Hardware
What if the Matrix ran on Windows ?
Jan 28th
I just came across this video on YouTube and had to pass it along.
If you’re a fan of The Matrix, dislike Windows and love Ubuntu you will really really enjoy this video.
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Backup, backup, backup its all about the backup.
Jan 28th
The most important thing you can do to protect your PC is to backup your data. Plain and simple, if your data is not backed up you could be one lightning-strike or spilled cup of coffee away from losing everything. You may be thinking that nothing bad will ever happen to your data because you do all the “right things”. You don’t have to run through an open field carrying your laptop while drinking coffee in a lightning storm for bad things to happen to your data. Believe it or not accidents happen; data gets lost and it’s not fun to find out you’ve lost your wedding pictures or vacation photos because you didn’t backup.
OK so lets talk options….
You can head on over to Staples, Walmart, Amazon.com or whatever store that you prefer and get an external USB drive on sale at around $75 for 500GB.
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The shiny new 500GB drive could unfortunately still get zapped and die in a storm; so what other options do we have. You could also make daily, weekly or monthly backups of all your data onto DVD’s that you then bring over to your Aunt Edna’s. Aunt Edna has a nice safe place to store the DVDs, but since she lives 45 minutes away it can be a real pain when you need to restore your backup from the DVD’s right now. Why not just tuck the DVD’s in you desk drawer instead of driving all the way to your Aunt’s house? Bad things can happen to your data, fires can burn down houses and businesses can be flooded and destroyed. Off-site storage of your backups is a vital step in the protection of your data. OK, so after burning our data to DVD ’s, going to our favorite Aunt’s house for a quick fresh baked chocolate chip cookie and DVD drop-off, you start driving home. The long drive home gives you time to think and while waiting online at the toll booth it dawns on you…on-line…..”on-line backup that’s it” once you get home you start looking for a good online backup site.
There are many many online backup solutions, most will offer 2+ GB of free online storage and let you purchase more space for a monthly fee. The only drawback that I see is the length of time it takes to do a network backup as compared to backing up to an external USB drive or even to DVD’s. Please check out the following links that offers free or low cost backup solutions.
By the way, if you decide to use the online backup exclusively….make sure you still visit your Aunt, she did babysit your DVD’s after all.
Don’t be so quick to throw that old PC in the trash.
Jan 12th
Is your computer running slowly? Are your web-pages taking forever to load? Does you system slow down to a crawl whenever you run more than one program at a time? Are you getting ready to throw the computer in the garbage in one last fit of frustration?….Stop don’t do it….. You might want to hold onto that system a little bit longer. Adding memory to your old Windows XP desktop can add years of useful life to the system. Older computers with sufficient memory can easily be used to check email, browse the web and print out the occasional report. Depending on how old your PC is you could easily extent its useful life another year or 2 by spending less than $100 on a memory upgrade.
