Category Archives for "Emails"

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 429 – Dell Desktop Package

Refurbished Means Value In previous articles we have been busting IT myths, talking about the complexity of computers and looking for the most reliable PC devices on the planet.  This has prompted several emails from readers asking a similar question – “what is the best value computer bundle that we can suggest”? Sounds like a […]

Byte Me Article 428 – IT Myths Updated #2

Busting Some More Myths To complete last weeks’ Byte Me article on IT Myths, please read on to see more myths that need to be busted!   A new PC will always be quicker than your old PC.  This is not always true if the previous PC was a middle of the range item and the […]

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 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 […]

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 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 […]