Assessing Your Desktops Usability/Health to Some (Part 1)
You may have out-grown your desktop that has faithfully served you for a couple of years which is good but with the fast evolving needs of users and the internet, it may already be in dire need of an upgrade or maybe even a replacement. Most computers/desktops may perform well but might be experiencing some slowdown especially when accessing the internet that may not have any bearing on your internet connection.
a.) Do you have ample disk space (hard drive)? This is one problem many fail to notice for a good system a few years back may not have ample hard drive space due to rising demand for such resources. Running defrag and doing a system clean-up may not suffice if you have more than 3/4 of your hard drive occupied. If your desktop has newer SATA ports then you could add a hard drive to remedy this prblem with space.
b.) Do you have ample memory? Most applications need a lot of memory due to evolving needs. Some systems that may have embedded video cards will eat up some of your ram leaving less for other uses. You can get a few modules to make more memory available for other applications.
Continued on the next Post…………………………….