Another software upgrade! Yup Microsoft have released Windows 7 and they want you to upgrade and buy it. Well if you have a fairly new laptop and don’t have Windows 7 on it then maybe you should think about it.
Why?
Laptops have slow slow hard disc drives, that’s the part of the notebook that holds all the information and software. The hard disc drive or sometimes known as hard drive is like a small record player that you can read and write information to inside your laptop. The operating system is stored on the hard drive. Some hard drives are faster than others and you’ll find that hard drives inside laptops are smaller which means the motor is smaller and they spin slower. This means your laptop hard drive is slower that a desktop hard drive (a desktop being a normal computer).
So what?
Well Windows Vista which is a fairly new version of Microsoft Windows churns away at your hard drive and if you are running a laptop guess what, Vista is constantly churning away at your laptop hard disc drive. I can pretty much 100% guarantee that Microsoft Windows 7 will run much faster and smoother on a laptop compared to Windows Vista and it’s simply because of the hard drive factor.
However
You may have an older version of Windows, like windows XP if so all you may need is a RAM upgrade or a fresh install of the operating system to get things running smoother. Windows 7 may be a possibility but Windows XP is no dead duck with proper anti virus your good to go.
Now anti virus software and RAM (random access memory) are important considerations to take into account when upgrading or purchasing a laptop. You’ll find the more RAM aka memory that your system has the smoother it will run and I’m not talking about hard disc drive memory I’m talking about system RAM. Hard drive memory is plentiful however a new laptop should have at least 2GB and for the more power hungry user 4GB. You can get more memory in a laptop but you’ll pay a pretty price! And probably not worth it as you’ll not notice more than 4GB in most uses.
More than one version of Windows 7
Antivirus software is cheap and sometimes free. However I do recommend paying for something half decent. You pay for what you get but stay away from big name brands like Mcafee or Norton Anti Virus. They are rubbish, virus makers tend to exploit the two big names and they usually run your system slower anyway. Go for something like Kaspersky or NOD32 these are far superior anti virus products that you can now get your hands on cheaply. As I said stay away from the free stuff, I used to use it however after repairing a lot of laptop computers I know for a fact they do not always secure your system.
Back to Windows 7 you can get a well price upgrade version from big name online retailers without having to pay for the full version. You should be looking at less than £100 and if you want we can help upgrade your system to this new operating system.
