A member of the family has a hp pavillion t430 it has an intel 2.7ghz processor and 512MB running xp home 32 bit. It's only used for the internet and a few photos.
Would a memory upgrade to 1GB give it a little more breathing space and 2GB would be a waste of money. They don't want to spend too much, but are looking to get a laptop in about 2 years.
I do have a sempron 140 with a DDR2 motherboard I have offered them this but would need a fresh windows and would be windows 7. The sempron 140 will not unlock and the motherboard doesn't have the unlocking feature in BIOS. Also the motherboard is the ASUS M3N78 pro.
What would be the best option keeping the celeron or going AMD sempron AM3?
Would a memory upgrade to 1GB give it a little more breathing space and 2GB would be a waste of money. They don't want to spend too much, but are looking to get a laptop in about 2 years.
I do have a sempron 140 with a DDR2 motherboard I have offered them this but would need a fresh windows and would be windows 7. The sempron 140 will not unlock and the motherboard doesn't have the unlocking feature in BIOS. Also the motherboard is the ASUS M3N78 pro.
What would be the best option keeping the celeron or going AMD sempron AM3?