RAM and Latency - What you Need to Know by Nicholas Spriggs
No one likes a slow computer. Well, at least not anyone I know. People spend thousands of dollars on upgrades and cutting edge systems to use a faster computer. However, upgrading your computer is not the only way to have a quicker computing experience. ... A safer method is to adjust your RAM’s timings, although this can still potentially damage your system and usually only wields nominally performance gains. ... For those looking to squeeze the last bit of performance out of their machines, there are many ways to optimize your system for speed.

How to Download Your Old Computer to the Highest Bidder by Donald Lee
When you think trash, you surely don’t think about your old, trusty personal computer. But that’s exactly what will become of it when you make the inevitable move toward your next laptop or desktop. And, yes, buying a new computer is inevitable, considering the pace at which computer technology... Before you boot up your replacement laptop or high-performance PC, however, be sure you read and compute the following tips. ... So you don’t get free reign to keep software on multiple computers. ... You only get one license, so you need to bring your licensed version with you to your new computer.

Want To Speed Up Your Computer? by John Dow
Being in the computer repair business, I often get asked, “How do I speed up my computer?” This is a tough question to answer without any knowledge of the computer and software that a user might have. But I do have one recommendation that usually helps out most people. ... Anything you can do to keep the registry mean and lean can improve the performance of your computer. ... And this type of access is going on every time you click or type during your daily computing chores. ... So the bigger the registry, the more computing power and time is needed to complete these checks.

Linspire: Computing The Way It Should Be by Saquib Hussain
As the name indicates, you might have already guessed it right. Linspire is an operating system powered by Linux. There is a growing interest in using Linux on the desktop computer, and these days it's easier than ever to try. Like Microsoft Windows and Mac OS, Linux too is an operating platform... Even the requirements for running such a high end system is very low. ... The price and performance added with extra ease of use makes it one of the must have Linux operating system ever. ... People working with high level research or tests that includes days or months of computation power,...

Are Gaming Laptops Worth the Price of Admission? by Jordan Hall
For years, the idea of a proper gaming computer has conjured up the image of a hulking desktop system, one that towers over the player and hums with the sound of the fans required to cool its powerful components. Notebook computers were always seen as the “little brothers” of their desktop... While the S921’s performance pales in comparison to the Dell M1710’s, it has more than enough power to run the latest games at medium to medium-high graphical settings, and it represents a substantial value at $2000 less than the Dell.

War of the Disks: A Close-in Analysis of the Hard Disk Drive vs. the Solid State Disk by Joanne De Peralta
Much has been written about solid state disks (SSDs) becoming the next big thing1 in the IT industry(1). But as to whether or not we have enough knowledge of how it will revolutionize the industry is a different question. How much do we really know about SSDs? ... The resulting system would be a high-powered set-up that can go beyond the demands of high-speed business or military environments. ... Most web definitions describe an SSD as a high-performance plug-and-play storage device that contains no moving parts.

Selecting a Call Accounting Software Package by Rito Salomone
Call accounting is software or hardware that provides metrics for telephony functions such as traffic analysis, toll fraud alerts, network management and cost allocation to various department. There are countless call accounting vendors that tout their various features and niches. ... Call accounting systems vary in price, performance and functionality. ... Their popularity remains high as systems grow and adapt to latest billing requirements, computer operating systems and web integration. ... Call accounting has evolved since early iterations during the dawn of desktop computing.

Guide to Buying Hard Drives by Andrew Gates
Apart from being one of the most essential parts of your computer, hard drive storage is constantly updating, in terms of both capacity of disk space and in physical size. When it comes time to upgrade your disk storage, there are a number of factors for you to take into account. ... But a drive with Ultra ATA/100 or ATA/133 and a 7200 RPM spin rate will pretty much guarantee an improved hard drive performance. ... External Hard drives Laptop Hard Drives There have been many advances in miniaturization of hardware components for laptop computing, and hard drive technology is not left...

Networking Terms: Educating Your Clients by Joshua Feinberg
It is very important to educate your small business prospects and clients on key small business networking terms and buzzwords. After all, in order to "win them over", you need to be speaking the same language. In fact, you may even want to prepare a "cheat sheet", based on the below... • SCSI (small computer systems interface) is a high-end interface for connecting both internal and external computer peripheral devices. ... • Server - any computing device or peripheral on a network designed to provide shared services and resources to network users; primarily characterized by multi-user...

The Dell Inspiron 1000 by Jawahn Thompson
The following article covers a topic that has recently moved to center stage--at least it seems that way. If you've been thinking you need to know more about it, here's your opportunity. The Dell Inspiron 1000 Notebook is one of the most basic, yet readily capable machines to grace the computer... The Dell Inspiron 1000 is a decent computing unit, and should not be thought of as the apex of the computing industry, but should be thought of as an affordable unit that has the ability to function properly if all of the necessary precautions are taken.