I have a slightly older laptop (Dell Inspiron 1720) into which I am about to install an SSD. I'm wondering now what other options I have to improve the performance of this computer (since I can't buy a new one for quite some time yet).
I have already maxed out the RAM at 4GB (DDR2) and upgraded the
discrete graphics to the highest processor available for my model.I tried a permanent ReadyBoost USB drive, but saw no performance
changes (plus several sites say that it's no benefit if you
have more than 1GB of RAM).I usually keep my windows installs pretty light and don't install a
lot of programs, so that's already been accounted for.
Anything else that could help?
Finally, I'm currently running Windows 7 64-bit (to take full advantage of the 4GB of RAM), but I'm wondering if the older hardware actually takes a performance hit running 64-bit. I don't have any programs that require 64-bit, and I have 32-bit available. Should I reinstall with 32-bit?
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