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Question from Melvin: I need to buy a new computer because my 6 year old desktop has started giving me all kinds of problems.
I want to buy a machine that’ll last for several years and I’ve always had good luck with buying the more expensive Dells.
I’ve been looking at the Dell desktops on Amazon and this one caught my attention.
I’m fairly computer savvy but this line in the computer’s description confuses me: [Read more…]
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Do you have a laptop or desktop PC that you use exclusively for visiting websites, checking Gmail, Facebooking, watching YouTube videos or most any other Internet-based activity?
If the answer to the above question is yes, did you know that you would almost certainly enjoy a better user experience by running Linux on your PC instead of Windows?
Well, it’s true, and here are the reasons why: [Read more…]
Question from Ellen: I need to purchase a new laptop. What are your thoughts on an SSD drive vs a regular hard drive?
Costco has two HP computers going on sale both with 12GB of memory. Both come with an Intel i5 CPU.
The difference between the two machines is the first one comes with a 512GB SSD and the other one comes with a 1TB hard drive.
They both are coming with Windows 11 (which I’m not thrilled about).
Which drive do you recommend? [Read more…]
Question from Shauna: I hope you will answer a question for me, Rick.
My business partner bought a new desk for her office. It’s really nice because it has lots of handy storage areas.
One of those storage areas is the perfect size to hold her desktop computer tower. I believe it was designed to hold a computer because there’s a hole to route the cables through in the back.