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Good from Bad

Here is the roundabout tale of how I came to enter the computer business back in 1986 after having started, then dropped the computer science program intending to become a professional programmer after high school. It gives you a little insight on my journey, but also hopefully awaken you to the types of scams used by computer repair stores that still permeates the business today.

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Identity Theft and Hard Drives

With the growing problem of identity theft and the rapid accumulation of old computer equipment, it is time to consider the challenges and the solutions to help safeguard your personal information from would be thieves. Unfortunately for many people getting factual and reliable information on how to properly dispose of old computers is a myriad of half truths, and much ignorance on the parts of those so-called experts. Here I hope to help you consider the real dangers, and the real solution to the heart of the matter, the disposal of hard drives.

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Out with Outlook

It may be time to reconsider the way you get your email. These days going with webmail may be a better option than email. What's the difference you ask? Email requires an email client like Outlook (or Outlook Express) and webmail only requires the web, or a web browser to access. Follow me and the reasons will become clear.

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Windows 7 Upgrades

A recent customer has indicated that a Cyberdummy is advertising how he can upgrade your computers to Windows 7 suggesting that it can be done on any PC for whatever price he's advertising.  Be forewarned that this guy has had at least one episode that showed his ignorance on how to upgrade PCs to new operating systems.  He is, in my opinion, a used car salesman of the PC world and will say anything to scare you or entice you into his store so he can liberate your money from you as I will detail below.
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Windows 7 Continues the Disappointment

Windows 7 Continues the disappointment started by Windows Vista. Based on current in store testing of Windows 7 compared to Windows Vista, there's not much difference. Sure its a bit snappier, but still requires a workhorse computer to be half as good as an old pc running Windows XP. ("This is the worst Internet I've ever used" quipped a user of the Windows 7 pc in our web cafe) If the final release is no better than the current "release candidate" we believe Microsoft will continue to see a wholesale loss of clients to (Linux) Ubuntu and Apple.

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End of Life Suport

Panther Computers now only provides support for Linux, Windows XP, and Windows Vista/Seven machines.  This means we will no longer provide repair services for machines running DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000.  These machines are usually at least 7 years or older and much of the computing world no longer supports or creates software for these machines.  The Panther Tuneup cannot be performed on these machines, nor can you get security updates that can ensure a reasonably safe internet experience.

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