A good spec Sony VAIO s laptop spec

Posted by Simon Whiston in Laptop on 27. Jun, 2011 | No Comments

I recently bought a Sony VAIO s. Fantastic laptop with a high spec:

Dual core i7 sandy bridge with 2 virtual cores
512 ATI Radeon graphics card
13 inch laptop White
128 SSD drive
Wireless WAN
HDMI
1 USB 3
2 USB 2

What do you think. At the moment this is going fo approx £1500 direct from Sony custom built and cannot be [...]

What would you call a top spec PC?

Posted by Simon Whiston in Hardware on 27. Jun, 2011 | No Comments

What would you call a top spec laptop? Back in the days approx 10 years ago, if someone had a pentium 2 MMX 200mhz pc with 32 mb ram and a 16mb graphics card, you will begin to hear words of praise and lots of wows in the crowd. Some would even call it a [...]

Sites like Bingo Hollywood help you enjoy your hardware

Posted by Simon Whiston in General News on 11. May, 2011 | No Comments

When you’re constantly trying to find out what the best computer gear is, you’re sometimes in need of a break where you can have a bit of fun with your wares. Games are really popular because they give people a chance to really test out the capabilities of their hardware, but things like online bingo [...]

Protect Your Computer!

Posted by Simon Whiston in General News on 29. Nov, 2010 | No Comments

There are numerous safety tips in the wide world for those of us that live a hectic and busy life - lock doors and windows, secure your bags, don’t talk to strangers, drive safely, don’t give out personal information (especially bank details), etc. Thinking about how you can be safe is important, and so many [...]

Killed By A Computer!

Posted by Simon Whiston in General News on 22. Nov, 2010 | No Comments

Horror stories have, for many years now, been telling scary tales of people being killed by computers as they rise up to take over the world. I find it all a bit far fetched, until I see things like robots walking and dancing, and conversing, and playing games, then it all gets a bit … [...]

Christmas Computer Gadgets

Posted by Simon Whiston in General News on 15. Nov, 2010 | No Comments

In many workplaces, people have to “hot desk” it (i.e. the desk isn’t there’s, it’s shared with someone else, perhaps on different shifts) or they eat at their desks to get deadlines met… in short, keywords are a breeding ground for ickyness!
Things fall between the keys, food, hair, dust, etc = eugh!
But how often [...]