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Q&A: Can you recommend a good wall charger that’ll charge all our devices at once?

Posted on November 19, 2023

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Question from Leonard: Rick, I’m in the market for a wall charger that’ll charge 4 devices at once, two of them being power-hungry tablets.

My wife and I travel together frequently on business, and we hate carrying 4 chargers along with us (actually, 6 counting the chargers for our laptops).

What we need to charge from this one charger are two iPads and two Samsung Galaxy smart phones. It would also help if the charger is as small as possible.

We’d also like to keep using our existing cables with Type-A USB connectors if at all possible. Which charger do you recommend? [Read more…]

Q&A: Can you remove app suggestions from the Windows Start Menu?

Posted on November 19, 2023

Question from Nell: Starting with Windows 10 I’ve been seeing recommendations for new apps almost every time I open the Start Menu, and I’m also seeing them in Windows 11.

Is there something I can do to stop these suggestions from being shown? They’re really annoying!

Thanks in advance for your help. [Read more…]

Q&A: Can you really convert laptop RAM into desktop RAM?

Posted on November 18, 2023

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Question from Andy: Hi, Rick. I have several pieces of laptop RAM that I’ve culled from broken laptops over the years.

I’d love to use a couple of those sticks to max out the RAM in my Dell desktop PC, but I need your advice first.

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Q&A: Does my laptop need a new battery?

Posted on November 17, 2023

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Question from Corrine: I have a 5 year old HP laptop that won’t work anymore unless it’s plugged into a wall socket.

The battery charge indicator is stuck on 2% charge and it won’t charge any higher than that.

I thought laptop batteries were supposed to last longer than this.

Do you think I need to buy a new battery or could the charger maybe be bad? [Read more…]