Adding memory (RAM) to your computer can make a world of difference, with results that you’ll see right away.

On laptops without soldered RAM, upgrading the memory is as simple as swapping out the RAM stick in its slot, an upgrade that can boost your laptop's speed.

Running out of memory can cause performance issues. Here's how to see how much memory is in your PC, and how fast it is.

You can check the memory on a Mac computer in its Activity Monitor by reading a memory pressure graph. Here's how to do it.

I'm finding my W520 do be pretty adequate for some Photoshop and Lightroom tasks, but at times it will start to chug. When I bought it I added a 4 gig stick to the 4 it came with. There's an open ...