There are many ways to make a slow laptop faster, but few are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). Making the swap will, in most cases, ...

Running a solid state drive on your desktop computer has several advantages over using a traditional hard drive. Your computer boots faster, shuts down much more quickly and programs open faster. In ...

If you thought adding a Bluetooth module to the Acer Aspire One was cool, how about practically squaring the amount of storage available? Tnkgirl is back with part two in her Aspire One hacking series ...

Learn about write amplification, its impact on SSD performance and lifespan, and how to mitigate its effects through proper ...

If you bought your iMac 3-5 years ago, there’s probably nothing so seriously wrong with the hardware that you need to consider replacing the machine. Sure, the new iMac with 5K Retina Display looks a ...

Depending on the model, a Compaq Presario might use a SATA hard drive or an IDE drive. The former is found in most models released after 2003, and the latter in earlier PCs. Replacing an IDE drive is ...

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The teardown of the AIO desktop revealed that the SSD and HDD are replaceable, but the GPU, RAM, and CPU are all soldered to the logic board. The teardown of the AIO desktop revealed that the SSD and ...

The HP Omen 15 is already a powerful gaming laptop, but if you need more oomph here's how to change out the M.2 SSD, RAM, and HDD. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Since I set the macbook up with multiple partitions with a few different OS versions, one thing that I've noticed is that with Yosemite the fans seem to be running nearly 50% of the time. On Snow ...

There are many ways to make a slow laptop faster, but few are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). Making the swap will, in most cases, ...