If you really just want to get another year out of the computer....purchase the memory, particularly if it is only 40$. Do not uninstall Norton. Norton does nasty little things to your computer that can render it almost useless if you try to uninstall it. To you, your computer will seem light years faster then it was just by adding the memory. Keep your C: drive as clear as possible, run disk cleanup from time to time to get rid of the temp files and defrag the drive even if the defrag program tells you its fine.

If you do not see a huge difference with just the memory, return it and get a new computer.

- Mary