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Copyright 2008 by Morris Rosenthal -All Rights Reserved contact info Is a PC Upgrade is Cost Effective Before you spend a single dollar, pound, mark or yen on new hardware for your old PC, take a few minutes to determine if the outcome is worth it. Many casual PC users are shocked to find that [...]

The printable eBook version of The Laptop Repair Workbook is now available for download anywhere in the world for $13.95. First, let me repeat, you should never buy a used laptop with the intention of upgrading it. Before you spend real money on an upgrade, you should really compare the cost of that upgrade with [...]

Computer consultants build entire careers around advising businesses when to upgrade their hardware. Should you go with the latest and greatest, or stick with tried and true? As with all business decisions, it comes down to a question of cost vs. benefit. But quantifying the costs and benefits of hardware can be difficult. Here are [...]

The Ultimate Warp Speed Upgrade: Installing Windows XP Editor’s Note: Past articles by members of the online community are archived for your use. The information may become outdated as technology changes. For the most current information, please search the Web site or post a question in the newsgroups. My cousin Dick is a retired industrial [...]

Copyright 2007 by Morris Rosenthal -All Rights Reserved contact info How to Decide if a CPU Upgrade is Cost Effective The CPU is often an excellent candidate for a simple, cost-effective upgrade in a one or two year old computer. The prices of CPUs fall like a rock with time, and a top-of-the line $500 [...]

Adding RAM is often the most cost-effective upgrade you can make to speed up a sluggish computer. PCs that had more than enough RAM when they were new often have trouble keeping up with the demands of the latest programs after a few years. New operating systems almost always call for more memory, too. When [...]

Personal computer technology keeps speeding forward at a breakneck pace. Depending on how quickly a manufacturer rolls out new machines, it’s only a slight exaggeration to say that the PC you purchased last month is already obsolete. If you bought late in a given cycle, chances are good that a newer (and maybe even less [...]

See also my Guide to used laptop prices Before we talk about how to upgrade a PC, we have to address whether or not it’s cost effective to do so. I measure cost effectiveness two ways. One, can you simply buy a new or better used PC for the amount of money it will cost [...]

Before investigating the option of upgrades or replacement, it is advised that users clean up their computer software to try and speed up their system. Often times software and programs that have accumulated over time have slowed down the system from its optimal performance. Because of this, users should try some maintainence to help speed [...]