by Dave | Oct 19, 2010 | Computing
At the end of September I returned my work laptop (an old, almost dead Dell) to the office. With a battery life well under an hour and terrible performance it was almost unusable; I thought I would not miss it but I did. Within a couple of weeks I was looking at the...
by Dave | Oct 19, 2010 | Computing
My daughter started at university last month and so the time had come to get her her own computer. Initial discussions began last year, focussed on whether she wanted both a notebook & desktop or only a laptop. On one hand you have portabaility but the pain of...
by Dave | Jun 7, 2010 | Computing
I have not posted recently, mainly because I have been sorting out some issues with the move of web hosts. That has caused more trouble than I would like but I think everything will be sorted soon, when it is I will post some of the details and learnings. However,...
by Dave | May 29, 2010 | Computing
My daughter’s new MacBook Pro arrived yesterday so I have been setting it up for her. Compared to the first Mac that I set up, my own Mini two years’ ago, it was considerably more organised as I had made a list of things to do and software to install. The...
by Dave | May 22, 2010 | Computing
My daughter needs a laptop for when she goes to University in the autumn. Her original idea was to get a Sony Vaio, primarily because it was in hot pink. I vetoed that and turned the conversation to more practical attributes such as ease of use, portability and so on....
