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How can I upgrade my laptop?

Digital Living To add more RAM to your laptop, you'll first need to identify what type of memory your laptop can accept. Microsoft says Windows XP can run with only 128MB of memory, but we think you need at least 512MB of RAM and ideally 1GB (we'll get to how to...

2 June 2006, 16:55

Can I buy a cheap video-editing PC?

Digital Living You'll also need to get as much RAM (Random Access Memory) as you can afford -- at least 1GB is recommended. When video encoding, the computer puts chunks of data into RAM where it can be manipulated with greater speed.

10 August 2006, 11:55

Apple Newton vs Samsung Q1 UMPC

Digital Living The Newton packs a 162MHz StrongARM 110 processor, 8MB of Mask ROM and 5MB of RAM (1MB of DRAM, 4MB of Flash RAM). We've all dreamed of owning a portable device that can organise, entertain and enrich our lives.

Tags: battery life, microsoft office, pen, tap

27 July 2006, 17:39

Does ReadyBoost really work?

Digital Living The first lets you use an 'ordinary' USB memory key as additional RAM memory. I've heard that Windows Vista's ReadyBoost and SuperFetch features can speed up my PC. Is this true, and if so how much improvement can I expect?

7 March 2007, 16:51

Is my PC ready for Windows Vista?

Digital Living A modern processor (at least 800MHz)• 512MB of system memory (RAM)• A graphics card that is DirectX 9 compatible Hi, I intend switch to Windows Vista when it's released in early 2007, but how can I be sure my PC is fast enough to run it?

20 July 2006, 15:21