Kent asks:

>  was asked to determine how long before I need to replace some of our
>  older DELL PCs.  They are Pentium 2.26 GHz.  When we bought the 2.26 GHz
>  with flat screen monitors everyone wanted the new flat screen.  The
>  previous generation of PCs that we gave to a favorite charity worked
>  fine except for a few of the monitors.  
>  
>  I am getting complaints now about the 15 inch monitor and I have some
>  users who complain the 2.26 GHz are slow with product such as Microsoft
>  Access.

Lordy, what speed do they expect? The fastest PCs in a reasonable price range 
run only (*only*) at about 3 GHz. They would never notice the difference in 
speed even if you did upgrade from 2.26 GHz. You would have to double CPU speed 
to see any noticeable difference, and right at the moment, you can't buy a 5 
GHz processor, no matter how much money you're willing to spend.

Tell them to learn patience -- or better data organization.

Wirt Atmar

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