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RAM or random access memory, is temporary storage. It’s the storage needed to launch applications, files, and other computer programs. Think of it as a capacitor that stores power before a battery starts dishing it out where needed. The battery, in this case, is your PC’s internal memory, whether HDD or SSD. This quick-throttle approach allows you to launch files, folders, and applications without waiting for your internal memory to sift through thousands, or millions, of other files....

The experimental settings below will force Chrome to recognize your taps better and add features like new copying and pasting buttons for the URL bar. Choose which settings you want to enable from the list below or try all of them. Type chrome://flags in the address bar and click Enter. Press Ctrl+F to open the search box. Search for the settings below and change them: Enable touch events: Change from Automatic to Enabled....

Either way you want to go, you can certainly make File Explorer more useful by pinning a few folders for quick access later. From the taskbar, type File Explorer in the search box. You can also search from inside the Start menu if you’ve previously disabled Cortana’s Desktop search field. Click on File Explorer to open a window. Click This PC in the left navigation pane to locate your drives....

Unfortunately, the recall function usually only works if it’s going to another Outlook user. Here’s how to recall a mistakenly-sent email. 1. Navigate to the Sent folder to bring up your recently sent items. 2. Double-click the message you intend to recall. 3. Click “Actions” and select “Recall this message” from the drop-down. 4. Decide whether to delete the message outright, or replace it with a corrected version. 5. Check the box to receive confirmation if it worked, and press OK....

Next time, however, you might want to save a redundant copy to the cloud, just in case. Open a blank Microsoft PowerPoint document and click the File tab. Click the Options link at the bottom. Choose the Save option from the left. 4.Once you find the section with a path showing where your autosaved documents go, select and copy it. In my case, it’s here: C:\Users\Bryan\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\PowerPoint\ Open File Explorer and paste in the copied file path....

Open the Last Closed Tab in Safari on the Mac Safari lets you undo your action of closing a tab–as long as you act promptly. If you close a tab by mistake and then open a new tab, you won’t be able to restore the closed tab with the shortcut below, because the undo feature only works on your last action. In OS X, after closing a tab, press Command+Z, the standard Mac keyboard shortcut for Undo....

Open Edge. Click the star icon near the top right of the browser window. Select the books tab in the pop-out window. Choose any book you’d like to search and click to open it. Click the screen anywhere within the browser window to bring up the menu. Click the magnifying glass icon in the menu. Enter the the term you’d like to search for, and press enter to search. Windows 10 Basics Previous TipNext Tip...

Run all Windows updates Your computer is probably going to download a series of Windows 10 updates all on its own, so why not get it over with by forcing them to install manually? 1. Type “updates” in the search box. 2. Click “Check for updates.” Windows will start searching for and downloading updates, but you don’t have to wait for this process to complete before moving on to your next task....

The omissions of specific keys, however, doesn’t mean you can’t get the same result. One commonly used key that is missing is Caps Lock, but you can still easily turn that on and off. Here’s how. Hit Alt + search (the magnifying glass or Assistant icon), the latter of which is in the place you’d look for a Caps Lock key. You’ll see an arrow appear on the bottom right notifications bar and a pop-up will alert you that Caps Lock is on....

You’ll need to open up your ThinkPad 13 to add RAM, so be sure to back up your data before you start. You’ll also want to find some small Phillips head screwdrivers. Be sure that you purchase DDR4 RAM that is compatible with the notebook. Here’s how to upgrade the RAM in your ThinkPad 13. Turn off and close your ThinkPad 13. 2. Flip over the computer and remove the three screwcaps along the bottom....

The company just launched its latest line of ZBook workstations, including the VR-capable ZBook 17 G4 that my powered my immersive experience. Available now, starting at $1,519 (with VR-ready configs starting at $3,438), this ZBook is a 17-inch tank of a workstation that can be customized to support VR content running at 90 frames per second. MORE: The Best Laptops for Business and Productivity While virtually teleporting around this bank render, which ran in the Enscape 3D program, I thought about VR as a tool for the modern executive....

The HP Elite Folio is slated to launch sometime in February, but we don’t have pricing just yet. As far as the refreshes go, the HP EliteBook x360 1030 G8 and the HP EliteBook x360 1040 G8 are expected to launch in January, while the HP Elite x2 G8 is anticipated for April. Unfortunately, there isn’t pricing available on those products either. These are the best laptops aroundCheck out the best business laptops...

Design One of the best things about the Elite x2 is that it looks classy and professional, but without being boring. The polished-chrome HP logo provides a nice accent for the Elite X2’s brushed-aluminum body, and the detachable’s chamfered metal sides make it feel more durable than its more rounded consumer sibling, the Spectre x2. And with mil-spec 810G testing for resistance against things such as extreme temperatures, dust and sand, humidity and more, the Elite x2 has the cred to back up its solid body....

HP Envy 13 and 17 One of the biggest changes coming to HP Envy 13 is the addition of Sure View privacy, an optional feature that HP debuted in its business-level EliteBook line. With a click of a dedicated button, the displays become harder to view unless you’re looking directly at the screen. Sure View is meant to stop peeping eyes at coffee shops and other public locations, but you could also use it to stop nosy coworkers from reading over your shoulder, or your mom from seeing what you wanted to buy her for Mother’s Day....

But while HP is on the road to perfection, there are still some things that need work, like the mushy keyboard and lackluster speakers. Still, the HP Omen is an excellent mid-tier gaming laptop and the latest entrant to our best gaming laptop and best 15-inch laptops page. HP Omen 15 pricing and configurations The Omen 15 starts at $849 and has a 3-GHz AMD Ryzen 5 4600H processor with 8GB of RAM, a 256GB PCIe SSD, integrated AMD Radeon Graphics, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti GPU with 4GB of RAM and a 1920 x 1080-pixel, 144Hz display....

Design The HP ProBook 430 G5 features a silver polycarbonate shell that will blend in with the crowd, but its interior is filled with questionable decisions. For example, the silver chassis frames a black aluminum keyboard deck, and I felt the gap where those two pieces met as I typed on the keyboard. While business notebooks are typically made to either attract envy or avoid drawing any attention, the thick, clunky, raised bezels of the ProBook 430 G5 make me want to yell, “What are those?...

Design The 14-inch HP ProBook 440 G3’s chassis features a solid, durable feel and a soft, textured lid that comes in “gravity black.” Its aluminum-reinforced keyboard deck bears a brushed-metal pattern, and felt cool and comfortable against my wrists. At 3.4 pounds and 0.8 inches, the ProBook 440 G3 is lighter than the Lenovo ThinkPad T460 (3.8 pounds with 3-cell battery and 4.2 pounds with 6-cell battery, 0.8 inches), lighter and thinner than the Dell Latitude 14 3470 (4....

HP cut the EliteBook x360 1040’s 14-inch footprint by a whole 10 percent. On top of that, the side bezels are 41 percent smaller and the bottom bezel is 31 percent thinner than G4, measuring in at 3 pounds and 12.7 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches. From its petite body to its sleek silver finish, the EliteBook x360 1040 just screams premium, and the fact that the bezels are so thin on the display makes it perfect a 2-in-1 laptop....

The best VR-ready laptops in 2021Find out the best gaming deals in March 2021My first VR horror experience made me puke — here’s what I played HTC Vive Facial Tracker and Body Tracker: What we know The HTC Vive Facial Tracker will be officially released in the U.S. on March 24, priced at $129.99. It will translate a user’s entire face, including facial expressions and mouth movement. It will also track up to 38 facial movements using blend shapes across the lips, jaw, teeth, tongue, cheeks, and chin....

In a Weibo post, Yu claimed the phones will mark a “new era of mobile imaging,” alluding to the quad-camera system on the back with Leica optics — all contained in that rather striking camera bump. And while this launch date is China-only for now, Huawei has also confirmed a launch event on Twitter for the same day, so we’ll find out a lot more about these phones before a global release....