98/ME/NT/ 2000/XP

[bikinpunk]

imo, the money you spend bringing up to date would probably be better spent on a scaled down laptop w/XP. Considering you'd have to update at least the OS, it's not really worth your $. imo.

[TXwrxWagon]

thanks all...

Looking on craigslist now..

Rob

[60ndown]

Originally Posted by TXwrxWagon

thanks all...

Looking on craigslist now..

Rob

buy new, you can get killer puters for almost nothing @ $30 a month.

[mavster]

Even a cheap netbook at less than $400

[6spdcoupe]

Counter productive to spend anything on it especially what can be found on the cheap nowadays. I just recently sold one of my older ones ..

XP Pro
3gig/P4ht
512 ram
DVD-R
USB 2 X 3
120 gig
etc ..

for $200.

[starboy869]

I wouldn't even bother. 233mhz mmx yikes. My local goodwill wouldn't even take that.