Recently it was reported that Microsoft’s Head Office only use solid state drives in their computers. Microsoft believe that the switch to solid state drives will save them money due to the improved performance, higher reliability and lower energy costs. So in this blog we ask the question should the average user switch to a
A lot of people have been asking me over the past week or two if they should upgrade to Windows 8. Upgrading to Windows 8 is extremely easy-: Download the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant, pay Microsoft £25 and download and install the new operating system on your PC. The real question is… Would you really
Computer viruses. Everyone’s heard of them and almost everyone has a story about the time they had one. But what are they, how do they get onto your computer, and how can you stop them? This article should help answer those questions. What are viruses? With something as well known as the term ‘computer virus,’ you’d think that
A lot of people come to me because they are struggling to do daily backups of all their data with a standard USB 2 external hard drive. Primarily, these are people with large amounts of data, typically 500GB to 1TB, some have more. For them, backing up online, onto DVDs, or on memory sticks is
