One thing that can make your old computer feel like new again
One thing that can make your old computer feel like new again
By Jeandre de Beer / Kim Komando
We have talked quite a bit about speeding up your computer. Whether it is streamlining start-up, adding RAM or tracking down resource hogs, there is always something you can try.
Of course, most tactics come back to compensating for one thing: the hard drive. It’s by far the slowest part of any modern computer.
While the rest of the computer is operating in nanoseconds and microseconds, a hard drive works in milliseconds – more than a thousand times slower. Your processor can spend precious time just waiting around for information.
That’s why large-scale solid-state hard drives are gaining popularity. If you aren’t familiar with the term, let me explain.
A conventional computer hard drive uses spinning magnetic disks to store information. An arm moves across the disk to find information, similar to an old turntable record player.
A solid-state drive is a big block of flash memory. It’s really just a USB drive or memory card, with no moving parts to manage.
