Did I tell you to backup?

Well I know its a well documented subject, but I really have to do this......
BACK UP YOUR DATA REGULARLY
I have had three laptops in this week with hard drives that suddenly failed badly, data recovery would be very expensive in all cases, and yet its so simple to insure against.


Everybody now has a digital camera and most people copy their photos to their PCs, but not everybody prints them any more. Unless you copy these photos (or any files for that matter) to another storage device, then those never to be repeated photos are in danger of being lost forever. Thats all a backup is, another copy on another storage medium, so there is no excuse when your wife asks for a copy of that classic shot of little Johnny that was taken when he was two.


Theres so many ways now from flash drives to online storage, so please make sure that you are safe by either calling us for advice or getting busy copying now. We recommend a free program called Cobian backup, just do a google search.


Please dont let it be you next.

Supergeek has moved

Sorry for no posts for a while, not only have I moved house, but now the workshop has moved too. Only next door , to unit E3 on Bounds Green Ind Est. Check out the website for more details. Its smaller, bvut if you saw the old office, floor to ceiling in junk (ok I admit it) then you would know that I needed a clear out.

McAfee problems galore...

Too much of a coincidence for 4 PCs to come into the workshop in two days with McAfee frozen, not working or generally causing problems isnt it? Or am I just a follower of conspiracy theories. Its just a rubbish program I think, the design is bad and unclear how to do the basic tasks, and it slows you down even more than the dreaded Norton now! Who would pay money for it? Not you I hope......

New Products, are things getting better?

Well, its all good news at the moment:

Windows 7 is coming out shortly, and its already better than Vista was when it first came out. We`ve been testing it for a while and it does look a bit faster and lighter on resources, but for the life of me, I can`t see that it warrants a new name. "Vista with a few bells and whistles and trimmed down" would be my name, not catchy, but true.

The serious news of the day is the arrival of a few new AMD processors. The new Athlon IIs and Phenom IIs are just Phenom-inal (yeah I know its been done before). Look at Toms Hardware charts, and you`ll see that they just about rule everything, and with really good pricing I can foresee building loads of these little beaties. Call for details anytime 08003118622.

PCWorld again

Its funny how the same old names keep coming up.....on a call today there was a sign maker discussing a sign with my client. He asked me what else I did (apart from setting up networks) and said he had just been to PCWorld paying £400 for reloading 5 computers.

Our price would be £125.

Guess who`s setting his new network up? (not PCWorld)

Sickmantec Products

Once again our old friends at Symantec have excelled themselves, not only do they produce the system gumming -up security suite, but then they go and sell it at 3 times the price it should be.

One of my clients (who happens to be 86, but thats just another reason to hate them) was coerced into renewing her version of IS2008 by Norton sales people, and eventually paid by card (it said auto-renewal on the invoice, so beware) the ubelievable amount of £78 for ONE years subscription !!!!!!! (isnt it 29.99 in PC World?)

It was an older PC with only 256MB memory, and she could not believe it when she saw her system running with a decent antivirus, positively zooming along.

Cheap PCs

OK heres a deal for you bargain hunters...a full PC (2.4GHz, 40 GB hard drive, genuine windows XP) with keyboard, mouse, and (get this) a 15" flat screen monitor. all for only £50. This is only available to blogging viewers, contact supergeek now.