In July 2014 I bought a new laptop. It wasn’t a Windows device, nor an Apple Macbook- it was a Chromebook. Having been a business/power user of Windows since the mid-90s it was a major leap. Although it was less … Continue reading
Earlier this year I wrote about Google Chromebooks, as a possible replacement for a Windows Laptop because I was looking to replace my 3 year old Toshiba Satellite that was getting older and slower and reaching the end of its … Continue reading
OK, so I’ve had my Dell Chromebook 11 for just over a week and am still exploring its capabilities but I think that it’s time to talk specifications. Physically, it’s a very compact, 24.6 mm x 294.64 mm x … Continue reading
One of my many roles away from the office is delivering presentations, whether it’s one-to-few or one-to-many and laptop and projector are key tools along with MS PowerPoint so I wondered how I would get on with a Chromebook? I’ve … Continue reading
When preparing presentations, writing blog posts or editing websites I need to edit photographs and other images. However, I don’t need to do the whole Photoshop thing, normally it’s a case of cropping, resizing, compressing and occasionally working with the … Continue reading
My trusty Toshiba laptop is coming up on 3 years old and is beginning to show its age. Like its owner, it’s heavy, getting slower with age and just looks too chunky. I have been agonising over its replacement for … Continue reading
Do you find your laptop’s too big to carry with you and the battery life too short? Is your tablet not quite large/comfortable enough for more than a little light document editing, email work and web browsing? Did you know … Continue reading
Wow, what a year. One thing’s for certain, 2020 is one year that will never be forgotten. Covid, Lockdown, Furlough, words that have been added to the canon of speech this year. And, to cap it all, Christmas is just … Continue reading
Government Communications Head Quarters (GCHQ) – where the UK spooks provide signals intelligence to the UK’s government, military and Military Intelligence and the Department for Digital, Media and Sport (DCMS) carried out their first UK Cyber Survey and the results … Continue reading
I had a telephone call from a former client a month or so ago. He was in a bit of a panic because he was suffering from the Google “red screen of doom”. Having been in IT for a while … Continue reading