Hello listers, I'd like some advice regarding specs for a new desktop. I've been doing a bit of research and I'm noticing that these days, some manufacturers are building systems with two internal har

Hi Chris, I was actually looking at the xps 8930. I notice that there is a tower edition and a special edition. Which one of these did you purchase?

Hi James, you bring up an interesting point. While doing my research, I was also looking into all in one machines but I'm not entirely sure I would invest in one at this point. I would prefer to get a

James, I just found an Acer machine with 12 gb of ram and a 1 tb mechanical drive for about $800. I'll have to compare this to comparable Dell machines.

Gene, these are really good questions. I do a bit of intensive tasks such as file conversions. Like you, I'm not concerned about how long its going to take to open a web page or a document. I'm going

Hi James, all of the xps systems I'm looking at are built with 1 tb drives, 7200 rpm. Some of the configurations are built with 256 gb ssd's as the boot drive, the mechanical drive is used for storage

I found a couple systems that meet all these requirements and one of them just happens to be on sale. One is an xps model, the other is an inspiron.

Hello Steve, if I had to choose between extra storage and a dvd drive, I would definitely tell you that the extra storage is better. Mary.

Hello listers, I'd like some suggestions for programs that can be used to monitor the health of a hard drive. I'd like to use a program that can be used with both an ssd and mechanical drive. Thanks i

Gene, I don't know about the price of laptops but what I can tell you is that a desktop with an ssd as the main drive and a mechanical drive really aren't that expensive. I paid about $1100 for my del

Troy, here is my recommendation for a bluetooth keyboard. Matias Wireless Aluminum Keyboard https://matias.ca/aluminum/wireless/

Hello listers, I've been doing a bit of research into external sound cards. I found one on Amazon that is manufactured by a company called Pluggable. Does anyone have experience with products that are

Hi Mike, this site used to be very user friendly but like you, I have no way of viewing the captcha.

Mike, if you can't get this site to work, I may be able to give you the info you are looking for. I found it on another site. Just let me know and I'll either post it to the list or I can send it priv

Hi Mike, unfortunately I didn't save the website info. It was just an article which gave the sms info you have already.

I'm having the same issue.

Hi Mike, here are some instructions for what you want to accomplish. I took this directly from Google. In step 2, it says click the gear icon. What you need to do is press tab until you hear something

Hello, there are a couple of companies in the US that will ship the phone to Canada.

Hi Mike, you will be able to change the computer name without affecting any of your user accounts. Just choose a name that is different and you should be good to go.

Gene, you have made some valid points in this message. One thing that I would like to add is this. People who are blind/visually impaired should be given a choice in how they choose to access their ma