http://forum.lowyat.net/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:22:27 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/635448 <br />I have an Acer Aspire 5500 series laptop. To be exact is the Aspire 5502NWXMi.<br /><br />Specs are:<br /><br />Intel Pentium M Processor 740 (1.73 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 Cache)<br />14.1&quot; LCD<br />ATI Mobility Radeon X700 PCI Express/64MB VRAM<br />80GB HDD<br />Slot-loading DVD-Dual (Support DVD+R Double Layer/DVD+-RW)<br />512MB DDR2 (support dual-channel)<br />802.11b/d wireless LAN<br /><br />The laptop has been very slow during startup for quite some time. Instead of reformatting, i have done a full scan and defragmentation on the drive with XP O/S installed. These steps did not help much.<br /><br />I am thinking of adding a 2GB RAM, upgrading drivers (if there are any, currently using the ones from acer website) and reformatting.<br /><br />Is adding the RAM a worthy move or should i just get a new laptop? The reason i ask is because of the dual-core processors.<br /><br />I probably will use this for some light gaming, watching movies, recording audio/video (webcam). The main use would be for research work that uses various kinds of engineering softwares.<br /><br />Please do share some opinions here.<br /><br /> <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> dyz Notebook Specific Discussion Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:08:15 +0800