I don't really know if I put this in the right spot, but close enough. My computer has been running unreasonably slow for no reason at all. I am running an 800 MHz cpu and it can play an average-bitrate MP3 at about 50%. My other computer (266 MHz) can play the same files at about 30%. Is there something wrong? Can I change some settings to make this computer usable? One of the main reasons I bought this computer was for it's DVD player - dosen't even come close to playing a DVD. Thanks for your help. Toshiba Satellite 1800-S203 Windows XP SP2 Celeron 801MHz 128 MB

you do all the regular disk cleanups and defrags? 99% of computer problems are not the motherboard nor power supply but simply between the keyboard and the chair.

TOSHIBA is a laptop not a PC, and laptops are not ideal for DVD Watching. 800mhz Celeron CPU's are poor performers and due to laptops inherently throttle the CPU it is difficult to squeeze the max from the CPU. Windows XP requires 256MB memory to run OK, at least 512MB would be better, therefore you are permanently running out of physical memory when running XP let alone watching a DVD. A better propsition would be a standalone portable DVD Player, as upgrading this laptop would not be either wise or cost effective. Maybe before you bought this laptop you should of researched as this type of questions has been answered in various forums over the last five or so years....

"TOSHIBA is a laptop not a PC, and laptops are not ideal for DVD Watching". Huh ??? There is only one satisfying way to boot a computer.

I did not ONLY buy this laptop for the media. It is a working laptop as well. I do all of the defrags and disk cleanups weekly but still no help. I plan to buy another 256 ram chip as soon as I get the money. And also, why does it matter weather it's a laptop or a PC and what does that have to do with my question? Toshiba Satellite 1800-S203 Windows XP SP2 Celeron 801MHz 128 MB

Do a search for "Toshiba desktop computers" on Google and you will find that Toshiba is not just a laptop!!!!!!

Why aren't laptops good for watching DVD again? It's not the Laptop, it's prob the graphics chip in the Laptop. Laptops can view DVD's fine. in fact, the widescreen laptops were made around stuff like watching DVD on them etc... Old laptops on the other hand due tend to have problems playing anything that is very graphical in nature due to the basic graphics chip within the laptop. Newer laptops don't have this problem. Now of days you can buy a 600 dollar laptop and watch DVD's on them just fine, because the graphics chip in there are capable of viewing things not too graphical in nature but good enough without having to worry about the stuff that old laptops had to deal with. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200 Nvidia 6800GT SATA II 250gig 7200rpm 8mb cache Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI