Monday 30 April 2012

Slow Computer Fixing Problems


Most people who work on a computer do so at their office, on a computer that is provided for them by their work, many people also have a computer that they use at their own house - and unlike their work computer, they cannot simply get this one fixed for free or replaced completely when something goes wrong with it; because of this, it is extremely important that you understand what you can do to keep your personal computer from slowing down, and that you understand what you can do to fix a computer that has started to become more slow, as there are few things more annoying than a personal computer that cannot keep up with the things you want to use it for.

Simple age is one of the main things that can cause a computer to slow down, as computers are more and more prone to slowing down the longer they are around; furthermore, a lot of people think that their computer has slowed down, when all that has really happened is that they have been using much newer computers (perhaps at work, or at school) that are built to be a lot faster than the older model they own, and because of this, it can seem like their personal computer is a lot slower than it used to be!

If a computer starts to run out of memory, this will also tend to cause it to slow down, and if you are storing a lot of music and/or photos on your computer, this can really happen quickly; you may not realize at first that your computer has been slowed down - especially if you rarely use your computer for much more than typing Word documents and surfing the Internet - but as soon as you try to use your computer for anything that requires it to work harder, you will realize just how much slower your computer has become.

And of course, every once in a while a virus will come in and seriously destroy the speed of your computer - and what's more, these viruses sometimes arrive from the unlikeliest of places, where you maybe click on a link in an email from someone you know, and this link somehow puts a virus on your computer; this is usually the most obvious form of a "slowed down" computer, as your computer will slow down for even simple tasks, and can of course cause some serious frustration as a result.

Some people who suddenly find their computer to be much slower either automatically go out and purchase a new one, or - more often, for those people who do not have the expendable money to simply go out and buy a new computer whenever they want - they simply deal with the frustration of having a computer that is extremely slow, but what you may not have realized is that there are actually a number of things you can do to speed up your computer, even after it has slowed down significantly.

Monday 16 April 2012

Which Do You Prefer MP3 or WAV?

We know WAV and MP3 are audio file formats that we frequently come across when we have to deal with multimedia files, however, they are completely different once their main features are compared.

WAV is generally used for burning files from or to CD, as all the attributes of the original file and its quality remain the same. Nevertheless, there is such a disadvantage of CD quality files is that they are fairly large in size, for example, a minute of music equals to a dozen megabytes on your local disc. It may very well prevent you from transmitting WAV files to other devices or sharing them online due to them being so much overweight.

But MP3 file format is the open standard for music production which makes it possible to get loads of tracks from the Internet in one go, so whenever you are about to download a file from any resource for music, it will be with the extension MP3.

Such files are compressed ones, which means the data is encoded with the purpose of reducing the size with minimal loss of quality. The level of quality depends on the bitrate the sound is encoded at, 120 and 160 kilobits per second is the best alternative that lets you compromise between quality and size. What also contributes to the high level of quality being preserved is elimination of inaudible frequencies. That is why MP3 files can be easily transferred to a number of devices, sent simultaneously to several users at a time and instantly spread all over the Internet.

MP3 format is also preferable for sound edit - such handy applications as audio editors and ringtone makers support it as the default format. Once you save your favorite songs as MP3, you can considerably expand and effectively organize your audio library while saving much space. Even if almost all your tracks appear to be CD rips, you can still get them as MP3 files for compatibility and convenience once you convert them. Software designers have made notice of the ever growing popularity of MP3 format, so it is not much of a difficulty to find an audio converter that is all intuitive in use and absolutely free for you to get.


This way, both file formats have a list of benefits and disadvantages and while professionals may very well need their sound files in WAV, MP3 is perfect for a regular user of an average level. Anyhow, you are now aware of the possibility of converting WAV to MP3 and may follow the advice whenever necessary or just give it to your friends who may need it.