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How to upgrade your laptop

If you've ever wondered if you can get extra life out of your laptop by upgrading your hardware, there are some options open to you.

Ask Us: What does a card's class rating mean?

There are a lot of numbers bandied about on your memory card, but what do class 2, 4 or 6 mean and which is better?

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Reviews

  • Corsair Flash Voyager 64GB

    With more than enough space, some will be using Corsair's 64GB as a replacement for an external hard drive. Transferring this much data though will leave you wishing for more speed.

  • Corsair Flash Voyager (16GB)

    Corsair's ruggedised stick just got bigger.

  • Xbox 360 Hard Drive (120 GB)

    It's a 120GB hard drive, it comes with software and a cable to sync data between two drives, and it stores multimedia content. Its cost however is slightly prohibitive, making it a little hard to swallow even for hardcore gamers.

  • Need for Speed Carbon

    Even though the wingman mechanics and canyon races don't quite pan out, it's still a stylish and enjoyable street racer.

  • Need For Speed Most Wanted

    Most Wanted is great fun on the Xbox 360, from its hysterical cutscenes to its extremely tense police chases.

  • Xbox 360 Memory Unit (64MB)

    This Xbox 360 Memory Unit (64MB) allows you to save your game scores and gamer profiles.

  • Sony Ericsson W900i

    Only days after announcing its P990i smart phone, Sony Ericsson has unveiled a 3G Walkman handset that music lovers might be putting at the top of their wish lists this Christmas.

  • SanDisk Cruzer Profile (512MB)

    SanDisk's fingerprint-reading Cruzer Profile memory key can make data safe and secure, but it's big, heavy, and awkward to use.

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Features

  • Blu-ray player loading times compared!

    Now that Blu-ray players are essentially cut-down computers it can seemingly take forever to load discs. We rate players on how quick they are.

  • Memory cards: All your questions answered

    With all the different types and variations available, it's easy to get confused about memory cards. But as they now fit into everything from digital cameras to printers, phones and televisions, it's important to know your way around the memory card maze.

  • Tech toys for speed junkies

    Not everyone can go touring in a Bugatti or racing in a Ferrari. But that's half the allure — you want it but you can't have it. Well, that's not entirely true.

  • Desktop shopping checklist

    Home PCs still have their place in the sun, thanks to falling prices and ease of upgradeability.

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DIYs and How-to

  • Memory cards: Make your phone more like an iPhone

    Our need for storage is increasing, particularly because we want all of our music, videos and photos to travel with us on our phones, but manufacturers typically cut costs by skimping on internal memory. Luckily, the saving grace is expandable memory cards.

  • 100 tips to speed up your software

    Do more faster with these amazingly useful shortcuts.

  • Notebook shopping checklist

    Processors, memory, hard drives, screens, graphics cards, optical drives, connectivity. What should you be looking out for?

  • How to get the most from your RAM

    One of the cheapest ways to speed up your PC is to optimise the memory. So make the most of your PC's RAM, whether or not you add new modules.

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The Explain Series

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