> Getting a 25% speed increase by doing something trivial as > buying a new PC sounds good to me, beats waiting for the > next software release (which is very unlikely to be that good). I'm almost sure you are trolling, you were told that reinstalling all the software would take a day work. That's not cheap and it could be rather tricky for the compatibility issues, - hardware drivers and new Windows version (in case his old Windows were OEM). And most probably he won't get 25% speed increase by replacing Core 2 system (2 years old) with newer Intel Core i7 system. For the reasonably priced Core i7 configuration he will get sort of 10%-15% speed increase at max on the processor intensive tasks, and none speed increase on other tasks. > You complain something is slow when there's an easy > solution at hand? > > Disk cloning programs are pretty good these days. > Why build from scratch? How is "Disk cloning" related to the reinstalling the software on a new hardware set? -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist