Stable? fast?

Well First of all I want to say thank you for all the help the forum has brought me andall the ideas ive gotten...ive been debating wether or not to mod my one for a while now but first want to get it to a stable operating machine...

First thing lets say i started with a stock ZG5 aspir one 160gb, 1 gig ram. what would yall recomend as far as performance adjustments and keeping it a stable running machine??

is ading an extra 512mb of ram gonna make that big of a difference?

 

??? any helpapreciated.... is Osx any much better?

 

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Depends on what applications you are running. Stable? XP is already very stable as long as you know what you're doing and do not install/uninstall alot of questionable software.... Adding another 512mb will improve speed a little, more RAM is always better. Why not add another 1gb and make it 2gb if it's supported. Performance will be most noticeable if you use software that need ALOT of RAM, or if you are the type who opens alot of programs all at the same time. But for casual everyday apps.... 1gb is plenty enough for XP. Cheers.

 

how much are you willing to spend, and how far are you willing to go?
I believe the ZG5 is the 8.9" model, which requires full dismantle (or close to) to get to the components worth upgrading.
7200rpm is a good upgrade, and should be pretty noticeable. SSD would also be a good upgrade but costly.
may as well go to 1.5GB while you're doing the HDD upgrade, seeing as how a 1GB SODIMM module is like $10-15.