Floppy Facts-Three Drawbacks to Floppy Disc
Floppy Drives and Floppy Disc do still exist, but in a few years, that probably won’t be true. Floppy Drives are a near obsolete technology and which means they are on their way out. Remember your old 45’s? Do you recall how you absolutely refused to believe [...]

Forgetful? Five Basic Rules for Memory
All computers possess the ability to store information in its memory, also called Random Access Memory, or RAM. Some computers can hold small amounts of stored data in the memory and others have the ability to store massive amounts of information. Whether looking at memory for your next computer or [...]

Get Real with Web Cams
With the internet, there has come ease of connection to those from whom you live far away. You can email, instant message, or talk over a voice connection for only the price of your internet service. However, you can make it more real. Web cams are becoming a bigger and bigger [...]

Getting Graphic – Five How-to’s in Choosing the Best Graphics Card
For your Computer
The old days of computing asked us to be content with computers that uttered no sound except the occasional “beep,” printers that made more noise than a cat using a scratching post, and monitors that offered either an orange or a green [...]

Gig ‘Em – How to Decide Which Hard Drive Is Right For You
Deciding on the appropriate hard drive is a personal decision made according to an individual’s computing needs. These days, 20 gigabyte, up to 40 gig, 80 gig, 100 gig and even larger are common. When pricing hard drives, it is common [...]

Going Out for a Drive – The Five Top DVD-ROM Decisions to Consider
A DVD ROM is a new type of read-only compact disks that can hold 4.7 gigabytes of information, which is enough for a full-length movie. A DVD ROM can be used to store large amounts of data including photos, videos and movies while [...]

Got Game? Five Top PC Hardware Accessories to Boost your Performance
Admit it; your home computer isn’t just about work, paying bills, and emailing out resumes, is it? You sneak off from time to time to play the newest computer games, and that is certainly okay. So you probably also know that sometimes you just need [...]

It’s SCSI, not Scuzzy!
SCSI, or Small Computer Systems Interface, also pronounced “scuzzy” is defined as a standard type of input and output system used to attach peripheral devices to provide a very fast connection rate. These devices can be scanners, hard disks or other devices that can connect to a computer. Most Mac computers and [...]

It’s all in the Process – Is Bigger Necessarily Better?
It is said that processors determine the functionality of a personal computer. In a time when we believe that bigger is better, the same could be said for processors…or is this simply an old wives’ tale?
When selecting a processor for your computer, keep in mind [...]