<p>theripcurl1969: Your computer uses PC2100 notebook ram. Your reciept or the packaging should reflect that. </p>
<p>Your 30 g hard drive is most likely a 4200RPM unit. Your best bet is to look for a 40/60 g unit running at 5400RPM. </p>
<p>If you're looking for more speed, hard drives have small memory caches that temporarily store data while the drive is writing data. Typically, hard drives have 2,8 or 16 megabits of memory. Look for 8 mbits. </p>
<p>You should see a good bump in your system's apparent speed with a faster hard drive.</p>