Computer Hardware Upgrades, to do or not to do?
If you have a fairly new computer, less than two years old, there's probably no real need to. On the other hand, if your system is a little older than that.....?Today's systems seem to go beyond their useful life too quickly. But it doesn't have to be that way. Most are a collection of parts which can be replaced with a new part for better, faster performance. The only real limitation is your budget. Granted, there isn't much that can be done to a laptop besides upgrading the hard drive or memory, but both of these can make it work better and faster for a while longer. Desktops can be completely rebuilt. So anything is possible. Your budget and what you intend to do with the “new” system determine the extent of customization. The proper system care is necessary to keep the most delicate items from failing.
Performance or Usefulness?PC's are improving quickly in power and capability. Performance increases with every new processor which is introduced. To take advantage of this, the other components of your system also increase in performance, at least every three to six months. The manufacturers are competing for the attention of consumers as well as system builders, large and small.Occasionally they exaggerate some of capabilities of the components they sell in order to get more people to buy their product. Then when the product doesn't perform as expected, disappointment about the money spent and the lack of "expected" performance ruins your experience. The size of storage devices available to modern computers is both increasing and decreasing. Just a few years ago, no one thought that there would be a key-size device holding forty times as much data as a “generous” hard drive at the time. At that time, in 1994, a large hard drive was 512 megabytes. Now a hard drive of 500 gigabytes or more is common, with some even reaching the 1 Tera-byte level now. How far will it go? Only the limitations of storage media will determine that. If you would like my help with your computer hardware upgrade or service needs, click here.
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