Archive for the 'Computer' Category

05 Jan

Text Books On iPad

Truly amazing !  after I saw the above video – I am in awe!  I can imagine the amount of information my kid can get when she reaches high school.  I’m all for the iBook 2 – with textbooks for only $14.99 or less – you definitely cannot beat that price.   Gone will be [...]

01 Jan

Kurio Tablet Just For Your Kids

A tablet made just for kids and covered with rubber all around it to protect the tablet from being destroyed from dropping it on the ground by your kids.  Interesting but the price is not cheap either at about $233 U.S. dollars  – would it be better to buy a regular tablet for you kid?  [...]

16 Dec

Re-organizing For Tax Time

It may be near Christmas now – but the end of the year is also coming – so with some money left – I’m looking into getting the scanner software  that the spouse had been talking about for ages – to reorganize my paper work for tax time.   I think it would be an [...]

18 Nov

Modern, Klutz-Proof Laptop Cases

A smart, sexy and fun laptop case was what Sloan and Meaghan wanted for themselves – but they turned it into a business eventually.   But they wanted also a tough protective case – to withstand the accidental drops and knocks.  Converts to a backpack easily and less than $100 – love the colors – quite [...]

03 Nov

A Monster Of A Computer

A customer was in to sell – his very expensive gaming computer  – it cost him like $7000 a year to build it – but don’t have a lot of time for it now – family commitments.  I didn’t really wanna offer him anything – because I wouldn’t be able to move such an expensive [...]

13 Oct

Microsoft 8 Release Date

i’m just only getting used to Windows 7 and everyone had been talking about the release date of Windows 8 for a few months now.  Scheduled to be released in 2012 – it is said that a beta version had been out for months now and real folks are in the testing mode and will [...]

19 Aug

Cheap Laptops

So one can get an Aspire One 10.1 inch for less than $200 new – of course I get to go grab some discount laptop computers and tell all my friends about it.   Everyone seems to love the netbooks a lot these days – especially the ladies – I have a mother who bought one [...]

18 Jul

Google+

So have you tried the new Google+ yet ?  have you been added into a circle yet?   I’ve been invited thru’ a gmail by a friend and still testing it out.  Too early to tell you much about it – but I can tell you that it’s another social networking tool – like Facebook.  So [...]

09 Jul

Mess Management

Yes! that was what the spouse was up to this weekend – mess management or  wire management as she had called it.   And you can see why she wanted to get cable protectors and plastic cord cover for the counter at the store – she said it was too messy for her liking.  She is [...]

07 Jul

12 Gamers For Magic

Last week – we had the most players/gamers for Magic The Gathering – thanks to our trusty acer netbooks we were all able to get our scores recorded.  I don’t know why the others bought their netbook – but when I bought my – it was for traveling  – since it was so small and [...]

15 Apr

Rift

Rift seems to be the in game right now – I see a lot of people playing it.  So will this be a better game than WOW?  Made by TRION and not Blizzard.  Graphics seems good enough and the spouse had been playing with some of his friends for a few weeks now.  But like [...]

26 Mar

Vacation For Geeks

So a few buddy of mine wants to go on a vacation together – where the sun and the beach is without the family – only them guys.  I suggested the Outer Banks rentals because they have vacation homes by the beach.   The rentals shared amongst a few geeks is going to be very affordable [...]

14 Feb

Computer Sales & Service

I’m glad that business is slowly getting better for us at the store – a few years ago, we thought we might need to close the store and go out and find jobs  – both the spouse and myself.  Now that we are seeing an increase in loyal customer, we also need to get a [...]

12 Feb

Financing A Computer

We sell computers and console systems at our store – and many a times – I see a customer making cash advance instead of saving up to buy what they need.  I love the cash – don’t get me wrong – but you all know that cash advance – should only be made by people [...]