In my role as an IT Consultant, one of the questions that I am asked most often is of the type “should I get a new computer?” I am apt to answer with that most annoying of phrases – “it depends”. It used to be an easier question to answer than it is now. With …
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Buying A Laptop – Updated – part 2 of 2
This is the second of two blogs on this subject. So many people ask me for computer advice on this subject that I think it’s worth updating a blog that I wrote in December 2010 – the original is here. Contents USB Ports Keyboard and Screen WiFi Bluetooth Camera, Microphone and Speakers Specific Brands Where …
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Buying A Laptop – Updated – part 1 of 2
So many people ask me for computer advice on this subject that I think it’s worth updating a blog that I wrote in December 2010 – the original is here. This is a fairly long article so I’ve split it into two parts. The second part will be published next week. Contents Introduction General Descriptions …
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Portents of Hard Drive Failure
Is your hard drive working properly? Is it likely to fail? What would you do if it did? Hard drive manufacturers used to rate the reliability of their drives in terms of a number of hours “MTBF” (mean time between failures). This was supposed to tell you how long you could reasonably expect a drive …
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