Are you in the market for a new computer? What are you looking for with your new machine? Going to buy a powerhouse desktop? A nice laptop with all the features you want? Or maybe a new netbook with super portable features and functionality.

Once you’ve decided what type of machine you’re going to get. How do you decide which one you’re going to buy? What’s more important to you?
I frequently get asked for advice on purchasing computers. Many times because I almost exclusively use a laptop these days, it’s individuals asking me about what laptop to purchase. Very …read more

Currently running into some walls, firewalls to be exact, when I’m trying to connect to my business partner’s computer to access a SQL database that we use to manage our client contacts, project tasks, to do items, etc.
We’re sitting in the office on the same network, connected to the same switch and I can’t see his computer without him turning off his firewall. I realize that’s a good thing. His laptop is the only machine in the office (3 laptops, 1 server, 1 desktop) that’s running Vista. He’s also running Trend Micro’s security tool.
We’ve tried adding my computer to his …read more