More Laptops Opinion

• 15 December 2012

• Opinion: Clear space on your laptop's hard drive

  The available space on a hard disk seems to be enormous when you first get a laptop, but it’s stunning how quickly you can fill up

• 12 December 2012

• Opinion: Speed up your PC with Windows' built-in tools

  Help speed up your PC by keeping data organised on your hard disk

• 11 December 2012

• Opinion: Pair your laptop with a Bluetooth device

  Connect your laptop to peripherals using Bluetooth gives you wireless freedom

• 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

• 26 November 2012

• Opinion: Improve your laptop's audio output

  Improve the sound quality coming from your laptop by managing the system settings for best performance

• 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

• 23 November 2012

• Opinion: Manage your keyboard and trackpad settings

  Trackpads do so much more than move the pointer around your screen nowadays with some able to interpret gestures where you swipe with one or more fingers to perform an action

• 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.

• 21 November 2012

• Opinion: Setting default programs on your new laptop

  Windows has a habit of trying to be helpful and in most cases it gets things right. However, there are times when you need to take control

• 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

• 19 November 2012

• Opinion: Managing AutoPlay options in Windows

  Use Windows' built-in tools to manage exactly what happens when you plug something into your laptop

• 12 November 2012

• Opinion: Windows 8 Charm Bar explained

  The new Charm Bar in Windows displays apps and other services in one place and makes it easier to get to the things you use most often

• 30 October 2012

• Opinion: Ding, dong, 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.

• 19 October 2012

• Opinion: Design fail! Our top 10 PC product peeves

  Bad industrial design can single-handedly ruin an otherwise solid product experience. Whether it results from the cardinal sins of sloth or greed, sheer disregard for users, or simple stupidity, it can drive me into a Hulk-smash rage.

• 12 October 2012

• Opinion: The single best travel accessory you can buy

  Like a lot of folks these days, I routinely play "office" in my local coffee shop. On any given day, I'm surrounded by 10-20 other teleworkers similarly tethered to their laptops.

• 11 October 2012

• Opinion: Windows 8: Nine unanswered questions about the new OS

  Despite the looming October 26 launch date of Windows 8, a handful of questions about Microsoft's next operating system remain. Some are big, some are small, but all should be relevant to hard-core PC users who have decided to take the Windows 8 plunge, as well as to people who plan to buy new Windows 8 hardware.

• 03 October 2012

• Opinion: Why you probably shouldn't buy a Windows 8 ultrabook

  The clock is quickly winding down to the official launch of Windows 8. Along with a completely redesigned interface and Windows experience, hardware partners are lined up, ready to offer Windows 8 ultrabooks. The question businesses and consumers will need to answer, though, is whether or not a Windows 8 ultrabook makes sense.

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