Category Archives for "Performance"

Byte Me Article 400 – PC Purchase – Start of Mini Series

About 2 weeks ago we had a young bloke come into the shop looking to update his laptop.  Kel was retired and had purchased his previous laptop from us at the old shop in June 2013 and had decided that it was time for a replacement.  I talked to Kel for a while about his […]

Byte Me Article 399 – Review of Internet Connections

I was principally going to write this week’s article as a review of the currently available Internet connections, however I have largely covered this material in previous articles and we also have this information available via our www.kerrsolutions.com.au website.  Today I would rather talk about our NBN challenges. Last week I wrote about a friend’s experience with transitioning from […]

Byte Me Article 398 – Internet & Wet Weather

Today we are looking at a regular scenario of a customer getting into technical strife because of rain.  It so happened to one of my friends just 3 weeks ago when we finally had some rain, that their Internet suddenly slowed.  This was the start of a long-winded saga.  For the purposes of this article let’s […]

Byte Me Article 397 – Eco Laptops

Today we are going to talk about speed, speed and more speed!!!  So why do we care so much about speed?  I have already heard so many customers say, “I don’t care if it is a bit slow – it will be way quicker than me anyway”.  So, what do I say to this?  “Rubbish – […]

Byte Me Article 395 – Read the flamin’ manual

Most of the wrapping paper has subsided and too often so has the receipt, the original packaging and sometimes the user manual or setup instructions.  IT based Christmas presents will either be currently entertaining and enthralling us or alternately perplexing and annoying us.  If your Christmas bonanza falls into this latter category we may have […]

Byte Me Article 394 – 2018 In Review

2018 is drawing to a close much faster than it has any right to.  We still have this project to sign off on and this work to finalise and all these other plans to complete, and as for Christmas shopping???  This year has flown by fasted than any other in my memory, although along the […]

Byte Me Article 393 – Christmas Ideas

Christmas is coming upon us quicker than I can ever remember and like myself, I am sure there will be many that are yet to purchase presents.  An IT based present can light up the eyes of the recipient but can also be a flop.  There are an endless number of new gadgets around just […]

Byte Me Article 391 – Email Security 3

Office 365 is Best For Email This article will form the last in a 3-part series about email security.  We have discussed the email accounts that Internet Service Providers give you as part of your connection fees – along with their various pitfalls and limitations.  We have also looked at some of the cloud-based email […]

Byte Me Article 390 – Email Security 2

Secure Your Email Account Following on from last week’s article about email security today we look at the relative security of different email accounts and their setup.  Firstly, lets explain a few things about email accounts.  If you have an Internet connection, then this is through an Internet Service Provider (ISP).  You pay a monthly […]