For Dummies Windows 7 All-in-One 978-0-470-48763-1 ユーザーズマニュアル
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978-0-470-48763-1
Book VIII
Chapter 1
Finding and
Installing the
Hardware You Need
775
Upgrading the Basic Stuff
Moral of the story: You don’t need to spend a fortune to improve your PC’s
performance. As you work through the nitty-gritty details in this chapter,
keep that simple fact in mind.
performance. As you work through the nitty-gritty details in this chapter,
keep that simple fact in mind.
Figure 1-1:
The
Windows
Experience
Index score
for a super-
discounted
$300 PC.
The
Windows
Experience
Index score
for a super-
discounted
$300 PC.
Upgrading the Basic Stuff
You probably have a printer, but it may not suit your needs — heck,
photo-quality printers are so good and cheap nowadays that I’m frequently
tempted to throw my old printer out the window. Your monitor may have
died — or you might’ve noticed that gorgeous 29-inch flat-panel monitor
winking at you across the aisle at your local Comput-O-Rama. Perhaps that
giant 120GB hard drive you bought two years ago doesn’t look so gigantic
any more — particularly because the kids discovered how easy it is to trans-
fer pictures taken on digital cameras.
photo-quality printers are so good and cheap nowadays that I’m frequently
tempted to throw my old printer out the window. Your monitor may have
died — or you might’ve noticed that gorgeous 29-inch flat-panel monitor
winking at you across the aisle at your local Comput-O-Rama. Perhaps that
giant 120GB hard drive you bought two years ago doesn’t look so gigantic
any more — particularly because the kids discovered how easy it is to trans-
fer pictures taken on digital cameras.
Be of good cheer. For the most part, basic upgrades under Windows 7 are as
slick as can be.
slick as can be.
A few popular upgrades, such as adding a second (or third) hard drive and
choosing a new printer, are beyond the scope of this book. You can find tips
and basics for choosing and installing new hard drives (both internal ones
and external ones) and printers at Dummies.com. Or check out Upgrading
and Fixing PCs For Dummies, 7th Edition, by Andy Rathbone (Wiley) for more
in-depth coverage.
choosing a new printer, are beyond the scope of this book. You can find tips
and basics for choosing and installing new hard drives (both internal ones
and external ones) and printers at Dummies.com. Or check out Upgrading
and Fixing PCs For Dummies, 7th Edition, by Andy Rathbone (Wiley) for more
in-depth coverage.