Extend The Life Of Your Workstation: Upgrade It

SMB Tech columnist Paul Mah offers some simple suggestions for upgrading and improving the performance of sluggish computers, from adding memory to installing Windows 7.

"Are you frustrated by how sluggish your workstation have become? The obvious solution would be to perform a reformat to clear away redundant software or drivers clogging up your system. But what if the problem revolves around increased workload on your part; you're simply doing much more now than in the past -- and the hardware is struggling to catch up.

Be it a laptop or desktop, below are some practical upgrade suggestions that I hope can help you stretch the life span of your workstation."