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ForNonGeeks on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
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The amount of memory, or RAM, that your computer has available, is arguably the single most important factor in determining how efficiently and quickly your programs load and run. So the more memory-intensive programs you have running simultaneously, the slower and less responsive your computer is going to be!
How can you determine which programs are hogging this precious memory and bogging you down, often causing a slow and unresponsive system? Some are chugging away in the background without you even knowing about it!
Windows has a very useful little application called the “Task Manager”, which pops up a little window on demand, showing you just this! Here’s how you can use it to your advantage.
Right click on an empty area in the task bar at the bottom of your screen and select Task Manager from the menu that pops up:
The Task Manager will open.
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ForNonGeeks on Sunday, August 30th, 2009 |
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People come to me all the time with the same fundamental question. They are about to buy a new computer and have no idea what specs to look for. This is usually further complicated by the fact that they have no idea what all the numbers represent when looking at the technical specifications. The one that usually jumps out at them is the processor speed. As a result of the way computer manufacturers market their machines coupled with common bragging rights, this number seems to be the magic number.
I am here to tell you that when you are buying a new computer or looking to upgrade or speed up an old computer, you need to place the most emphasis on the amount of RAM (computer memory) in the system. If you follow this simple instruction you will end up with a computer that runs faster and better than ever.
Let’s consider a simple story to understand the logic behind this statement: Bob and John are both incredibly smart engineers with the same level of intelligence. They are both equally capable of solving a given problem. Bob has the gift of being able to process data very quickly, however, he has a small brain that can only handle a limited amount of data at any given point in time. John on the other hand processes data a little slower than Bob, however, his brain capacity is extremely large. In other words he can process a lot more data at any given moment in time. Read the rest of this entry »
