(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Can anyone suggest how i can speed up my laptop? it's so slow..

It's acer. I'll show you specs if you like? But any TechWhizz's out there that know any good ways of speeding a laptop up?


-Rage

whats your processor speed and how much RAM do you have... need to know this first before anyone can help you

And what operating system are you using? Have you tried switching to Linux? My T60 laptop takes about 20 seconds to boot into Fedora 10, compared to many minutes booting into XP Pro.

Erm i'm using windows vista basic. I'm not sure what my RAM is? (not very good in the tech side of comps). So where would i find out that stuff?

Right click on My Computer and click Properties. It should be somewhere in there.

Not a lot of people are in support of registry cleaners, but really. Any sort of program such as the ASMW PC-Optimizer that deals with the registry and small Windows XP tweaks can go a long way. Another thing is if you open up MSCONFIG (Run -> msconfig), you can go to services and shut off countless numbers of services(processes that take up a useless amount of RAM/CPU) that you don't need. That'll be the most software enhancements you could do, not many other things other then stop most/all start up processes because honestly, half the things that start up, you don't really need. Just have an antivirus open, and that should be pretty much it.

Hardware specs are all related to your hard drive, RAM, CPU, GPU, motherboard itself, etc. Being as how you are on a laptop, the only real upgrade you could do would be in RAM. GPU is onboard for the most part, and CPU can be upgraded but that's a more expensive component. The end all is the fact that you are on a laptop. Laptops aren't meant to be power stations, and more often than not, have been developed with power and efficiency in mind. Any upgrades would result in a loss in battery life, and/or more heat generated etc.

Yeah my laptop overheats and switches off sometimes :/

If your computer has a whole bunch of programs that you don't use it slows it down, so just delete those and it makes it run 100times faster