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How to Run Your Computer More Like a Super Computer

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 03:05 AM PDT

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We would all love to have a computer that ran at optimal speeds at all the time and had the ability to solve problems for us. How wonderful it would be to benefit from high performance computing. There would be no need for massive updates, for waiting, and for wondering how to troubleshoot something. Our computers would always be a benefit, not something that we frequent fight with when it decides not to do what we want it to do.

However, you don’t have to be a giant firm to benefit from high performance computing. There are a few quick tech tips that you can use to keep your computer running like a super computer including:

Downloading Linux

When most consider the operating systems needed for their computers to run, they think of Microsoft or Apple operating systems. While Apple is by far the safer bet, in regards to viruses and needed updates, very few consider Linux. Linux is the operating system that all the top 10 super computers listed in the Top500 run off of. It is a powerful operating system that is backed by a community of consumer techies and computer gurus to provide the most elite and easy to use operating system on the market. Linux is also incredibly safe as it rarely falls victim to viruses and isn’t bogged down by frequent software updates.

Keeping it Clean

If you want your computer to continue to run at top speeds, don’t load down your memory with unnecessary documents and files or your processor with multiple documents opened all the time. Try using cloud services to store all of your files so that you can keep your memory free, and check with your system to make sure that your computer doesn’t automatically open 50 programs every time you start it up. Both of these things can dramatically slow down your computer preventing you from getting full use of it at all times.

Defragment It Occasionally

When you download and delete programs, it will cause gaps in your computer’s memory. Instead of using these "gaps in memory," your computer will continue to use new memory. To actually get the full use out of your memory, you need to defragment it on a regular basis. Defragmenting will compact all the files that you have downloaded, and will free up memory that was once being used but no longer is.

Computers are a vital part of every day life. Whether we use them to keep in contact with old friends or need them to complete basic business operations, they are and will continue to remain deeply embedded in our lives. Instead of paying for frequent updates or trips to the local computer tech store, use the above tips to keep your computer clean and running at high computing speeds – well, at least speeds higher than the average consumer can obtain.