171 Maximum PC 11-1-2012 by Unknown

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Format: epub

FE | Nov 2012

i By Henry Winchester . PUT TO THE TEST DO PC-TUNING UTILITIES REALLY MAKE A _ DIFFERENCE IN YOUR PC'S PERFORMANCE? Buying a system optimizer is the computing equivalent of buying a sound bar for your TV. Just as a TV should come with decent speakers, an installation of Windows should run well right from the word go. OK, that’s a really bad analogy, but the point remains: PC-optimization-utility providers think that Windows simply isn’t good enough. In theory, these utilities scan your whole PC, locating missing registry entries, deleting temporary and unwanted files, and generally giving the whole thing a spruce-up. In practice, they can negatively affect Windows’ performance by running in the background and loading at startup. It’s a very fine line indeed between optimization and diminution. Of course, PC-tuning software becomes somewhat irrelevant if you've just bought an SSD, which accelerates Windows far beyond what’s achievable by merely tidying the registry or buying more RAM. But in some cases an SSD isn’t practical or affordable, and this is where optimization software comes in handy. With this in mind, we’ve tested six of the most popular PC-optimization suites. It was a nightmare of constantly copying a standard Windows installation back-and-forth, and running a series of tests to see what difference each piece of software made. In the end, we got a pretty clear picture of what you can reasonably expect from a PC optimizer and which ones are the best. | nov 2012 | mumumes | 51

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