Benchmarks Show Dramatic Performance Gains with an SSD Drive Upgrade The prices continue to drop on SSD drives, making them now, more than ever, an attractive upgrade for your PC or Laptop. In short there are three reasons you should consider an SSD Upgrade, swapping our that primary hard drive with an SSD drive. Significantly Improved Read/Write Performance They Consume Less Power They are Durable They also weigh less and operate
What Makes the Intel “Broadwell” Processor Special? Intel has just introduced its “Broadwell” processor platform to the world. This may be the most significant technical advancement that Intel has made in a processor since the creation of x86. This is a giant leap in the processor market due to it’s dramatic increase in power and efficiency. Intel is moving into the market previously “owned” by today’s ARM technology, most commonly found
Verify SSD Trim Support – It is Important! You need to understand what TRIM does for your SSD drive, to appreciate why it is so important. You probably know your SSD drive is blazing fast at reading data, but not as fast at writing data. Here is why: When copying data to your new SSD it is copying to a blank space, so it is able to operate at full speed.
Review these typing shortcuts and commit them to memory! Using just a few of the shortcuts built into Windows you can save your self some time and make your time spent in front of your computer more fun! To capture a portion or all of your screen, You may want to use the snipping tool, as described in a prior Hot PC Tip, here, but if you prefer to use native
Optimize Your Traditional Hard Drive but not your SSD Drive ! Every version of windows since XP have included a basic Disk Defragmenter program. On recent versions of windows you will find this in the start menu under Accessories, System Tools. On Windows 8 it may be easier to just search for it using the search tool.On traditional hard drives this improves performance and speed by piecing together parts of