upgrade

[doug123]

i have a 5 year old pentium 3 clone computer w win 98. i want to install a cd
burner, a new modem, and get a new monitor. perhaps later get win xp.

is it better to keep the pentium 3 or just by a new celeron. i cant afford a
pentium 4.

it seems like going to celeron, while cheap, would be a step down for me.
the pent 3 works fine. should i just upgrade?

[Ron Badour]

You can buy a new Dell for about what it will cost you to upgrade--maybe
even less. Frankly, I think you would be wasting your money investing that
much in a five year old computer.

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/desktops?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs--RegardsRon Badour, MS MVP Windows 98Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badourKnowledge Base Info:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo"doug123" > wrote in ...>i have a 5 year old pentium 3 clone computer w win 98. i want to install acd> burner, a new modem, and get a new monitor. perhaps later get win xp.>> is it better to keep the pentium 3 or just by a new celeron. i cant afforda> pentium 4.>> it seems like going to celeron, while cheap, would be a step down for me.> the pent 3 works fine. should i just upgrade?

[Jack E Martinelli]

You are best to "fit the tool to the job".

How do you intend to use the new computer?

Knowing so little, I would nevertheless strongly urge you to purchase a new
machine, since hardware is so inexpensive just now.
And you get a new warranty and support, ...(maybe!).
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"doug123" > wrote in message
...
> i have a 5 year old pentium 3 clone computer w win 98. i want to install a
cd
> burner, a new modem, and get a new monitor. perhaps later get win xp.
>
> is it better to keep the pentium 3 or just by a new celeron. i cant afford
a
> pentium 4.
>
> it seems like going to celeron, while cheap, would be a step down for me.
> the pent 3 works fine. should i just upgrade?

[Stanislaw Flatto]

doug123 wrote:
> i have a 5 year old pentium 3 clone computer w win 98. i want to install a cd
> burner, a new modem, and get a new monitor. perhaps later get win xp.
>
> is it better to keep the pentium 3 or just by a new celeron. i cant afford a
> pentium 4.
>
> it seems like going to celeron, while cheap, would be a step down for me.
> the pent 3 works fine. should i just upgrade?

The best I can suggest is:
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
Usually trying to bring up old hardware to perform close to more modern
advertisements is futile as everything has to be "upgraded".
CD-burners work on mine Pentium/166 with 48M Ram, modems and monitors
too, but try to get near such hardware with Xtra Problems OS and I can
only wish you "Brake a leg!" ("Good luck!" at my student years).
So save yourself a constant "upgrading" hobby and when the time comes do
a complete change, it is much cheaper and at least you get the required
response at once.

Have fun

Stanislaw
Slack user from Ulladulla.