Category Archives for "Corporate"

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 418 – Micro Revolution

Micro Towers are a Big DealSpace Saved Fuels Rush For Much Bigger Screens Last Saturday I wrote about micro towers and did not anticipate the avalanche of customers that the article would bring through our doors.  Every day this week we have been flat out with customers that want a larger screen than any laptop […]

Byte Me Article 417 – Micro Towers

Micro Towers Make SenseSave Space as CD-ROM Drive is Almost Obsolete If you are a regular reader, you would have seen in last weeks’ article we talked about how the CD or DVD-ROM device is well and truly heading the way of the Dodo.  There are good reasons for this and it is unlikely that […]

Byte Me Article 416 – CD-ROM End of Life ?

DVD-Rom a Likeable RelicFlashy Design Had Public Mesmerised By Storage Welcome to another Byte Me Article.  Most of these articles focus on new products and developments in the industry, however for a different twist today we will look at a slowly dying product.  The venerable DVD-Rom – or often referred to as the CD-ROM. When […]

Byte Me Article 415 – Scammers Jumping on the NBN Wagon

A New Scam is on the RiseLatest Wave Uses NBN Upgrade As Way Into PC During just the last 2 weeks we have received well in excess of a dozen phone calls from scammers trying to fraudulently extract money.  Mostly it has been during business hours and they have been using the current NBN forced […]

Byte Me Article 414 – Windows 7 End of Life Alternatives

Windows to a Better WorldDo You Need to Update Your Operating System? Ready with a cuppa to sit down to another instalment of Byte Me?  Great, let’s delve into the best path to take if you still have a device running Windows 7 or even 8 / 8.1 for that matter.  Before going too far, […]

Byte Me Article 412 – No more HDD’s

Out with HDD, in with SSD Fresh from our mini-series on computer purchase today we get to look at something different and that focus will be on Solid-state Drives (SSD’s) and what they mean to the industry.  Some of you will note that I have already touched on this topic before – but today we […]

Byte Me Article 411 – Getting Help

A-Z In Purchasing A New PCNow You’re Set Up – Look After Your PC’s Health Today we will discuss what to do when things go wrong in the last of our mini-series in the A-Z of computer purchase, as next week we will slay a different type of dragon!  Previous articles should have helped zero […]

Byte Me Article 410 – Essential Software

Bloatware Chokes New PC’sManufacturers Are Guilty of Loading Junk Software Today we are following a trail of articles in an IT mini-series of the A-Z of computer purchase and are now at the stage where we have the PC setup at home and are about to turn it on.  If you have purchased the PC […]

Byte Me Article 409 – Refining the Home Setup

Next in our mini series documenting the A-Z of computer purchase, which is currently focusing on the setup of a new computer once you get it home. As a result, we have some more cable tips and we will start to touch on software setup.

First off, I need to mention the desire for a lack of the unsightly cables that often plaque computer desks. One hot tip here is to purchase a computer screen that has built in speakers. Don’t expect these to run a disco however they will be more than adequate for a documentary and save having extra desktop speakers and extra cables.