Latest Desktop PCs Opinion

  • 29 January 2013

  • Opinion: Network not work: life without internet

    Could you live without the internet? We certainly can't, and it seems even Google is beginning to rethink its online-only approach with its ARM-powered Chromebook laptops.

  • 18 January 2013

  • Opinion: Why all-in-one PCs suck at gaming (plus one that doesn't!)

    PC gamers fear me. They scowl when they boot up Far Cry 3 only to see my stuttering frame rates, low resolution, and lack of antialiasing. Just name it--if it's a critical graphics setting, I've disabled it.

  • 15 January 2013

  • Opinion: How to provide Mac help from far away

    It happens to me a lot. It happened just a couple weeks ago when Dad bought a new iMac. And it happened just a couple days ago when Uncle Mort found that Firefox was bizarrely loading with a bunch of extra tabs that he didn't want and couldn't get rid of. And it happened when my sister-in-law Sam wanted to get access to music she'd purchased with an older Mac.

  • 10 January 2013

  • Opinion: Answer Line: Prepare an old PC for a new owner

    James R. Miller has a new computer and will be donating his old one. He asked for advice about preparing his old PC for the transition.

  • 26 December 2012

  • Opinion: The best of Mac 911

    To celebrate Boxing Day I'd like to offer one final gift for 2012. And that gift is a roundup of what I believe were the best Mac 911 entries from the past year. My hope is that it will help you solve those annoying issues that have plagued you over past months and help you start 2013 with a healthier and happier Mac.

  • 17 December 2012

  • Opinion: Media PCs: put a PC at the heart of your digital home

    A media centre PC is a great way to enjoy TV, movies, music, games and the web all around your home. Has the media PC's time finally come?

  • 14 December 2012

  • Opinion: Remains of the Day: Irony deficiency

    Samsung's strategy revealed! Elsewhere, NORAD goes bing and Apple's happy to tell you all about things that aren't working. The remainders for Thursday, December 13, 2012 are here to help.

  • 13 December 2012

  • Opinion: System Preferences: General and Desktop & Screen Saver

    We've covered the basic functions of the Finder from stem to stern. It's now time to delve into the Mac OS's system preferences. Like the control panels on Windows PCs, system preferences govern much of the behavior of the Mac OS and the Mac's peripherals.

  • 03 December 2012

  • Opinion: Speed up your PC with ReadyBoost

    Windows has a small tool you can use to speed up your PC using nothing more than a USB memory key

  • 01 December 2012

  • Opinion: Troubleshooting Windows 8 with the Device Manager

    Device Manager is a tool in Windows that helps you to get to the bottom of any problems with just about every component inside or attached to your PC.

  • 29 November 2012

  • Opinion: How to use Windows Experience Index

    The Windows Experience index is a little app that you can run to see just how well your PC stacks up when it comes to running Windows

  • 24 November 2012

  • Opinion: Using the Task Manager

    One system tool that can be very useful when your computer grinds to a halt or, if you’re interested in what’s going on under the hood, simply to see which applications are using the most power is the Task Manager

  • 22 November 2012

  • Opinion: How to use Windows Action Center

    Action Center is a central place to view alerts and take actions that can help keep Windows running smoothly.

  • 20 November 2012

  • Opinion: Create a backup image of your hard drive

    You can easily insure yourself against any loss however by using free tools that are built into Windows

  • 12 November 2012

  • Opinion: Build a killer Windows 8 gaming PC for under $1,000

    Building a fast gaming PC is easier than ever. Building a fast gaming PC on a tight budget is a little harder—not because of the building, but because of the shopping. You have to scour the web (or your favorite retail stores) for the right prices on components.

  • 07 November 2012

  • Opinion: Tiny $57 PC is like the Raspberry Pi, but faster and fully open

    It would be difficult to overstate the popularity of the tiny Raspberry Pi computer that launched earlier this year, but it's just one example of a rapidly growing class of small, inexpensive, Linux-powered devices, as I've already noted on several occasions before.

  • Opinion: Remains of the Day: Everybody was kung-fu fighting

    Apple may dip Intel chips, OS X 10.9 is waking up from a cat nap, and Amazon's taking home the bacon in Europe. The remainders for Tuesday, November 6, 2012 are fast as lightning.

  • 01 November 2012

  • Opinion: Remains of the Day: The world is flat

    Apple executive Eddy Cue gets a flattering write-up, Motorola gets a flat take-it-or-leave-it offer from Cupertino, and how to turn your older Mac's drives into a Fusion Drive in twenty-seven hours flat. The remainders for Wednesday, October 31, 2012 are flat broke.

  • 30 October 2012

  • Opinion: Ding, dong, the Wintel witch is dead!

    Could it be that the Wintel duopoly of Microsoft’s Windows plus Intel’s processors, a partnership that had the personal-computer industry in a stranglehold through most of the past two decades, is dead?

  • 29 October 2012

  • Opinion: Increase your laptop's storage

    When you first get a laptop it can seem inconceivable that you might fill up all that empty space on your hard disk. However, it very quickly disappears. Keeping all your video, music and documents stored safely is easy though as there are plenty of options to expand the storage space you have available.

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