
Originally Posted by
123camelia
A computer can never run too fast or perform too well—that's just the law of the land. That being the case, it isn't surprising that I regularly get calls and e-mail messages from friends and family members complaining that their computers are performing poorly or running too slowly. My first reaction is to tell them to do a little maintenance. Delete unnecessary files and programs; see what applications are running in the background that they don't need; and run Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter. In other words, take two aspirin and call me in the morning. If problems persist, I ask about the age of the computer and the amount of random access memory (RAM) they have installed.
RAM is one of the most crucial elements installed in the computer. RAM temporarily holds data that applications need, and applications use RAM to perform tasks quickly. The more RAM a system has the less it has to access the hard drive to swap out data, the longer the hard drive will last, and the faster the system will perform.
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