PCTips Box

I’ve been catching up on unread items on my feed reader and I probably have skipped this item from ComputerWorld (undoubtedly one of my favorite reads for tech stuff).

I am now a Vista user and I’m still contemplating hard on whether I’d upgrade to XP or just . I’m even using Home Basic and running it on a fairly okay machine. However, I just know that given my notebook’s specs, it’d blow my mind away if I run XP on it. A great many of my friends and acquaintances, however, have not made the jump to Vista at all. Likewise, I wouldn’t have made the jump if this lappie never came with it. (more…)

The default Windows XP visuals look pretty but they do nothing for system speed; in fact some of them can slow your PC down quite noticeably. Not all of the fancy fripperies are bad, though, and you can still keep the XP look and feel without sacrificing too much performance. Here’s how, go to Start > Control Panel > System, select the Advanced tab then click the Settings button under Performance. For the best compromise between speed and appearance uncheck everything except: (more…)