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What's the difference between RAM and a hard drive?

I get asked this question frequently or can tell by the way callers and customers are speaking that they don't know the difference between memory or RAM and the hard drive.

Out with Outlook

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

Computer Acting Buggy?

After hurricane Ivan and Dennis our shop took in dozens of computers that wouldn't power on. Many were caused by the power surges from generators, from the utility company, or from electrical storms. However, there were many that had picked up a bug, literally.

Computer STDs

Well the prognosis is in and your computer has a System Transmitted Disease (STD) and I often get the response "But I used anti-virus protection, so how did I get a virus?" First let's understand that anti-virus software is reactionary. This means that a virus must exist before it can be discovered, a cure created, and a cure provided to your pc.

Do you leave your car running in the garage?

This is my response to the question - "should I leave my computer on all the time?" The short obvious answer should be no, just like you don't leave your car running in the garage, you don't need to leave a computer running all the time. The reasons require a more detailed response and a bit of a history lesson.

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