This summer we are offering you two promotions to tune-up your computer. The first promotion is a virus removal tune-up bundle. Have us remove your viruses and malware, then tune your system for maximum performance, and you will save $10. The second promotion we are offering is a RAM upgrade and tune-up bundle. Get a 1GB RAM upgrade, and have us tune your computer for maximum performance, and you save $10.

A RAM upgrade is the easiest, cheapest, and most effective upgrade that will boost the performance of your machine. Every program running on your machine uses RAM (also known as memory, but not hard drive memory) to hold all of the necessary information to run. Windows XP uses over 256MB of RAM and Windows 7 needs 1GB to run efficiently, so if your RAM is being used up by the operating system, nothing is left for your programs, which causes tremendous amounts of lag in your machine. Remember when your machine was new? That's how fast it will run with sufficient RAM.

So why doesn't a computer always run as fast as it did when it was new? Windows updates and installed programs all add to the amount of RAM that is used while your computer is running, and eventually uses more than the amount of RAM installed. Two or three years ago when computers were made, the typical amount of RAM installed was only 512MB. RAM used to cost $150-$200 per 1GB, so it made computers cheaper to buy with less, and people assumed that since the computer was fast in the store, it would perform that way for the rest of time. Fortunately the price has dropped by over half since then, and it is affordable to get your computer back to the speed it was when you bought it.

Our tune-up is a non-evasive procedure that will leave your computer running clean and optimally. Every program and update installed makes changes to your registry, several of them are added to your start-up, sometimes add-ons are installed for your internet browser without you knowing, and as files are written to the hard drive, they are broken up and placed where they will fit rather than where they will function the best. We fix all of this, and on top of that, we completely remove any unwanted programs at your request. This whole process improves boot and shut-down speeds, as well as overall performance of your machine.

These coupons expire on September 21, 2010