Upgrading my old laptop

There is a lot of things that slow your computer's internet connection. You have to keep your computer optimized, such as cleaning your web browser's cache files and your hard drive could be needing maintenance. Run a few ISP speed tests, Speakeasy,Comcast, are just a few. If you are a wireless connection download this freeware program which can help you find a better connection, Go to http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5936-inssider.html , PS check your internet provider to see how fast a connection your paying for.

To increase internet speed
* Check to see if faster internet connections are in your area:
Fiber optic and cable internet tend to be faster than DSL and dial-Up.
*Do some basic maintenance on your PC:
a scan disk, a virus scan, a malware scan, and clear your recycle bin.Delete old files and temporary files.
* Reset Your Modem
Sometimes switching OFF and ON your modem helps you to speed the internet.
* Optimize your cache or temporary Internet files.
These files improve your Internet connection performance by not downloading the same file over and over.* Replace your old cable modem
* Upgrade your router firmware
* Upgrade your computer.
* Try pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete simultaneously and open up the Task Manager. Go to the process menu and close those processes that may be stealing your valuable bandwidth.
* Download programs that make browsing faster:
A good tool to increase internet speed is Internet Cyclone.
Loband.org is a browser inside of a browser that loads web pages without the images.
Firefox and Opera both have options to disable images.

After you have tried some of this,try your connection again using Scanmyspeed.com and see if you get improved speed results. If you are not satisfied Call your Internet service provider (ISP) and check whether upgradation of your plan is necessary.

Most likely the issue is not the router unless you get a faster connection when you plug into its ethernet ports or are at a closer proximity.
If it gets faster as you get closer you might get a better connection with a wireless N router (only if your laptop or other device supports N, as the connection will drop to what ever standard is lower).
Otherwise the best bet to upgrade your speed is to make sure you don't have other applications open that use network bandwidth or upgrade your service through your ISP.

Hi,

There's nothing you can do about your internet speed, dial up is dial up and is known to be slow. If you want fast internet then you would need broadband.

A memory upgrade would speed up the overall performance of the PC. For example: the computer may take 5 minutes to fully boot up and programs taking time to launch. This would not fully resolve but help it to be more responsive.

A memory upgrade is always recommended by me. I expect that your computer can be probably maxed out to 2GB of memory.


Regards.

connect your laptop to the internet and search for suitable upgrades.Or try with the lenovo website

Hello

Well, the buffering on you tube is purely proportional with the speed of the internet connection you have, it means that the video plays faster than that which your internet connection is able to load, thus it starts to buffer.

To solve this you need to upgrade your internet connecting, upgrading the performance of your computer itself will have no effect on the internet connection.

As for the upgrading of your desktop, if you are happy with the performance, you don't need to upgrade. Most common upgrade is ram modules, which makes loading programs and such faster.

I would say a good method of knowing it is time to upgrade is to have a look if the parts for your computer is still widely available, if so, and you are happy with the performance, don't upgrade. If the parts for your desktop is discontinued of not very widely available, i would say it is a good choice to upgrade. Hope this can help you.

Kind regards
Andrea

that is to do with your internet connection you have only purchased a low speed package ring your inet company and tell them your problem they will tell you exactly what speed you have and offer minor solutions to improve the speed but it wont make much difference and they may offer to upgrade you to a faster one but it will cost you

It cannot be upgraded farther by hardware. You should be able to run xp there. Any lower requirement linux distro is also fine if you like.

Laptops are now-a-days not too costly. May also think about a new one.

Ok, so you just got more Hard disk space, or a new bigger Hard disk. Of course you need t upgrade the Ram memory. This computer supports Ram memory up to 1 Gb with a max frequency of 266Mhz. You probably have 256Mb or 512Mb of Ram Memory. You can go to any computer store and get it upgraded. It shouldn't be expensive. But don't forget :

Use this tyoe of RAM: DDR SDRAM (266 MHz), Upgradeable to 1GB

By the way, even after the upgrade, I advise you to run a Defrag of your Hard Disk and clean all your temp files.
There is a free and easy software to clean all temp and internet temp files: Ccleaner.

You did not post what operating system you have. There are a lot of things that can cause a computer to run slow. RAM is big issue More so than the CPU. The series of CPU that you have is upgradeable by 4 models but the gains are modest. There is also an issue of availability of the processor because that model is 12 years old. Another issue that you need to look into is the programs that are running when the system starts.