text: how can i make my toshiba satellite laptop extremely fast?   probably the best thing that you can do for least amount of money is add memory, especially if you have only 128mb of memory.  i would recommend 256mb or 512mb.  everything else hardwarewise is expensive and not worth the extra money.    if your computer has slowed down noticably, you may have adware or spyware on your system.  so, make sure you have no adware/spyware on your system; the most common free programs are adaware and spybot search & destroy. you can also purchase a program, there is a better version of adaware or you can buy a program by webroot called spysweeper.    if your internet connection seems slow, and if you use firefox, you can increase the speed that it downloads pages by increasing some settings. it's a little more technical, but still fairly easy.  if you're not using firefox, google getfirefox and try it--it's a great browser.