Upgrading Thinkpad 750C

["John Walters" <jwalters@uky.campus.mci.net>]

I have a Thnkpad 750C - 486-33SLC; 10.4 active matrix; 8 MB RAM (4 onboard and 4 MB IC-DRAM card); 170 meg HD; PCMCIA fax/mod card.

 

I am running WIndows 95 on the above which, as you can imagine, is very slow.  I cannot upgrade the processor.  I run primarily WordPerfect 7 and a time and billing package so will do some swapping.  My upgrade options are as follows:

 

    1.      16 MB IC DRAM for $125

    2.      32 MB IC DRAM for $235

    4.      1.4 GIG HD for $400

 

Does anyone have any idea what type of performance gains I could expect and if the difference in performance gains is worth the extra cost of the 32 MB card?  Any thoughts on whether the total cost of the upgrade (either $525 or $635) is worth the money?

 

Thanks for the advice.