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I have no special talent. I am passionately curious.- Albert Einstein.  Introduction. Are you considering getting a new laptop or desktop computer for your workstation, home, or office to enhance productivity? Are you also trying to get one for your wards since the new school season is in session? Do you know what you are looking for based on what the laptop or desktop can accomplish? There are certain distinct features that every laptop or desktop buyer needs to consider when purchasing one. These features which we term "Specifications" in the IT world can be grouped under these main headings. I will be sharing some ideas on a broader scope as to how you can choose a laptop or Desktop computer based on its specifications, its intended usage, and most importantly your budget . 1. Display/Monitor size : A monitor (Screen, used in Laptops) is an output device that displays text, images, video, and other information that is being entered and processed by the computer. One may ar...

                                         An image of a Laptop.                                   An image of a desktop computer. Introduction In the first five (V) episodes of our "Troubleshooting a Computer" series, we learned how to deal with the repair of personal computers using the sound it makes from booting, how to deal with a freezing screen, and even dealt with a case study where we saw how to repair a laptop when its screen flicks (take your time to read through the series). You can clearly see that in all these series, our sole focus is on the hardware component of the PC (The writer is a repair technician.) In this blog, we are going to deal with the " Dos and Don'ts " of owning a personal computer.  Personal computers like any electrical gadgets need to...

                                                                  An opened laptop undergoing repairs.  Introduction.  In our previous episodes of how to troubleshoot a Personal Computer (PC) , we focused on Computers with a System Unit. This unit houses the primary devices that perform operations to make the Personal Computer work perfectly.  In this blog, we are going to focus our attention on dealing with a personal computer in the form of a laptop.  Laptops are "easy-to-carry" computers that perform the same functions just as desktop computers. It houses all its hardware in a compact form such that the monitor/screen is attached to the System Unit (do not confuse this with an all-in-one computer). The sizes of these hardware components as compared to the ones in the SU ar...