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February 9, 2012
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Anna G., a self-described "Digital Grandparent," recently wrote us to complain about her IBM desktop computer. According to Anna, her computer runs as slow as she does and it's in drastic need of a jump start. Along with adding some
RAM
memory to her IBM, cleaning out the "digital gunk" in her computer should help a lot. Here are
5 tips from Microsoft on how to do that
which should help bring her PC up to speed.
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Dual-core Processor
A dual-core processor combines two independent Central Processing Units (CPUs) to better perform multiple computing tasks at the same time.
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A digital storage device, also known as a hard drive or a hard disk, that uses a rapidly spinning platter with a magnetic surface to store data.
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Short for "Dynamic Random Access Memory," DRAM is a common form of RAM which can hold data for only a short time. The "Dynamic" means DRAMs need to be constantly refreshed electronically by the computer to keep the stored data.
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RAM (Random Access Memory) is used by a computer to juggle multiple programs. The more RAM a computer has, the “faster” it will run when it’s multi-tasking between, for example, word processing, watching videos on YouTube, and editing images in Photoshop.
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