| ppens at least once in the life of every notebook | | | | become pretty much industry standard. These are: |
| computer-it slows down in performance, and just | | | | 1.) Hard Drive |
| doesn’t have the get up and go that it used | | | | 2.) Memory |
| to. Like most people, you run your favorite antivirus | | | | 3.)Processor |
| program(s) to make sure that “bugs” | | | | These components can be easily replaced in most |
| haven’t infected your system, and you even | | | | notebooks. The first thing to do however is to |
| run spyware programs to make sure that spyware | | | | determine if the upgrade is worth the cost. Check |
| isn’t overloading your system resources. To | | | | prices online to see how much it will cost. If I pay |
| take things a step further you clear out unnecessary | | | | $120 for a hard drive, $50 for memory and $150 for |
| items from your start menu, make bios adjustments | | | | a new processor, it may not make sense to do all |
| and get rid of old programs you haven’t used | | | | three upgrades, I may only want to choose 1 at first |
| in a while. | | | | and then check system performance. |
| After all that, your laptop computer still runs slow and | | | | If my laptop wasn’t very expensive to begin |
| you realize - it’s time for an upgrade. | | | | with, I may want to consider just purchasing another |
| Once upon a time, laptop and notebook upgrades | | | | one. If I can get a Refurbished Windows Vista HP |
| were considered “technician only” | | | | laptop for $499.00, that may make more sense than |
| activities because of the fact most notebook | | | | upgrading components on an older system. |
| manufacturers have proprietary technologies in their | | | | offers an online course on how to upgrade a used |
| systems. That is still true to some extent, but the | | | | notebook computer step by step. Check it out and |
| main hardware components affecting system | | | | determine which option is right for you. |
| performance in most laptops are those that have | | | | |