There are many ways to make a slow laptop faster, but few are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). Making the swap will, in most cases, ...

We HATE slow technology here at T3 Towers. As a general rule, if the machine you are using cannot keep up with the speed you are using it at, then something is wrong and, honestly, it needs dumping.

I have a Compaq laptop that I use mainly for puttering on when watching TV. I don't do a lot on it other than browsing and some Steam games (Bejewelled Twist, etc). I can't friggen stand how long it ...

I have a 15" 867MHz Titanium. In it's day it was a hot dog, but now it's been relegated to checking and writing e-mail and basic web browsing, like checking the weather forecast, right after I wake up ...

Computers use two main types of storage: hard disk drives and solid-state drives. Both store your files, applications and operating system, but they work differently. These differences significantly ...

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I bought my first MacBook Pro in 2011, and I've never been unhappy with that purchase. But things haven't been all sunshine and daisies for me with this computer all those years in between.

When I bought a new laptop earlier this year, it was after several cautionary notes from fellow ET contributors that I might regret not waiting a few months for Ivy Bridge. I was thrilled with the ...

Flash-based memory is still too expensive to be a data center’s primary storage technology, but solid-state disks may ultimately replace mechanical hard disk drives, says Hitachi Data Systems Corp.