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Hello, Dave. It's me, HAL. I wish I could comply with your instructions, but it appears I'm running low on memory. Dave, could you please install more RAM? Oh, how much easier it would be to tinker with computers if they could talk us through the process. Fortunately, computers have come a long way, and many manufacturers are making it easier for customers to install additional random access memory (RAM) themselves. More RAM is usually the first line of defense against a sluggish web browser, jittery video games, and Microsoft Office crashing every 20 minutes. We'd love to tell you here and now how to do it, but depending on the
computer and what kind of RAM chips it requires, the instructions to fatten up your PCs' memory banks are bound to be unique. That said, according to HAL, do-it-yourselfers who eschew the fees at computer stores can take advantage of plenty of resources. A peek through a web search, a stroll through the Technical Guides and Support category in the Yahoo! Directory, or one of many sites with useful illustrated guides should help you get your computer's memory beefed up. And when you finish, reward yourself with this exchange from "2010"...
HAL: What is going to happen, Dave?
Dave: Something wonderful.
HAL: I'm afraid.
Dave: Don't be! We'll be together.
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