I have a 4 year old Panasonic Toughbook CF W2 Laptop. I have recently formatted it and it still runs slow, possibly due to mere 512MB Ram and old hard disk.
Should I take a chance and replace the hard drive and see if it gets better, or should I sell and buy a new one?
Increasing RAM will help to a degree and only be upgrading your HD from a 5400 rpm to a 7200 rpm will it get much faster but really that's a waste of money. I have a six year old Presario 900 that was given to me and as long as it runs the program I need it to, its a perfect machine. I am going to swap out the two 256 sticks for a pair of 512's though.
If money is a problem, do the RAM, if not, you can pick up fairly descent laptop for about $600.
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