JUL
05
It's the first time in 7 years. I got a new laptop - and it was no easy task trying to come up with an appropriate option. You see, I'm pretty picky about the technology I use and I want it to last a long time. After all, I DID have my last laptop for 7 years - and it still actually works quite well.
What I had before was a Lenovo Thinkpad X61 convertible tablet. For its day, it was a quite capable little device. Fairly lightweight, with the first generation of Core2 mobile chips, upgraded to 4gb of RAM and a 128gb SSD to make it quite fast - even running Windows 8.1 (update 1) with fast boot times and overall great performance. So why did I replace it? Well, the Thinkpad screens of this time period had issues with the adhesive that holds the screen cover on. The glue strip that sits beneath the bezel on it breaks down over time and seeps out of every opening on the front of the device as well as allows air bubbles to get under the glass that covers the LCD screen. There are a LOT of these bubbles on mine at this point, which is distracting. Also, since I do a lot with websites and graphics, I need the screen to look good and translate colors well, which this screen was no longer doing.
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NOV
28
One of the most important things about setting up a business is efficiently managing startup costs. For many companies nowadays, IT infrastructure is one of the larger upfront costs of starting a business, but an efficiently-spend budget can lead to an overall reduction in overhead related to maintenance costs and equipment replacements. Computers don't come at the premium they did in the 1980s, but a business-class machine can still run a pretty penny. A large sticker price might leave a business owner wondering why a consumer-grade machine can't do the trick for an employee who isn't running resource-intensive applications. As it turns out, there are a host of reasons a consumer-grade computer might lead to far higher costs to your business despite the initially tantalizing price tag.
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