by Nicholos Gene Poma B.S.

Created on: September 01, 2008

Memory is one of the most important resources that your computer can have. Even if you have the fastest processor on the market, it will not do you much good if you do not have enough memory to run your system. I learned this from experience when I purchased a Pentium 2.0 GHZ CPU and found that my system performance was not any better than when I had my 1.0 GHZ processor. The problem I had found was that the 512 GHZ of system memory I had was just not enough for me to enjoy the benefits of the faster processor.

It was a hard lesson, but after upgrading my memory up to 1.0 GHZ my system took off like a rocket and I was soon enjoying the speedy experience of a computer that not more than five years ago I could only dream of. These are the types of trial and error experiences we go through with PC computers. Sometimes we only consider one particular part of our computer, but we do not always consider that whenever we change one piece of hardware, or even software, it will affect our entire computer system and we must consider whether or not these affects will be beneficial or detrimental.

The same is true when deciding on upgrading your Operating System. The Operating System on your computer is the middle man between you and your PCs hardware, so it is important that you be able to speak the same language and communicate in a fast and efficient manner with the core components of your PC. Now, I have seen enough upgrades through the years to know that every time an OS upgrade is performed, there is degradation in the speed of a computer. I first learned of this when upgrading from Windows for Workgroups 3.11 to Windows 95 and it is even truer today when it comes to Windows Vista.

Ultimately whenever you upgrade your Operating System, you will almost always have to upgrade your hardware as well. In my case, upgrading from Windows 3.11 to Windows 95 it was a mere matter of increasing the amount of RAM (Random Access Memory) in my system. At the time memory was not very cheap so it was a bit of a financial investment on my part. Nevertheless, I really wanted that Windows 95 Operating System and I gladly shelled out the cash for that 16 MB of ram, yes I said 16 MB, as in megabytes. However, my system was soon flying like a 747 after having been on a prop driven plane for the last three years.

Recently and when I say recently, I mean within the last week I have upgraded my laptop from Windows XP to Windows Vista. Now, my laptop is not the greatest thing, however, it

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