Category Archives for "Purchase advice"

Byte Me Article 96 – What our technicians do in staying updated

– What our technicians do in staying updated 20 October, 2012 Information Technology (IT) – some people hate it, some embrace it and some just try to ignore it!  I think in many respects one of the deciding factors here is if you are a person that likes change.  For those that don’t, certainly the […]

Byte Me Article 95 – Sometimes it’s better to ditch it… not fix it

-Sometimes it’s better to ditch it… not fix it 13 October, 2012 I know that we are supposed to be encouraging ‘green’ living but the pace of technology and the cost of wages often makes this harder.  We had an interesting example this Wednesday when a new customer bought in a fairly standard home laptop.  […]

Byte Me Article 94 – A simple restart is possibly all that is needed to fix a problem

-A simple restart is possibly all that is needed to fix a problem 6 October, 2012 Let’s face it – a lot of people have a lot of trouble with their PC’s.  What do they do?  Unfortunately many go off searching the depths of their PC in amongst the control panel and system settings looking […]

Byte Me Article 91 – Got a need for speed? – Delete junk software

-Got a need for speed? – Delete junk software 15 September, 2012 Would you buy a V8 car but forever drive it around with 4 of the plug leads missing?  This is effectively what happens to the performance of nearly every new ‘off the shelf’ PC or laptop that I see nowadays.  The retail solutions […]

Byte Me Article 88 – Best to replace ‘snail’

1 September, 2012 Does the average Joe really appreciate the pace of technology?  I found myself in Mackay early this week installing a new server.  While there the customer also asked me to take a look at one of their computers that was running slow – which turned out to be the understatement of the […]

Byte Me Article 87 – Keep PC software disks safe

-Keep PC software disks safe 25 August, 2012 IT is already the end of August and soon the big retailers will tempt us with their Christmas wares.  A year goes too quick and after only 3 or 4 of them that ‘new’ PC that you bought ‘recently’ has pretty much lived its day.  Unfortunately at […]

Byte Me Article 85 – When your internet’s far less Usain than you would have it

-When your internet’s far less Usain than you would have it 11 August, 2012 “My Internet is running slow”.  I couldn’t count the number of times we hear this each week.  Unfortunately there are such a range of issues which effect how fast your internet ‘runs’ which are far more complex than for instance ‘Word’ […]

Byte Me Article 80 – Innocents Swindled After Technology Spiel

– Innocents Swindled After Technology Spiel 14 July, 2012 I have just been talking to another good customer and I am furious!  Furious because, like so many before them, they have just been swindled by one of the major Telco’s.  So what has happened?  In this case they innocently walked into a T Shop here […]

Byte Me Article 76 – Make Sure Your Computer is PG

– Make Sure Your Computer is PG 9 June, 2012 Kids and computers, it is a bit like saying fire and petrol, as often putting the two together without the proper restrictions will end in tears.  Kids don’t have the same fear of ‘breaking’ a PC that adults normally have and often their inquisitive nature […]

Byte Me 75 Article – The Business of Computers Doesn’t Need to be Tricky

– The Business of Computers Doesn’t Need to be Tricky 26 May, 2012 We have a sign out the front reading “Business Computers Sold Here”.  In hindsight I probably will get the word ‘Business’ replaced with ‘Quality’ because there is often little difference between a Business PC and a Home PC.  So the topic for […]