For the past 20 years or so, Macs have been growing ever more like PCs in every way, including becoming somewhat less stable. Well every way except in one regard, and that one regard is price. Macs have gotten cheaper, but so have PCs.
Macs cost more than PCs and always will. Mac repairs cost more and always will. I'd say that if you have a friend who will repair and upgrade your Mac for free, that would be a good option.
Your computer is now about 6 or 7 years old, which is about as old as I was anticipating it would last when I built it for you. It is certainly not too young to replace. However, I tend to feel that since I bothered to build to be upgraded, upgrading it is an option which should be considered. I know I provided you an estimate for replacing the motherboard, CPU and RAM in the past year at under $120, a bit more for a newer OS. Your drive is still a good size and your VGA card is overkill for your needs.
However, what your machine appears to be suffering from mainly sounds mostly like a somewhat crashed Operating System. Before you endure the expense of buying a new computer, I think you should try running that "EasyCleaner" registry cleaner I told you about. The symptoms you described to me over the phone sound EXACTLY like the symptoms of the worst computer I've seen this product repair.
You can find my entry about Registry Cleaner here (http://fixx.livejournal.com/329369.html)
I tend to think that if your computer actually worked as well as it did when I built it, you'd find it to be adequate for your needs for at least another year or two, although saving for some upgrades would be wise, and setting the goal of scheduling for about April would be best for best prices, especially on RAM.
In the meantime I would advise you to start asking your friends to donate you a nice legal copy of Windows 2000 they are no longer using, because for rock solid stability, that is currently my OS of choice.
PS: You should stop worrying about having GoBack on your computer after you start making regular backups.... I take that back. I still use GoBack and so should you.
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Macs cost more than PCs and always will. Mac repairs cost more and always will. I'd say that if you have a friend who will repair and upgrade your Mac for free, that would be a good option.
Your computer is now about 6 or 7 years old, which is about as old as I was anticipating it would last when I built it for you. It is certainly not too young to replace. However, I tend to feel that since I bothered to build to be upgraded, upgrading it is an option which should be considered. I know I provided you an estimate for replacing the motherboard, CPU and RAM in the past year at under $120, a bit more for a newer OS. Your drive is still a good size and your VGA card is overkill for your needs.
However, what your machine appears to be suffering from mainly sounds mostly like a somewhat crashed Operating System. Before you endure the expense of buying a new computer, I think you should try running that "EasyCleaner" registry cleaner I told you about. The symptoms you described to me over the phone sound EXACTLY like the symptoms of the worst computer I've seen this product repair.
You can find my entry about Registry Cleaner here (http://fixx.livejournal.com/329369.html)
I tend to think that if your computer actually worked as well as it did when I built it, you'd find it to be adequate for your needs for at least another year or two, although saving for some upgrades would be wise, and setting the goal of scheduling for about April would be best for best prices, especially on RAM.
In the meantime I would advise you to start asking your friends to donate you a nice legal copy of Windows 2000 they are no longer using, because for rock solid stability, that is currently my OS of choice.
PS: You should stop worrying about having GoBack on your computer after you start making regular backups.... I take that back. I still use GoBack and so should you.