Have you ever tried to figure out what kind of RAM you need to buy for your PC, or anything else about the specifications of your machine? I can never seem to figure out how to do it, and always turn to computer geek friends for assistance. One of my geeks referred me to this cool program called Belarc Advisor.

From the Belarc website:

The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hotfixes, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server.

Detailed is right. It tells you all the basics, such as how much RAM you have installed (and what type and how many slots your case has available for expansion), your processor speed, etc., along with all the really geeky stuff that you and I don’t understand (but your geek will). What’s really handy is that you can just save the data as an HTML file and email it to your geek so he can advise you. Neat! Plus, it’s freeware, so the price is right.

So I think the program’s pretty useful, but you’d think there would be a standard system utility on your computer that would tell you this stuff.