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Very slow old notebook laptop- wiping and reinstalling does not help - suggestions? [closed]

So I have an old very small Sharp notebook laptop which is unusably slow. I thought wiping everything and reinstalling windows xp which was originally on it would help but it did not. Only DOS runs ...
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Best way to speed up my old Macbook Pro?

I'm looking for quite a technical answer here, despite the amateur sounding question. I've got a 2006 era 17" Macbook Pro (primarily running Windows) which is limited in a number of key ways. For ...
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Laptop running VERY slow [closed]

My dell laptop is running very slow. It should not run like this, though it's old. I had Windows XP on it and it was slow. So I installed Windows 7 and it is still slow. I ran HDTune and CHKDSK and ...
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How does Intel Turbo Memory work?

I am thinking about spending the money on the 8GB Intel Turbo Memory for my Thinkpad. The only thing is I am not really sure what the turbo memory does. Is it for speeding up the boot or does it speed ...
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Laptop “Speed” Modes

So I have this SamSung Laptop that I've had for awhile and have never messed with the Fn F1-F9 buttons. So I was going through to see what each one of them did and ran across what I'm Assuming is ...
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WLAN very slow at campus (many other laptops connected to same wifi), how to improve speed?

I have an Acer 1810TZ (Win 7 Pro 64bit) with a Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN. When I'm connected to access points, where only 2 or 3 other devices are connected at the same time, the speed of my wlan is ...
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Will an SSD help my machine's “snappiness”?

I have an IBM X31 (1.4Ghz, 1GB RAM, 320GB 5,400RPM HDD) running Windows 7. Would putting an SSD in it affect the "snappiness" of the machine? I'm not looking for raw power; I just want programs to ...
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roughly how much faster is a MacBook pro 13“ (the basic) compared to the basic 13” MacBook air [closed]

Im looking at buying a MacBook over the summer and have been looking at two different models, the Air and Pro models above, does anyone know roughly how much faster (or slower) the Pro will be ...
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Ram upgrade questions for a laptop

I recently bought a Sony VAIO VGN-SZ2VP/X (a 2006 model) laptop, according to the specifications, the motherboard supports RAM of 533MHz. I had two questions: Is it better to upgrade this with a ...
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disc access really slow

It has been over a year me using my machine (a laptop), and these days disk access has become really slow. I am using Windows Vista Home Premium. The disc fragmentation (checked using Defraggler) is ...
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Why does starting up while cold make a laptop run slowly until I restart it after it's warmed up?

I have a Dell Latitude D520 that lives in my car all the time. Please don't ask about that part, or suggest that the laptop should live indoors. I know this, and I would if I could. Anyhow... I ...