The Best Upgrades for Your Old Computer - Comments Page 2

I switched to Linux long ago and haven't looked back. Bought a laptop from my son with Win 10 on it. Dumped that after a five hour update among other problems. Linux Mint is popular because it has a Win 7 feel plus, for most, it works out of the box. Not sure about Mike's over heating. We stream about 5 hours in the evenings and my fan has never come on. I have a 10 y.o. PC that runs like new with Linux.

Please - can you explain "eight times less data"? Is that the same as one eighth of the data?

As I was passing, I tripped and fell onto your site, sorry about that!
Very interesting! Updated a few years back, could use a new monitor though. After all, if you look around, you will find that a TV with monitor capabilities (HDMI) is far better for your computer at less the price. But resolution plays a major roll. So check the stats before you buy.
And you can watch TV as well! I know!!

Happy 2018

My HP Pavilion g6 cheapie laptop, running W10 64 bit has always been slow when running wireless internet. It has been upgraded to a SS hard drive. I have always blamed the slowness on the wireless router and fiddled with location to no avail. I happened to have a Netis USB wireless adapter lying around. I shut down the built in wireless and stuck in the adapter and the thing now screams almost as fast as my hard wired [from the router] desktop. With my Spectrum HS internet it now runs as high as 57.8/3.42 MPS as compared to 13.5/3.65 with the built in wireless. Boy am I happy !!!
Geo

BOB, I'M PUTTING YOU IN MY BOOKMARK TECH FOLDER BECAUSE YOU CARE FOR THE SMALL GUY.
ANOTHER THING PEOPLE WITH LOW END COMPUTERS NEED TO WATCH ARE WEB BROWSERS.
FIREFOX QUANTUM, GOOGLE AND BING WILL REQUIRE MIN 4 GIGS EASY.
THAT'S BECAUSE 4K VIDEOS, 1920X1080 AND ABOVE IMAGES ON WEB PAGES, GIFS MADE WITH ULTRA HIGH RESOLUTION, BLA,BLA,BLA............YOU GET MY DRIFT.