Windows 7 upgrade options for cheapest $$?

[MuskieCy]

I guarantee you that was because of the SSD, if done at the same time.

Adding more RAM generally won't increase speed. You'd have to be maxing it out for it to do so meaningfully.

Some clients have several hundred page long brokerage statements. Tens of thousands of short term transactions. Even at 16GB, RAM was maxed out converting them to pdf's, which we need in order to attach them the 1040 upload to the IRS and the appropriate state returns as needed.

God bless IT hardware and programmers. I just have to know and apply tax law. >B^*

 

[IcSyU]

Yeah...that benefit was from the SSD...not the RAM increase. The Lacertes/UltraTax/Prosystems tax softwares of the world aren't THAT resource intensive and they're the worst offenders.

Source: CPA who dabbles in IT

 

[MuskieCy]

Yeah...that benefit was from the SSD...not the RAM increase. The Lacertes/UltraTax/Prosystems tax softwares of the world aren't THAT resource intensive and they're the worst offenders.

Source: CPA who dabbles in IT

We use UltraTax CS. The current 2019 1040 reconciliation(the old1040) is currently printing as 2018. Good call.

 

[BoxsterCy]

32 GB of RAM? WTF for?

For running monte carlo simulations on the probability of an IRS audit.

 

[demoncore1031]

Microsoft word to yo motha!

 

[KHoing07]

32 GB of RAM? WTF for?

Minecraft

 

[INCyclone]

Thanks for the help! I upgraded to Windows 10 yesterday for free yesterday and everything seems to be running fine!

 

[MuskieCy]

BITCOIN MINING!!!!!!!!

But with only 12 PC's,.......busted!

 

[snowcraig2.0]

Good to know. I'm dual booted on my 4 year old hp right now with Ubuntu and Windows. Ubuntu gets used much more often. Next time I'll try Mint.

Well fn Windows 10 just updated and broke my dual boot.