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It’s no secret that prices on most goods and services are continuing to rise by the day, and that has lots of folks on the lookout for a great buy whenever they can find one.
If you’re looking for a new computer you need to be especially careful because the scammers are out in force, ready and waiting to take advantage of this situation.
For example, this ad popped up in my newsfeed this morning and all it took was a quick glance for me to realize it’s a scam: [Read more…]
Question from Keenan: I have a three year old Toshiba laptop that’s currently running Windows 10.
I recently began playing a game with my brother and we love it so much that we spend hours at a time playing it.
The problem is the laptop gets very hot and shuts down in the middle of a game, but it only overheats like this when I’m gaming.
I’ve blown the dust out of this machine but it still overheats. How can I make it run cooler while playing my game? [Read more…]
Question from Kenneth L.: My friend and I have had the exact same HP laptop for over 4 years.
He insists that he bought his laptop several months before I bought mine, but I’m certain that I bought mine first.
Is there any way to tell which computer was bought first? We have a sizable bet riding on the outcome.
Thanks!
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
The inexpensive Google Chromebooks have been gobbling up laptop market share like gangbusters, but this nice little Windows 10 laptop from HP aims to take back a good chunk of it.
Like a Chromebook, the HP Stream (#ad) is primarily a cloud-based laptop that leverages the flexibility of cloud storage to make all of your documents and files available to all of your devices regardless of where you might be at any given moment. [Read more…]
Apple’s Macbook Pro line of laptops has earned the reputation of being rock-solid performers, albeit at a slightly higher price than you would expect to pay for a Windows laptop with the same basic hardware specs.
Every Macbook that has been released was a great machine, and the sleek MacBook Pro MF839LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop with Retina Display is simply outstanding. Although it comes with a slightly smaller 13.3 inch display, that display is a bright and vivid 2560-by-1600 “Retina” display that is simply a joy to use. [Read more…]