Whether you are buying a new computer or wanting to expand an old one, desktop or notebook, additional memory is one of the cheapest and easiest upgrades you can do. Tech Tip If you’re buying a new computer, memory is often one of the highest-priced add-on options that manufacturers offer — usually much higher than [...]
Speeding Up Windows XP – More Memory
For most people, one of the most effective ways to speed up their computer is to add more memory. Fortunately, this is also very easy to do. If you’ve only got 512MB of RAM in your Windows XP computer, you should add more. That amount was really a decent minimum about 4 years ago. However, [...]
Speed of Virtual Memory versus RAM
Subscriber Rolf wrote to ask about the speed differences between hard drive "virtual memory" and RAM memory chips: Hello Mr. Stockdale, Since you actively solicit questions in your newsletter I can therefore feel like I’m not imposing too much of your daily schedule to answer a question or two from those of us (like myself) [...]
Speeding Up Windows
In a recent article, I wrote about speeding up your computer. In that article, I recommended adding more memory as the cheapest and most effective way to speed up an older computer. That helps you no matter what program you are running. There are also some Windows XP settings that you can change to speed [...]
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