Some Laptops Are Simply Just Duds Two weeks ago I wrote about my experience with a new customers’ laptop which was running so slow that it was near unusable. It had been purchased for $600 from a large chain store but only had 2GB of ram and lots of junk software. We upgraded it to […]
Continue readingSeparation Anxiety with Your IT Gear Separation anxiety propagates in many fields and all too often we see it in IT as well. It comes about for two main reasons – familiarity with the existing situation and resistance to change. Too often we see someone putting up a situation that is well past its use […]
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Buyer Beware; Check the RAM This week I am going to have a little rant and as is often the case the article source has come from one of our customers’ at the shop from this week. In this case it was a new customer who had purchased a new $597 laptop from one of […]
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Getting the Right Backup Solution Continuing from last weeks’ topic on backup devices, today we explore the best ways to make a backup system work. Many backup drives come with their own software which can be not only convoluted to setup but also time consuming to maintain. Backup software is produced by many companies to […]
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The Best Way to Back Up Your Data This article addresses questions raised by one of our readers – Barry in Yeppoon and will focus on backup drives and software. Besides storing important data internally in a computer, there have been any number of external storage devices developed over the years. The first common ones […]
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Laptop Brands and their Models Following on from last weeks’ article about laptops, today we will look at brand names and models as well as the resulting build quality and reliability. Regardless of screen size, power and capacity our industry roughly divides laptops into two main groups – that of consumer laptops and commercial laptops […]
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Opt for a Good Laptop, Not a Lemon This week has seen a huge number of laptop sales completed and it brings up some interesting points for the basis of this article. With so much choice around and manufacturers turning out new models on a near monthly basis what separates a good laptop from a […]
Continue readingSmart Phones More User-friendly Following on from last week’s article about smart phones I have now been using Samsung’s latest offering, the Galaxy S7 for a week. I transitioned to this new phone from a Samsung Note 3 which I have used for the last two years. I can report without hesitation that just two […]
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Smart Phones Changed Our Lives Today’s article will look at a device that has become so popular and so sort after that most people believe they can’t ever live without one – the smart phone. How technology can drive trends is nothing short of viral and the evidence is everywhere you walk, especially if you […]
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Internet Connection Explained Continuing on from last week we are still looking at ‘wireless’ connections and start with what to do if your Wireless Internet connection is running slow. Here we are referring to Internet connections that are given names like 3G, 4G, 4GX, Next G, Wireless Broadband, Wireless Hotspot and even tethering. Last week […]
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