Hendrix Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 I've recently purchised a 1 year old Dell Inspiron 1150 for £150. In perfect condition.Need it to run cubase, and that's all. But seems a bit slow, even with nothing on it! It's 2.4 GHz, and 512 mb's ram......do you recon I can upgrade the ram ? 1024 ? The hardrive is almost 100gig.I just think if I install cubase, it'll be really slow. Just thinking, my PC is only 2GHz, and is faster! This one can't play movies for pot... any ideas ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smo™ Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 Reformat it and it'll run sweet as a nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted February 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 (edited) had a new drive put in 2 weeks ago...Need to know what to do soon ish, so maybe to take it back... Edited February 3, 2007 by Hendrixmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smo™ Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 Get yourself the following programs;CCleanerAd-AwareSpybot: Search And DestroyDiskeeper ProRun them all and it'll be perfect. I guarantee ANY computer, no matter how bogged down with shit it is will run almost (if not) as new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted February 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 Cheers - Will Install Them!And after that, trying to figure out the "Wireless" that came with it. One local persons log in was "12345" !!!! I mean, WTF!StillCHEERS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 For movie playback you'll more than likely need up-to-date codecs. Try the all-in-one codec pack... works for me.Theres also a serious and visible difference in the jump from 512mb to 1024mb of ram that can be seen in any demanding applications and in the general speed and responsiveness of the machine. I wouldn't go with under 1gb of ram nowadays anyway (unless its a baragin like yours) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Garland Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 As its for Cubase get 2gb of ram, it will run alot smoother, also if you have a windows disc around just load the laptop up in dos and format it.The clockspeed in ghz means nothing these days really except for the same core, ie a 6600 and a 6700 of the intel range are 2.40 and 2.67 ghz, where as their old pentium 4 line was 3.8. Which is faster, yea the 6x00 series. Also laptop cpus are not as the same as desktop ones, they are designed to use less power and be less powerful in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted February 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 I'll pass this down the line to the person with the wallet how much would a 2gig ram card cost, and recon ther'd be enough slots ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted February 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Just SeenIt can take two 1gig Cards. Each Card being £50 ish, but I can probably get cheaper... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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