-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Looking for advice
- From: "Lisa Toothman" <lisat36@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:42:50 -0400
Sorry. But it really really is. *L*
Lisa T.
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Lisa,
> Her computer would 'wake up' quite a bit if it had more RAM installed.
> It looks like it now has only 512MB with some of that going to Video
> duties.
> Since it also has a dedicated video card, it means the video chip on the
> mainboard was not turned off (the fault of the person who built the system)
> and is wasting resources.
>
> So, to get her machine where it's tolerable (no virtual hair pulling),
> the embedded graphics needs to be turned off within the BIOS and the system
> needs more RAM (2GB would be ideal if the mainboard can support that much).
> If you are at a point where you don't want to go through your usual tech,
> any computer shop can do this for her (I recommend one of the smaller 'mom
> &
> pop' type shops for this).
>
> Also, I understand you're not happy with your sister's computer, but
> please try to avoid using words like 'sh&tty' here in the future.
> :\
>
> Peace,
> G
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lisa Toothman" <lisat36@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 3:16 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Looking for advice
>
>
> >I have never looked for a computer and not worried too much about the
> price
> > till now. My sister and I live in what used to be my parents house. She
> > is
> > financially secure and I start a new job on the 7th. The money will be
> > good
> > and it's not money that will be earmarked for anything in particular. I
> > have income already and my husband has income. My computer died on me
> > about
> > a year or so ago and my sisters computer is just causing me to pull my
> > hair
> > out *not literally though*.
> > It ticks me off so bad that her computer is so shitty. We have a
> computer
> > guy that we have trusted for about 20 years now to make and design our
> > computers for whatever we needed at the time. Her only request for her
> > computer was to run Sims 3 without hangups of lagging. You can't play
> > that
> > game without it stalling out, being choppy or just crashing the computer
> > all
> > together.
> >
> > I have been playing games like Super Granny, FishDom and just stupid
> > little
> > games like that and the computer runs like snail snot.
> >
> > Here is some of the information that I got about what is on her computer.
> > AMD Sempron Processor 3000+
> > 1.8 GHz 448 of RAM
> > NVIDIA GeForce 6100
> > 1394 net adapter
> > NVIDIA nForce network cont
> > NIVIDIA Network Bus Emulator
> >
> > Memory
> > Load 66%
> > Physical 448 MB
> > Avail. Phys. 150MB
> > Total Virtual 1054 MB
> > Avail Page File Virtual 650 MB
> >
> > I have no idea what this all means but I know my dead computer doesn't
> > have
> > what hers has on it and it speeds past hers in a split second. I have
> > never
> > had a problem with my system bogging down like hers does.
> >
> > So when I get my next computer it is going to have the speed, memory,
> > video
> > card and everything else in it to where I can run my Adobe Photo
> Elements,
> > web browser and ITunes if I want without crashing.
> >
> > It might make a tight budget for a month but my gross will be around
> $2000
> > bring home pay. So we should do fine.
> >
> > I figure I have been without long enough and I very rarely spend money on
> > myself with three *grown* kids and three little grandkids it usually goes
> > for what they want and bills. But my time has arrived and I am getting
> > exactly what I want, with your guys input cause I trust you guys. It
> will
> > probably last me another 10 years or so. *L* That's how old my dead one
> > is.
> >
> > Sad thing is it can run all the programs I want without a problem.
> >
> > Lisa T.
>
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