Upgrading your slow computer with a Solid State Drive (SSD) will give it a new lease of life. You will get much better performance, battery life, and reliability. However, even SSDs aren’t immune from failure. Are you worried your SSD will malfunction and break down and take all of your data with it? Look for these warning signs.
We get to hear this question all the time, especially after people have been hit with viruses or malware despite having paid for an expensive antivirus package! Unfortunately, there is no objective answer. It all comes down to opinions. We will tell you ours…
There’s a lot of talk about the best places to use your laptop. We’ll recap that discussion briefly below, but the real focus of this article is where it’s best to put your desktop PC.
Despite telling us Windows 10 is the last operating system that would ever be released by Microsoft, they released Windows 11 last week. You can upgrade your computer to Windows 11 some time soon, or replace it with a new one. I wouldn’t hurry though and here is why…
When you buy a new Windows computer, you probably want to transfer all your files, emails, bookmarks, and programs to it. Many people are surprised to learn that programs don’t transfer the same way as your files and settings. Check out our latest blog post to learn why and how to get around this!
Phishing attacks trick people into believing that the message is something they need or want and should take some action. Our customers often ask us whether an email they forwarded is legit or not and in 99% of cases, they aren’t! Most phishing attempts want you to click on a link in the email and login to the website that opens. You might be thinking it’s your bank (and it looks like that!) but instead, you are sending your username and password to crooks. We’ll review some of the signs of these fake emails.
Apple computers have traditionally been more expensive than PCs, but the upside is that they last longer and tend to maintain their value fairly well. We still get requests from people trying to fix their 10+ year old Macs and despite the age, they perform very well after some upgrades! However, most of them can only run older versions of MacOS…
The Do-it-Yourself is a very common attitude in Australia. But, it can be problematic when you try to fix your own computers or phones. This article shares five risks and why it’s safer to go to a computer repair shop.
