I have an IBM T30 laptop with a 40 Gig 5400 RPM hard drive. It has a 2.0 Gig P4, 512 Mb of memory, and runs XP Pro. Although I have been pleased with this laptop, it is very slow. Boot times are excessively long and applications take longer than expected to load. It has been this way since it was brand new.
Since hard drives are relatively inexpensive, I have been thinking about changing the HD to a 7200 RPM drive. It is not a matter of capacity as I only use just less than half the 40 Gig available. I am interested in thoughts about the effects on performance with the faster drive. I don't mind buying the drive for a consequential improvement but it would make no sense for just marginal gains.
Would increasing the memory from 512 Mb to 1 Gig have any consequential effect?
Since hard drives are relatively inexpensive, I have been thinking about changing the HD to a 7200 RPM drive. It is not a matter of capacity as I only use just less than half the 40 Gig available. I am interested in thoughts about the effects on performance with the faster drive. I don't mind buying the drive for a consequential improvement but it would make no sense for just marginal gains.
Would increasing the memory from 512 Mb to 1 Gig have any consequential effect?