Thinking of upgrading my Acer Aspire 5672 and need advice as it's my first time

Hello!

I had bought the Acer Aspire 5672 back in Sept. 2006 and thought it was about time to get a new computer now, but after shopping around it seems like it would be less expensive if I upgraded it as it still works and I already have another netbook.

The reason I wanted a new computer/upgrade is I wanted a faster computer...faster app loading and multiple applications open/running

Do you agree? upgrade vs. new computer?

So after reading a bit, I should upgrade my hard drive first to 7200rpm. What hard drive is good/compatible with my laptop? Can you give me some specific ones because I don't really know which ones are compatible? I might also consider SSD, but they seem expensive.

Also, what part should I be looking for in upgrading other parts like CPU, RAM...etc?

Thanks!!

My Acer Aspire 5672 specs from what I can gather

• T2300 @ 1.66GHz
• 2GB of RAM
• 120GB Hard Drive Toshiba MK1234GSX 2.5"
• ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

 

You'd definitely benefit from more RAM and faster HDD.
There's no reason why SSD wouldn't work but you have to take price into consideration- check if you can afford one and does it still make sense with price of SSD drive factored in.
As long as you don't plan on gaming faster HDD (be it SSD or 7200rpm) and 4 GB RAM would improve the overall speed and responsiveness.