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Inspiron 1300 how best set up?

post #1 of 5
1/6/07 at 5:16pm
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Hi my Sister bought this very limited notebook without consulting me. How best to set it up?
She bought it with minimum specs (1x512mb ram) If you open more than about 2 windows it totally struggles....




This is the UK model

This link leads to the specs page:

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...sbc=inspn_1300

Thanks,

RD
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post #2 of 5
1/7/07 at 1:40am
What you mean by "set it up"? You mean upgrade wise, or how to place it on a desk?
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post #3 of 5
1/7/07 at 10:11am
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Originally Posted by adinu
What you mean by "set it up"? You mean upgrade wise, or how to place it on a desk?


No i should say optimize. I am going to get another 512mb of ram, but other than that, i just want to get the best out of it. it is very very slow, i couldn't use it. i don't know whether the system comes with a lot of bloatware, or whether it would normally be this unimaginably slow.

any help would be welcome.

i am putting on less power greedy applications than norton internet security for example and defragging the harddrive.

other than that i don't know what else, is the ram all being used by windows? Probably at least 256mb right? So that doesn't leave much for other applications.

Thanks RD
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post #4 of 5
1/7/07 at 1:36pm
If the machine does include bloatware (am unfamiliar with what's included in systems sent to the UK), it can slow to a crawl. Most folks with new Dells do a clean install right away, and that normally helps a lot. Replacing Norton and adding more RAM should also help speed the system.

I recently reformatted and reinstalled Windows on an old eMachines desktop. There was more bloatware in that system than any in Dell I've ever seen, and I had to manually rid the machine of the junk, a PITA. The differelnce in speed before/after was amazing. If you're not able to do a clean install (I wasn't - no Windows disc), be sure and clean the Registry of all the remnants of the junk you remove.
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post #5 of 5
1/7/07 at 10:55pm
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Just realised it has 256mb of ram. No wonder it struggles. I am getting another 256mb for about £12 so that should do as a min spec. 512mb sticks cost over £50 and that seems a bit steep...
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