I have a seven year old HP laptop which isn't too fast these days. Apart from upping the RAM to 2GB from 1GB what are some of the best tweaks to enhance performance? I've already removed the clutter and uwanted programs. What else?
Treat yourself to a solid-state HDD and a clean re-install of Windows.
I assume you are using XP - Vista or Win7 would certainly cause most 2003 laptops to run slowly!
Remove all the crap from Adobe, Sun (java), Apple (quicktime) etc. from startup.
Ensure that you have installed the latest firmware and drivers, particularly for chipset and graphics chip.
There may be some power management features you can tune for performance rather than battery life - and check they are set correctly for mains power.
You might even be able to upgrade the CPU, if you are brave.
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