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Review: WD 1TB Black My Passport Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

Posted on August 30, 2017

These days no computer system is complete without an external USB hard drive. These handy gadgets are simply perfect for making local backups and for handling so many other handy mass storage tasks.

External hard drives used to be quite expensive, but their prices have now dropped to where they are easily affordable, even with today’s massive storage capacities.

I recently had a chance to check out the WD 1TB Black My Passport Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (#ad), and it didn’t take long to figure out why it’s the best selling external USB hard drive on Amazon.

This awesome drive from Western Digital easily fits in my shirt pocket, yet it’s super fast and stores a full terabyte of data. Thanks to its speedy USB 3.0 interface, it made quick work of backing up both the 120GB SSD and 750GB hard drive on my Desktop PC. [Read more…]

Review: Acer Aspire TC desktop computer

Posted on August 21, 2017

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These days most people seem to prefer laptops over desktop computers, and for good reason. Laptops are portable and they can easily be taken along when traveling.

That being said, some people (myself included) still prefer using a desktop machine while we’re at home or working in the office.

There are several outstanding mid-range desktops on the market right now, one of which is the sleek and powerful Acer Aspire TC.

I’ve used and tested a lot of desktop computers in my day, and I can honestly say this is one of my favorites. It offers plenty of power for the money, and it’s a joy to use.

First, let’s take a look at the specs: [Read more…]

Review: CyberPowerPC Liquid Cooled SLC8600A Desktop Gaming PC

Posted on June 24, 2017

If you’re shopping for a gaming PC you’re probably looking for the fastest CPU, the most capable video card and the most RAM and hard drive storage you can get for your money.

Unfortunately, unless you have some pretty deep pockets you’re probably not going to find a machine in your price range that comes with the very best in each of those categories.

The good news is there are a few gaming desktops to choose right now that come pretty close to perfection in terms of performance, yet are still well within a serious gamer’s budget.

I recently had the opportunity to check out a CyberPowerPC Liquid Cooled SLC8600A Desktop Gaming PC, and I believe it definitely falls into that category.

The specs on this machine are impressive, to say the least: [Read more…]

Review: HP Spectre 13.3 Ultrabook Laptop

Posted on May 31, 2017

When it comes to laptops these days, thin is in – as in the thinner the better!

The problem is, as laptops become thinner, sacrifices must often be made in terms of performance, features and connectivity.

With their new Spectre 13.3 Ultrabook, HP has managed to create one of the thinnest laptops ever without sacrificing much of anything at all! [Read more…]

Review: Toshiba Satellite C55-C5241 15.6 Inch Laptop

Posted on December 26, 2016

toshiba-satellite-c55-c5241-laptop Windows 10 laptops have now firmly taken over the market and I’ve had the opportunity to check a number of them out.

Today I’m going to tell you about the sleek new Toshiba Satellite C55-C5241 that I recently took for a spin.

This laptop comes equipped with a bright 15.6-inch widescreen HD 1366×768 TruBrite display, a powerful 2.2 GHz Core i5-5200U CPU, 8GB of 1600MHz DDR3 RAM and a spacious 1TB hard drive. That all adds up to plenty of power for most anyone who isn’t into competitive gaming. [Read more…]