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If you don't have too much RAM installed on your system it can be a good idea to increase the size of your virtual memory. Even if your computer has plenty of RAM available, you might still want to configure the size of the swap/paging file or it's location. As you will see, configuring the virtual memory in Windows Vista is easy. Just follow these steps: • First, go to your Desktop and right click on Computer. From the right click menu select “Properties”. • In the System window, simply click on “Advanced system settings”. • The System Properties window will open directly at the “Advanced” tab. Go to the Performance section and click on the “Settings” button • In the Performance Options window you will see the current size of the swap/paging file. To configure it click on “Change”. • By default, Windows Vista manages the paging file size for all your drives. To change this, first you need to deselect the checkbox from the top. • You can customize the paging file size for eac...

The FireWire port is an Apple® original creation and is denoted by the Standard IEEE-1394 which preceded the USB port. Both ports (standards) were designed with the same goals. FIRE WARE SYMBOL Its original intention was for usage with devices requiring large data transfer/movement. Some of these devices were DVD players, digital audio equipment, etc. Even though IEEE-1394 is faster than USB, they share certain similarities and also differ in certain ways. Let's itemize some of these similarites and differences: Both USB and IEEE-1394 use Serial Bus Standards and twisted-pair cabling to transfer data. USB has a transfer rate of approximately 12Mb/s compared to IEEE-1394 at up to 400Mb/s. Its technology makes it better suited for use in high-end applications such as digital video where it is important to move data extremely fast. 127 dev...