You remember those old green screen computers? I remember being in elementary school and learning to program in BASIC on one. Even at that time, the green screen monochromatic was a little dated, but the teacher assured us that it was the best possible system for our eyes. The four color and sixteen color screens [...]

Used Computer Systems

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Computers are complicated things. There are times when what you want to have is going to cost you more money than you are willing to spend. Other times, you may find one loaded with everything you don’t need, but the essential seem to be missing. This makes shopping for the right computer a lot of [...]

I just recently received a netbook computer for my birthday. My wife got it for me because she knew I needed some mobile computing power for my work. I desired something that was extremely portable, so I preferred a netbook vice a larger laptop computer. We still have a laptop in our home, however, I [...]

Today, you can find new and exciting ways to store and transfer your information. Before there were tiny memory sticks, most used external zip drives to store and move things around. The memory stick changed all of that, and made things so much easier to use. The design meant that they could be used with [...]

Internet Filters

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As my daughter gets older, I think more and more about Internet filters. I am online enough to know that there is a lot of crap out there, and most of it I want to keep from my daughter for as long as possible. A friend of mine recently had a problem with this, and [...]

There are many things you have to watch out for when you’re online, and one of the worst of those is the computer virus. Now that broadband Internet is more common, there are more and more viruses out there that can sneak onto your computer without you knowing it. This is why it is very [...]

Notebook Battery

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I just recently received a notebook computer for my birthday. I wife got it for me because he knew I needed it for my work. I desired something that was portable, so I preferred a laptop vice a desktop computer. We still have a desktop in our home, and I have found that I do [...]

Laptop Screen

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When I bought my new notebook computer, I made sure I purchased one that had a beautiful wide screen. Now that I have got used to using it, I don’t know how I would ever go back to using a regular computer monitor. My laptop screen is so clear, and the colors are so beautiful, [...]

Laptop Parts

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There are very few people left on this nation without a computer. Or at least that’s how it appears here in Northern Virginia. Most people I know have a couple personal computers in their home, then one at the office as well. In my house, we each have a laptop computer. And if there’s one [...]

This year for Christmas, I am hoping Santa will consider wireless notebooks. I’m on our desktop computer a lot for school & work, leaving very little time for my wife to get online and do what she needs to do. This causes some tension, therefore the obvious answer is to get another computer. Though we [...]