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Question from Lois: I use a computer all day at work and it’s gets pretty boring. I’d like to listen to music while I work.
My boss said he doesn’t mind if I listen to a radio but I don’t really have room for one on my small desk.
Is there any way to listen to my favorite radio station on my computer?
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Question from Marcel: I accidentally sat on my laptop and broke the screen and who knows what else inside (it doesn’t do anything when I turn it on).
I removed the 1TB hard drive from the damaged laptop and it appears to be ok. Well, at least it doesn’t appear to be bent or broken in any way.
Can I install this hard drive from the laptop in my desktop computer to give me an additional 1TB of storage?
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Question from Tammy: I’ve used nothing but Windows laptops all my life but I decided to try a MacBook Air this time around.
I think I’m going to like the laptop ok but I hate the Apple Magic Mouse that I bought to go with it. I just can’t seem to get used to it. I guess I’m weird but it just doesn’t feel right in my hand.
My question is can I use a regular 2-button mouse like the ones you use with a Windows computer with it?
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Question from Carl: I read here that you can “span” (i.e. combine) multiple hard drives and use them as one large drive and access them all with a single drive letter.
I have a used, but working 1TB hard drive at home that I could install in my Windows 11 desktop computer to span with the 1TB drive that’s already in it to effectively give me a 2TB drive. (There is an open drive bay to install the second drive.)
Would you mind answering a question about drive spanning for me? [Read more…]
Question from Melina: I have a question that I’ve been wondering about for a while now.
I know that computer repair shops must end up with a lot of older computers that the customers don’t want returned to them.
What do the shops do with those old computers? [Read more…]