First thing to consider is wether either system would recognize a hard drive
over 32 gigabytes.  The second, what is the cost and availability of the
memory for these older machines.  It looks to me that there will be a 64 bit
revolution coming, possibly similiar to one that  occured when we went from
16 to 32 and FAT 16 to 32.  For my money, instead of buying all of these
extra parts, I would invest in a newer machine.  You do not know how slow
your video projects are till you try them on a newer machine!  My work
machine is a PIII 600mhz and  I wish it was faster.

Howard Rubin
The Computer Doctor
Fortaleza, Brazil

Date:    Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:46:47 -0500
From:    Kay F Gibbs <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: What's my best option?

I have a pentium 233 with MMX and a pentium II 266 with MMX.  the pntium has
10 and 2 GB hard drives.  The P II has a 5GB hardrive.  I do a lot of
website work and alot of work with photos and art.  I also have a dragon
Naturally speaking progran I will using frequently.  I just purchased a new
40GB Maxtor DiamnondMax
hard drive and also an extra 256MB memory stick. I'm also purchasing an
external cd-rw. I currently have an Iomega 100MB external zip drive.  I am
running windows 95 on the PII and win95 with a win(*SE upgrade on the
Pentium.  I plan on upgrading the PII operating system to win 98SE also,

One of these systems will be used strictly for the internet, with only the
opreating system MSN 8 and whatever software will be required with a cd-rw
for dowloading, etc.

I am trying to decide which system will be best suit
ed for the internet and which will be best suited for my other work.  Other
programs I will add to which ever one I choose for my work will also include
Canon Creative, Ulead Photo Impact, Compudraw and a fractal program.

I definitely need the 40GB drive for these programs but I don't which system
to put it in.  If I use the Pentium for the internet, then it's going to be
eally slow as I only have dial-up, but is that going to be the best bet???
I know many web programs require at the least a PII and many won't work with
less than a PIII now. I was also consdiering upgrading my Dragon program as
well.

Can you advise me on the best thing to do now, short of buying a whole new
system?

Thank you for your input.

Kay

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