To Upgrade or Replace. . . That’s the Question

 

I get asked all the time by my clients; Jeff is the computer worth keeping and upgrading or should I replace it? In most cases I tell folks to keep what they have and upgrade. I say this for may reasons. First is Windows XP; if you have it you want to keep it. If you buy a new PC today you will be stuck with Vista and that’s not a good thing. So much so that Microsoft quickly saw this and is replacing Vista with an even newer operating system called Windows 7. The second reason upgrades are not that expensive; for the most part, if you have a PC that is running Windows XP and was bought after 2003; you have a PC worth upgrading. Typically three things go bad or need to by expanded; your hard drive, power supply and ram. Two things will happen with the hard drive. It will either die one day or you will run out of room. New ones are not expensive and are many times larger then your current one. Your power supply will die one day, they just do. The power supply is located in your desktop case and converts your wall power into a power the computer uses. Again they are inexpensive and easy to replace.

 

 

Last is your memory or ram. New programs need more ram. It’s inexpensive and easy to install.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So before you consider replacing your old computer, consider upgrading your current one. This will keep your wallet full and the landfills empty.

 

Your comments are always welcome. 

 

 

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Spy on your Community. . . At least the ones that Tweet

 

Yes we’ve all heard about Twitter and how it’s changing the world.  But how do you use it. . . how do you make the information useful to you.  As I develop more solutions for my clients I asked myself; self how can I find out what people are saying in my neck of the woods.  Then I found a neat little tool called Geo Chirp.  www.geochirp.com

This little mashup between Google maps and Twitter is brilliant.  First search for a location.  Then set your radius and now you have Tweetdar (Twitter Radar.)  Oh but it gets better.  Now you can search within your area and see what people are saying about things you are interested in.  For example; if you own a salon you can search for the word salon in your area.  Now you can see any Tweet that has the word salon in it.  Very powerful.  You can also reply to those Tweets as well as ReTweet. 

But wait there is more. . . .  At the bottom of the page you can click on the syndication button and syndicate your search to your favorite RSS reader.  Now your life just got mush easier.  Not sure what syndication is or what RSS means.  Stay posted I will discuss that next. 

Try searching for your name.  If anyone is talking you’ll know.

Check out Geo Chirp and let me know if it’s been helpful at all. 

You comments are always welcome as well.

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