For anyone that knows computers, I'm thinking of getting a new laptop but I don't know if I can get one thats a serious step up from the one I have now. Right now I have an Emachine with a 1.6ghz Mobile AMD Sempron Processor 2800, 512 RAM, and 60gb hard drive. I am looking at a Sony or HP with a 1.7ghz Intel® Core™ Duo processor, 1gb or possible 2gb or RAM, and atleast a 80gb hard drive. My current laptop is a little less than 2 years old. The only real hardware problem is when I run a Bittorent program and RealPlayer, realplayer skips a lot. Would adding an extra 256mb of RAM fix that. Would a new laptop be worth it.