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My wife and have two 6 year old laptop computers which, until recently, were running sloooowly (think molasses in January slow). We thought we would need to buy two new computers, but thankfully, we found a few ways to improve their performance and ultimately extend their life.

In then end, we decided one of them was still too slow, so we replaced it. But we were able to do a few quick fixes on the other computer to double it’s speed – saving us several hundred dollars in replacement costs! In another article (soon to follow!) I’ll share a few tips on how to save money when buying a new computer.

Tips on how to improve your computer’s performance (Windows only):

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What is a Laptop Computer?

Laptop PCs have now become faster, slimmer, and cheaper. With powerful processors and accesories, laptops now offer almost everything a desktop PC can offer

Laptops can be divided into two weight categories :Ultralite and Regular. Ultralites are thin, small and weigh under 5 pounds but the drawback is their limited built-in features. Regular laptops, on the other hand, are bigger and heavier but they include such nice features as large bright screen; long-life battery; CD-ROM and floppy drive. Many portables also make room for optional DVD or Zip drives with USB and other interfaces for external devices.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia SATA Serial ATA
First-generation (1.5 Gbit/s) SATA ports on a motherboard Year created 2003 Supersedes Parallel ATA (PATA) Capacity 1.5, 3.0, 6.0 Gbit/s Style Serial Hotplugging interface Yes[1] External interface Yes (eSATA)

Serial ATA (SATA)(Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) is a computer bus interface for connecting host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives. Serial ATA was designed to replace the older ATA (AT Attachment) standard (also known as EIDE). It is able to use the same low level commands, but serial ATA host-adapters and devices communicate via a high-speed serial cable over two pairs of conductors. In contrast, the parallel ATA (the redesignation for the legacy ATA specifications) used 16 data conductors each operating at a much lower speed.

SATA offers several compelling advantages over the older parallel ATA (PATA) interface: reduced cable-bulk and cost (reduced from 80 wires to seven), faster and more efficient data transfer, and hot swapping.

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Do you want to know why your laptop computer runs slowly when used for a while, and how to speed up your laptop computer, now let me tell you how to speed up your laptop computer, lt is easy, just following me.

1. eliminate as many unnecessary startup programs as possible. Anytime you install a new program it will try to automatically start itself every time you power your computer on. This will dramatically slow down the speed your computer can start up or shutdown. These programs also eat up valuable RAM which causes the computer to be very sluggish. Eliminate all but the necessary programs and feel the incredible difference in your laptop processor speed.

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Last Updated: 10/03/2007

The Basics

While most users think of laptop computers as desktop computers you can carry around, that’s not always the case. True, some laptops are designed as desktop replacements, offering similar power and performance on the go. But many laptops have other tricks up their sleeves, serving as tablet PCs or multimedia players in a fashion that their desk-chained brethren could never match.

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Are you wondering why is my computer so slow? Looking to speed up laptop computers overall performance? Well you have come to the right place. All computers and especially laptops slow down when they get a little wear and tear on them. Unfortunately instead of adjusting a few things, people believe they need to buy a new computer in order to increase laptop speed. This just isn’t true. You can actually speed up your laptop with these three quick steps. I will also recommend a program that can perform all three automatically for you. Speeding up your laptop was never this easy!

The first step is to run a disk defrag on your system. What a disk defragmenter does is increase the speed in which you can access information. Whenever your computer processes information it needs to jump from place to place and this takes time. Defragging your system allows your computer to stream information through one path. This will speed up laptop computers ability to access and run different programs.

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Laptops, Notebooks, and Laptop Computers

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• 1 Introduction
• 2 Computer hardware
• 3 Class 1 Components
  • 3.1 CPU
  • 3.2 Case
  • 3.3 Power Supply
  • 3.4 Motherboard
  • 3.5 RAM
    • 3.5.1 External Links
  • 3.6 PCI Express Cards/Slots
  • 3.7 AGP Cards
  • 3.8 PCI Cards
  • 3.9 ISA Cards
• 4 Class 2 Components: Storage
  • 4.1 Floppy Disk drives
  • 4.2 Hard drive
  • 4.3 CD-ROM drive
  • 4.4 CD-RW drive
  • 4.5 DVD-ROM drive
  • 4.6 DVD-RW drive
  • 4.7 Other removable media
    • 4.7.1 Flash memory
    • 4.7.2 USB Flash drive
• 5 Class 3 Components: Peripherals
  • 5.1 Display device
  • 5.2 Sound Output
  • 5.3 Mouse
    • 5.3.1 History
  • 5.4 Keyboard
  • 5.5 Printer
  • 5.6 Scanner
  • 5.7 Modem
• 6 Appendix A: Connectors and Cables
  • 6.1 Internal Connectors
  • 6.2 External Connectors

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Personal Computers (PCs) can be obtained in desktop, laptop, notebook and other portable formats.

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Are you wondering “why is my computer so slow”? Looking to speed up laptop computers overall performance? Well you have come to the right place. All computers and especially laptops slow down when they get a little wear and tear on them. Unfortunately instead of adjusting a few things, people believe they need to buy a new computer in order to increase laptop speed. This just isn’t true. You can actually speed up your laptop with these three quick steps. I will also recommend a program that can perform all three automatically for you. Speeding up your laptop was never this easy!

The first step is to run a disk defrag on your system. What a disk defragmenter does is increase the speed in which you can access information. Whenever your computer processes information it needs to jump from place to place and this takes time. Defragging your system allows your computer to stream information through one path. This will speed up laptop computers ability to access and run different programs.

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