Okay, so my vintage 2004 laptop was having some serious cpu cooling problems and failing badly. I thought about refurbing it, but in the end decided it was time to bite the bullet and upgrade to current technology.
The big question for me at that point became: ”do I go with tried and true winXP, or do I entrust all of my web development, email, blogging, and other work from home as well as personal and social computing to the new kid on the block?” (more…)
Geek Housecalls was recently featured in the Boston Business Journal in a segment that highlights businesses that are growing despite the recession. Click here to see the article (and a shot of Dave in a Geekster!)
While I was at Walmart, (yea… looking for a Wii for my grandkids. Good luck on that), I did as any good geek would do and took a stroll through the computer aisle to see what was being offered in the sprawling land of “Save money. Live better.” And frankly, I was pretty impressed by how much silicon a few hundred bucks can buy. Not only did they have a $298 “bare bones” tower with a gig of ram and a hefty-for-the-price 160Gb hard drive, it also came preinstalled with the increasingly rare Windows XP (considered a plus by most geeks!). (more…)
