Category Archives for "Software"

Byte Me Article 435 – Purchase not activated

The Trouble With Store Cards Purchase not activated This week we look at a slightly off beat topic, but one that several customers have had problems with in the last month.  We are going to look at some of the purchases, including gift cards and more often now – software titles that are made from […]

Byte Me Article 433 – Expensive Toys

Craptops Creating ConcernsComputer-Manufacturing Industry Needs Standards This week we were again brought a myriad of devices that needed speeding up.  Out of approximately 10 devices we were able to significantly speed up 5 of them with the fitting of solid-state drives (SSD’s) – but the rest were no go.  So why were they no go?  […]

Byte Me Article 432 – Your Relationship Status

Are You the Master or the Slave? Master or slave, which would you prefer to be?  Before I get myself into too much trouble here, I need to explain that I am talking about the computer / user relationship that we all have with our PC devices.  We get people coming through the door every […]

Byte Me Article 430 – Computer Maintenance

Keep Your IT Heart Healthy Many of my recent articles have focused on computer upgrades or computer replacement, so today we will place a focus on computer maintenance.  It is all well and good to purchase a reliable and robust PC – but here we are talking about the quality of components like motherboard, CPU, […]

Byte Me Article 426 – What we need from you.

Be Ready For Some Questions Today we look at a topic that we battle with everyday at the shop – ‘what we need from you’.  In this case I am referring to the number of questions that we need to ask if we are reinstalling your existing PC or upgrading you to a new one.  […]

Byte Me Article 425 – The Great Cloud Lie

Lies Are Clouding the Issue – The Good, Bad & Ugly of Cloud Based Storage Today we dispel some of the lies, myths and mist associated with cloud computing.  This article will have some appeal to home users but will prove to be vital reading for business owners.  Here we are mostly looking at the […]

Byte Me Article 423 – Reliability and Robustness #3

The Reliable, Robust ChampAfter eliminations, we have the device we want This week we continue to sift through the mass of modern computer offerings with an aim of finding the most reliable and robust devices on the market.  In previous weeks we have eliminated computing devices that were flimsy or poorly designed.  We also eliminated […]

Byte Me Article 422 – Reliability & Robustness #2

In Quest of a Robust Laptop Following on from last weeks’ Byte Me article we continue our quest to track down reliability and robustness in the current crop of IT offerings.  So far, we have eliminated mechanical drives, dedicated video cards, multiple storage drives, gaming PC complexity and have given Apple Macs a good side […]

Byte Me Article 420 – IT help – or not

Let Experts do Data TransferProfessionals Can Make the Job an Easy Switch As often happens with these articles, today I am drawing from another experience we have had with a new customer during the week.  In this case we are going to talk about the replacement of an older laptop that we had never previously […]

Byte Me Article 419 – True cost of Telco profits

Australians Deserve Better How many wrecked lives will it take before our government (ANY Australian government) takes some action?  I’m talking about thousands of innocent individuals Australia wide that everyday are losing varying amounts of money to scammers.  This is becoming an epidemic that is getting worse every month and it principally effects the very […]