Category: 925: What To Do With A Vintage Computer, How To Keep Your Computer Happy and Healthy, The Current State of Solid State Drives.
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Celebrating 20 Years
We’re celebrating 20 years! Woohoo! We will be offering YOU some pretty big deals, including 20% off all Beats by Dr. Dre headphones and speakers, $20 off Otterbox cases, a Mac mini bundle that is hard to resist, and much more both in-store and online! Stop in during the month of April and wish us…
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The Current State of Solid State Drives
Apple has really cranked up the speed on their current line of MacBook Pro in recent years, thanks to PCIe solid state hard drives. Most computer companies install traditional mechanical drives, while some other companies install SATA solid state drives, but Apple has taken storage to another level. SATA SSDs top out around 550MB/s, while…
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How to Keep Your Computer Happy and Healthy
Spring is in the air (we hope) and as thoughts turn to Easter Eggs, the Red Sox, and April showers, let us help you with a little “spring cleaning” of your Mac… “My computer is running slow!!” How many times have you uttered that in front of your device? Nobody likes to see the “pinwheel…
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What To Do With A Vintage Computer?
While I would never recommend hacking apart an Apple computer that still has functional value to it, some older machines, or MUCH older machines, have aesthetic value. The Mac SE, for example, is a wonderful platform with an iconic appearance, that offers the facade of a classic Mac. With some internal mounting and hardware work,…
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_Greetings Friends,_ I hope you all had a pleasant weekend with friends and family. As usual, April Fools’ Day gave us some wonderful little gags on the internet. One that was particularly tech-related was iFixIt’s teardown of the Apple Watch “*See that here.*”:https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Watch+Teardown/38659 This weekend was full of planning some technical projects of my own,…