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Question from Christopher: My neighbor gave me an old Gateway GM5442 desktop computer that has two 1GB RAM modules in it. The RAM should be good because he stopped using the computer after the hard drive died.
Can I pull the RAM from that Gateway and add it to my HP Pro 3500? (It has two empty memory slots.) I’d just throw caution to the wind and give it a try, but I really can’t afford to mess anything up.
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Amazon has just announced a free financing deal on their popular Kindle Fire HDX tablets. It works like this:
1 – Choose the Kindle Fire HDX you wish to buy and add it to your cart.
2 – Complete the checkout process where you’ll be charged 25% of the purchase price plus applicable taxes and shipping charges. Your Kindle Fire HDX will be shipped to you right away. [Read more…]
Microsoft Office is the most post popular office suite on the planet, and high-quality classes on the various applications can cost a small fortune.
While the Internet is home to tons of free material for learning how to use MS Office, much of it is poorly written and worth just about what one would pay for it. [Read more…]
Question from Derick G.: I read a news report that indicated that Windows XP will become unusable when Microsoft abandons it this spring. I have a Dell Inspiron Mini 12 that’s running Windows XP Home Edition that still works like a champ.
What would you recommend that I do with this computer? Sell it? Scavenge it for spare parts? Just recycle it? I really have no idea how much it’s worth, either in whole or in parts.
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Have you ever seen a post on Facebook in which one of your friends is relaying bad news (i.e. loss of a pet, diagnosis of a serious illness, etc.) and wanted to click the “Like” button, but you didn’t because you felt it would be inappropriate?
I think most of us have at one time or another, and it’s an awkward position to be in. [Read more…]