Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Toshiba
Satellite L750/75 review
Toshiba has come back with an
outstanding laptop. It is the laptop for every one for only £349.99!
From high performance to 6
hours of battery life. The rather fast Dual core Intel Core i3™ 2nd
generation CPU clocked at 2.3 GHZ makes short work of light gaming and formal
work. Plus the ample 6GB of DDR3 Memory and a spacious 640GB hard drive means
you can store all of your pictures, documents and videos with no worry of
running out of space. Because of the ample amount of Memory you can run loads
of intensive programs at a time. The 64MB of video memory, by Intel HD
Graphics™ Means HD video streaming is easy and fluid.
After using this laptop for
two weeks I can say it is very good, with a super clear 15.6” LED backlit LCD
display and a reasonable 0.3MP webcam, which makes for easy Skype calls.
I have found on two bad
things about it: Keyboard is inaccurate, and charger gets very hot.
There is a wide range of i/o
Ports: 1xHDMI, 3xUSB 2.0, 2in1 Card reader, VGA, Ethernet and a DVD drive.
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
What’s
New In Windows 7?
Windows 7 is quite different than its
predecessor, windows Vista. For one thing, Windows 7 actually works. But the
biggest thing is the task bar, now you can move your programs around. Another
thing is a desktop gadgets, unlike Windows Vista, there is no sidebar so you
can place them wherever you want. Another cool feature is ‘Glass’. This is a
feature that lets the windows and start menu be semi-transparent, a bit like
real glass. My faveroite feature is the backgrounds. Now you can set it to
change every 10 seconds and onwards. However, There is one downside to windows
7, you need a powerful PC. You need at lest a 40GB hard drive, 2GB Ram, and a
1.6GHZ dual core CPU. But Windows 7 is a lot better than windows 8.
Windows 7
Windows 8
Monday, 12 November 2012
The Virus
The virus works by you letting it
into your system. This can be caused by and out-of-date of inactive firewall or
antivirus. Once the virus is in your system, it can cause havoc! And what makes
it worse is that it can duplicate itself, it waits in an infected file and then,
when you open it Virus is let into more of your system. It can delete files change
settings, steal info, and possible corrupt your hard drive. The hard drive is
one of the most fragile parts in a computer so its best not to move it while it
is powered on. If you have an SSD drive it can actual void your warranty from
some low-end brands. My favorite Antivirus’, Firewalls and Antimalware are
listed now:
Antivirus:
Free: AVG Free Paid: Norton 360 v6
Firewall:
Free: Windows Firewall Paid: Zonealarm
Antimalware
Free: IO Bit malware fighter
free
Saturday, 10 November 2012
Why i hate Touch screen computers
I hate them because they garter finger pints and the screens get sticky. Touch screen pc's are also very expensive so you also have to buy some screen cleaner as well. I have had this experience with one of my friends computers; thy tend to have a very reflective screen. So if i were going to have to buy a touch screen computer, i would just not use the touch screen. But if i had the chose i would not buy a touch screen, as it is a lot cheaper and are often have better spec than the touch screen ones.
Thursday, 8 November 2012
The PSU
The PSU or Power Supply Unit is what gives your computer power.
There are two types or PSU, Modular and non-modular. Modular PSU have
detachable cables so you only plug in cables that you need. Non-modular PSU
have fixed cables that can’t be removed so you have to have all of the cables.
There’re several cables going to the motherboard, these are the following: A
small 4 or 8 pin one that goes to the top left of the motherboard, A large 24
Pin connector that goes onto the right hand side of the motherboard and the
rest go to video cards and hard drives and optical drives. The suggested power
is 350-750W however; you may needs more depending on your configuration. The
more power you have, the more things you can add to your PC. Lets say the CPU
requires 105W if you have a 500w PSU and the CPU is under full load, the PSU
will be able to provide the power so it will be able to run.
modular
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Sunday, 4 November 2012
The Case.
The Case is where all the components are stored like the
motherboard; optical drives PSU and hard drive. It’s important that the case
looks nice so you feel better using the PC. The most common case is micro ATX
or mATX. The largest case it ATX. ATX has more expansion bays than mATX. The
USB and Audio connections go onto motherboard by 6” long cables. The lights and
buttons connect to the motherboard too (see motherboard manual). The hard drive
goes under the floppy drive slot. ATX cases have lots more spaces for hard
drives, while mATX has 2-3 ATX has up to 9. So if your are going to use it as a
PVR or server then a ATX case is better for you. An ATX case can also fit in
any motherboard. But if you are short on space then a Micro ATX case will be
better for you.
Gaming Case
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