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Sunday, December 19, 2010

2010 Holiday Tech Buyers Guide

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Happy Holidays everyone! It’s that time of the year again, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Tech Tuesday, Digital Wednesday and USB Thursday (Kidding!) In this tech tip, we’ll be covering a broad range of next-generation toys and categories, so keep an eye out for what products might be interesting to that favorite geek in your life!

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Ultimate Netbook Buyer’s Guide – Part 2

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At this point, manufacturers are attempting to blur the lines between netbooks and notebook computers in several ways. First, Intel has continuously re-engineered the Atom CPU to run faster, do more work per clock cycle and consume less power. The previous generation N280 was the first to receive Intel’s HyperThreading technology which basically tells Windows there are 2 processors even though there is physically one. In other words, it helped with multitasking navigation. Now there is even more horsepower in their latest processors which not only have HyperThreading, but are now dual-core powered. What this means is that the newest Atom-powered netbooks will have 2 physical CPUs but Windows will see 4 CPUs which amplifies the netbook’s muscle. However, you should still determine your computing needs so you don’t find out the hard way that you need something bigger, that has faster performance and more RAM plus a bigger hard drive.

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Sunday, December 05, 2010

The Ultimate Netbook Buyer’s Guide – Part 1

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Netbooks, laptops computers and ultra-portables, oh my! With the rush of all these new devices, deciding which type of computer would fit your lifestyle and computing needs can be confusing. However, this guide was created to explain and clarify the details, misconceptions and trends of netbooks and some of the cheap netbooks that have emerged.

This is the first part of the netbook buyer’s guide which starts off with some history and clears up several confusing aspects of netbooks.

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Operating Systems, Hard Drives, Partitions, and You!

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Your operating system: it’s that collection of data and programs that makes all your desktop PC or laptop computer hardware work together. Where your operating system is installed on your PC’s hard drive, as well as the type of drive it’s on, can have a big impact on your system’s performance.

Whether you’re starting with a fresh, blank hard drive or reinstalling, this Tech Tip will tell you where you should put your operating system and why.

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