Out on a Monday Date going to the computer store. That's actually how the geeks spend the night out, if you're wondering.

We recently got matching laptops (SURPRISE! You probably don't know that yet). The Acer B115 TravelMate sounded like the best ultraportable notebook PC we could get in its size. (BEE-BOOP! GEEK ALERT!) Everything else came in 2-core CPUs, and we were lucky to find these Acers that were at least quad-core. Another thing I liked was that I could still upgrade the RAM. Flexibility is always good. This is very rare among small notebooks.


Here's the catch: It came with Windows 8.1. Newer isn't always better. #WindowsUsersWouldKnow
It hogs the RAM like crazy! Launching a few tabs on Google Chrome alone can put the PC in an unusable LAGGY state. It kills me. Both my PC at work and at PC(laptop) are up to par and this baby just could NOT keep up.

We decided to head on over to Silicon Valley were we got these PCs and had a 4GB memory installed. Boo-freakin-yea. Luckily, they have an in-house computer service centre partner, CompuServe, so installing upgrades is part of our warranty.

If you are still one of the few who uses netbooks/ultraportable notebooks who experiences lag and slow downs, you can bring them over to Silicon Valley in Glorietta (4th Flr, New Glorietta) and have them look if they can upgrade it. Just ask the kuyas over there, "Can you upgrade the RAM on this?" and they will help you through.

It usually comes in 2, 4 and 8GB(?) variants. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me through the comments below or through email.

All the best!

Trixie x