Apple vs PC
A short answer is all I need, is spending 2 or $300 more for a Mac worth it?? The old Sony is gasping for its last breath. we mainly surf the net, read emails, and all the advertisments pop up, and ...
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kjburns wrote:
Short answer: No
I'm not convinced you need a hardware upgrade. Your usage seems to be pretty light. You might look at running a different browser like Firefox or Chrome with Adblock. Both are free, so it won't cost you anything to try them and see how they do.
Well, you beat me to it.
Ask your daughter to clear out yrars of bad/never used/don't need software you've probably got. Clear out all the apps that are turned om at start of computer session. Defrag, disk cleanup, stop using anything for AV but MS Security Essentials (free download).
II have a 7 and 10 yr. old cheap laptop and desktop running Win XP using Firefox w/ adblocker add-on. Fast boot, fast internet, no typing issues ever. Both machines are ols single core processors and only 1 Gb RAM. No problem. Your Sony is a cadillac, by comparison.
I recently started a different AV program (Avast) that is SOO sluggish that I may turn it off and go back to MS Security Essentials.
If DD won't do it for you, ask her to recommend a PC addicted friend.
