Use Only One Anti-Virus Software 16 March, 2013 This week we are going to look at Anti-virus products and the implications of their use – or non-use. Last week we talked about the central processor unit (CPU) and how they have a drastic effect on the speed of a PC (this is the brain of […]
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Low Power Rating Will Slow Down Your PCCPU’s Matter 9 March, 2013 It’s happened again – my pet peeve! I was called to a new customers’ office because of a ‘few’ things going wrong. One of those things was a new PC which was reported to be running slow. I had a look at this […]
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Don’t Invest in Lemon PC Costing a Fortune – Paid Too Much 16 February, 2013 As is often the case, another new customer has provided us with the base for this weeks’ article – you can pay too much! This new customer came in on Thursday with a huge tower PC with all of the […]
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Your PC Needs to Keep Cool – Keeping Up With Technology 12 January, 2013 The New Year is upon us and so too is some much hotter weather! Keep in mind that although it won’t sweat or curse these heat waves your PC tower can really struggle to keep its cool. If you are keeping […]
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Check specs before buying a PC– Power Ratings 15 December, 2012 I was out doing my Christmas shopping on Thursday night and found some interest in checking out the IT offerings from some of the retail outlets. The choice is astounding but if I wasn’t already firmly planted in the IT industry then I would […]
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– Be wary online at Christmas time Christmas 2012 is approaching faster that a jet powered Santa sleigh! Even our shop has got in on the act – with decorations and flashing USB powered Christmas trees, which one of techs loves so much! However amongst this cheer we also see a huge increase in the […]
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Printers, it’s a throwaway society 1 December, 2012 Right now you are reading this article because some ink or coloured toner powder has been sprayed or baked onto a sheet of previously white paper. Prior to what we know as a printer this had to be manually done with a pen or quill or a […]
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‘Bargain’ PC’s end up as an expensive buy 17 November 2012 Well it has been a crazy week and I can’t remember us being this busy before. The pre-Christmas rush is already well under way! Laptops certainly seem to be the flavour of the week and they have been going out the door like hot […]
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It’s simpler listing what we don’t do 9 November, 2012 What do we do? We are constantly getting asked this question as well as getting asked whether we will also look after home computer users. So, yes we do also look after home users however when it comes to IT a more simple answer is […]
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Windows 8 system is pointer to the future 27 October, 2012 If you have read the first few pages of this paper you will have already seen my news article on yesterday’s release of Microsoft’s latest operating system – Windows 8. This is certainly a milestone in the Information Technology world and one that we […]
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