Laptop repairs, broken screens, port repairs

Hard drive manufacturing affected

Friday 18th November at 09:36 am by Sam Francis | View/edit comments
To hit the news this week was the expected significant impact on hard drive manufacturing due to the record flooding conditions in Thailand. Supplies around the world will be affected and prices are expected to soar. One drive manufacturer, Western Digital, is completely under water-resulting in approximately 32,400,000 fewer drives in the fourth quarter alone. Compounding this crisis is the fact that Nidec, the manufacturer of the motors used by nearly every hard drive manufacturer, is also having to completely shut down. Thus, a critical component is no longer available to other HDD manufacturers. We will keep you posted.

Windows Error Recovery

Wednesday 26th October at 01:35 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

 

Allowing your laptop to switch off without properly shutting it down can do more harm than you think - in the main, having to reinstall the operating system (OS) from scratch.  It is harmful to do this so if you are going to go walkies and your laptop is not plugged in to the mains, please either shut it down or get it plugged in.

Keeping you up-to-date

Friday 21st October at 03:28 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

We are pleased to announce that you can now keep up-to-date online with any repairs you have with us.  When you log a job with us, you will receive an email and link to have a live update of your call.  We hope you like this new measure and with an average turnaround of just 5 days, I am sure you will like the whole experience.

Laptop bag with built in alarm

Wednesday 12th October at 03:11 pm by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments

We’ve often talked about keeping your laptop safe both when you’re using it in a public place or even just carrying it in its bag. Isafe bags have come up with a great solution to help you feel more secure when traveling with your laptop on your shoulder. They have designed both a laptop bag and backpack fitted with a mobile security alarm. The alarm is easily activated, a pull on the cord sets off the audible alarm and flashing light. Not only should this attract attention to the situation but will hopefully send the would-be attackers running. By replacing the pin the alarm will be silenced and reset ready to be used again.

We think this is a great idea, especially if you do a lot of traveling on your own. Click here for more information.

Why does my laptop overheat?

Friday 7th October at 12:45 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

If you use your laptop on your lap, or leave it plugged in all the time, you may well be cruising for what some experts call Picnic (Problem in Chair Not in Computer).   Despite the name, a laptop should be operated on a flat and firm surface so that it rests on the four little rubbers on the base.   The point is to allow air to circulate around the machine. Letting a laptop rest on your thighs — or worse, sink into a cushy cushion prevents internal heat from radiating outward and can block air intake vents.   This causes overheating, a major cause of component failure in computers.

Amazon Kindle Fire

Wednesday 5th October at 02:47 pm by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments

The Kindle fire has definitely been the most talked about tablet in the last couple of weeks. And its being said that it could rival the Ipad.

The device has a 7 inch screen and is powered by a dual core processor. It runs a custom version of Google Android. It only has an 8GB internal memory, but comes with free access to Amazon's online storage service which allows users to store music, movies, books and apps.

We are still waiting for the UK prices and release date but will let you know as soon as we hear.

Lenovo tablets means business

Monday 26th September at 02:12 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

Following the release a few months ago of the consumer based Lenovo tablet, the IdeaPad K1, Lenovo have now released their commercial model stating they are the first manufacturer to produce a model for each market.  The ThinkPad Tablet was released last month with a base price of $499 (16GB). The tablet uses a 10.1-inch screen and runs Google's Android 3.1 operating system.  Click here to watch CNET's overview of it.

Broken Laptop Port

Friday 23rd September at 01:34 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

This is what happens when you leave your power adapter plugged into your laptop and then carry it around like that.  Due to too much pressure, the centre pin has snapped during transport in the laptop bag, physically pushing the port off the board so no power will ever get to it again.  Simple repair for us though, a bit of resoldering by our expert team and its back to normal.

Helpful tips for fixing your laptop

Wednesday 21st September at 02:52 pm by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments

If you are experiencing any problems with your laptop don't forget to check out our 'What's the problem' page before booking it in. We have 19 common faults listed where we give you some helpful information to get your machine up and running again.

We received this comment through our website last week from a happy web user:

Laptop would start but no display, followed your tips, remove battery, boot
up, etc etc, BINGO, the girl is back to her usual self. cant thankyou
enough.
If i owe payment please advise

We of course didn't want payment - we were just glad to have helped!

 

Laptop screen repair

Monday 19th September at 03:19 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

Did you know that 9/10 times it is cost effective to replace your laptop screen.  Today we replaced one for just £73.00 including parts and labour.  Still an expensive accident but cheaper than buying new!

Intel reveal a solar powered CPU

Friday 16th September at 02:43 pm by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments

Intel are becoming even more energy efficient by producing their Haswell CPU. The chipset runs on nothing but direct solar power and uses 20 times less energy than equally powerful chipsets. They have designed it to use so little energy that it can actually run off the light emitted from a standard lightbulb.

This new chipset is set to be used in Intel’s new ‘Ultrabooks’ and although the rest of the laptops hardware will still work off the mains, the processor is such a huge power drain that the solar powered chip is set to help the overall energy retention of the laptops batteries.

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Thursday 15th September at 02:49 pm by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments

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Batteries to go all wibbly wobbly on us

Monday 12th September at 12:59 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

Jelly could be the solution to faster, more efficient and lower cost batteries say some clever researchers at Leeds University.

Research has proved the solution by blending a rubber-like polymer with a conductive, liquid electrolyte into a thin, flexible film of gel that sits between the battery electrodes and because it's jelly-like, it can be moulded into all shapes and sizes to suit the device it's intended for making this great news of laptops.

The technology has already been licensed to an American company, Polystor Energy Corporation, which is conducting trials to get the jelly-cells ready for use in portable electronics.

MacBook Air is great in the kitchen

Friday 9th September at 03:03 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

A giggle for the weekend.  Just when you thought you'd seen in all, today, I came across a bizarre series of videos on YouTube showing a crazy Japanese man using the edge of his Macbook Air to cut an apple in half, dice mushrooms, and even slice shrimp. We know it's light, but we don't think this is what Apple had in mind for the super-slim notebook.

Sony develops a 3-D accessory

Tuesday 6th September at 02:25 pm by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments

Sony have developed an accessory for laptops so the user can view 3-D images without glasses. The 3mm thick lenticular sheet has been designed for Sony's Vaio S series but can be used on any laptop that has a webcam and will be offered out to other manufactures. The sheet is 15.5 inch and clips onto the side of the laptop screen. Although this seems like a great idea, the price - approximately £115 - seems like a lot to pay to add 3-D to a laptop.

Solar backpack

Thursday 1st September at 03:56 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

Found this great company today who have manufactured backpacks with solar inset panels to recharge your laptop/tablet.  The universal battery pack stores power for use anytime and is specially designed to charge efficiently from solar. When not in the sun, the battery can be charged from normal or high-powered USB ports.   Battery will be fully charged 10 hours of direct sunlight giving two output ports, a 5.0V, 600mA via USB port and 5.0V 2A from high-powered USB port. Can charge two devices at the same time.  Cool eh?

Laptop battery not charging

Wednesday 31st August at 10:26 am by Sam Francis | View/edit comments
If your battery does not seem to be charging, before you go a replace it, you need to consider a few things. It might not be the battery at all, your charger may have become faulty or you might have an issue with the power port so it isn’t doing its job properly. To test the battery for sure, do the following first which will give you an indication if the battery’s life is over.
We like to call it the battery reboot. Shut down your laptop, unplug it from the mains, remove the battery (normally from underneath), plug in the laptop, restart, shut it down again, then unplug it, insert the battery, plug it in, and reboot. 
If that didn’t work, how about recalibrating your battery. All you need to do is turn off your screen saver or any other power management settings, charge your battery up fully and then let it run all the way down until the laptop shuts off automatically – to speed this process up, why not run a DVD? Then recharge your battery fully and see if that gives you a little more life. If not, it really is time for a new battery.
 
 

'My Laptop screen ....'

Friday 26th August at 12:20 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

When we pick up the phone or answer an email, our customers often start with the phrase 'My laptop screen' then normally followed by 'is smashed'.  The most common faults are;

  • The screen is smashed
  • The screen has lines running down it
  • The screen is blank down one side
  • The screen is fades
  • The screen is entirely blank
  • The screen keeps flickering.

The most common is obvioulsy the screen itself needs replacing and this is very cost effective these days from just £95.00 including collection and delivery but sometimes its just a loose connection or the cable needs replacing.  Either way, a smashed screen no longer means a new laptop, just a simple repair.

Exercise good for you and your laptop?

Thursday 25th August at 10:37 am by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

I love this idea that keeping fit could help power my laptop or mobile phone, click here for more information.

HP TouchPad price dropped to just £89

Wednesday 24th August at 04:20 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

An amazing deal that will last until all stock has gone - you'll be able to nab a 16GB HP TouchPad for £89 and the 32GB model for £115 from Dixons Online as of late today.

Currys and PC World will also carry the reduced HP TouchPads at the same price points, with the sale that started yesterday morning.

The retailers are also committing to refunds or partial refunds to people who have already bought the HP TouchPad through them; although beware, there will be timing-based caveats to this early claim.

Comments

Posted at Friday 16th September at 06:05 am by remote hdmi switch

Great News! This increases my chances to buy it :-)

Laptop with com port

Tuesday 23rd August at 09:20 am by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

These days, it is very difficult to source a laptop with a com port or properly known as a serial port as this is old technology, USB has taken over.  The problem is that some people still need this connectivity to work with their existing hardware.  The easiest way is to source a reconditioned laptop from the likes of ebay or a specialist laptop repairer such as ourselves, we always hold older technology as you never know when you might need it.  Alternatively, you can source port replicators that will do the trick, for more information, contact us.

Laptop screen brightness issue

Monday 22nd August at 03:34 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

We love it when we can help someone without taking a penny from them.  Today, a lady came in complaining that her screen wasn't bright enough.   It turned out that she had adjusted the screen brightness without realising it so it was on its lowest form when not connected to an external screen.  So simply increasing the brightness using the function key got her screen nice and bright again.  Simples.

HP looking to sell the consumer side of business

Friday 19th August at 03:32 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments
HP is looking to sell off its Personal Systems Group (PSG), which is responsible for is laptops and desktops for the consumer market. Confirming the news in the company’s latest earnings report. HP has said that it is looking to offload its PC division as it concentrates on its new found love of becoming a business to business rather than a consumer facing company.  What this actually means is that is needs to concentrate on earning more money for its shareholders as revenue has declined 3 per cent year over year with a 5.9 per cent operating margin.   HP plans instead to focus on its investments, resources and management attention to drive higher value solutions to enterprise, small and midsize business and public sector customers.

 

Is your replacement hard drive new?

Thursday 18th August at 03:40 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

Hard disc drives (HDD) get bigger and bigger every year, but what happens when your 120GB laptop drive needs replacing?  Are you aware that most of the time the replacement drive is not new and has been refurbished?  This is because the manufacturers are only in the market for making drives of the current market so if you need a smaller one, it is likely to be a reconditioned one. Don’t worry though, you are not buying one that has literally come out of someone else’s machine, the suppliers do follow standard practices before the hard drive can be re-sold.
 
A HDD has moving parts so they need to be stress tested ensuring the platter spins at a specific RPM. Specialist diagnostic machines test the drive to ensure there are no bad blocks.   And finally, the drive is wiped clean. There are several industry standards that apply to data wiping.  A lot of companies in the UK use the known US government standard Department of Defense 5220.22-M and this recommends three passes for medium levels of security (home use) and up to six passes for the top level of protection (corporate protection).  What can take time is that one ‘pass’ can actually involve two data wipes over the whole drive – one to insert ‘1’ data bits and another to inserts ‘0’ s on the drive surface.  Some applications then write a unique code on the drive to verify the software has worked correctly.  All this takes time but does mean there is no chance of retrieving the previous owners data and means you are getting an "as New" HDD as possible.  To make sure you trust the source and state of the HDD being fitted to your laptop, ask the repair company how and where they get their HDD's from and what warranty is given.

Why is my new hard drive small than stated?

Wednesday 17th August at 03:15 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

 

It turns out that the answer has to do with your electronic devices and their operating systems using a different definition of "gigabyte" ("GB") than that of the manufacturer's of storage devices such as memory cards and hard drives. When manufacturers of such devices say "GB", they mean what is called a "decimal gigabyte", which equals exactly 1,000,000,000 (one billion) bytes (a byte is a fairly basic unit of storage in computers). When your device's operating system describes the capacity of the storage medium, they typically use what is called a "binary gigabyte", which equals exactly 1,073,741,824 bytes. Because of this discrepancy, a device has less binary gigabytes than decimal gigabytes.

It turns out that a decimal gigabyte is approximately 93% the size of a binary gigabyte, so do not be surprised if your operating system states is smaller than you think.

UK riots: Thief is exposed through stolen goods

Tuesday 16th August at 10:08 am by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

A former FBI worker whose laptop was stolen during the London riots used spy software to track down the suspect. It took 2 daysd for the thief to turn the laptop on but when he did, an altert was sent to the owner, Mr Martin who then sat and watched while the thief surfed religious revelation videos, shopped for a Mercedes A class on Autotrader until finally popping on to Facebook.   He collected a “treasure trove” of information about the suspect, including the man’s name, school, address in west London, and information about his wireless internet.

Now Mr Martin just had to pass the information on to police for them to do their bit.  An 18-year-old man was charged on Friday with handling stolen goods, a police spokesman said. He was bailed and is due to appear at West London magistrates’ court this Friday.

Panasonic gets tougher

Thursday 11th August at 01:20 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments
Panasonic has been an industry standard catering for the more robust user like the armed forces or field based engineers. The new Toughbook S10, however, lends itself more to the business executive with security in mind. It has all you would expect with a 12.1-inch antiglare screen but with added bonuses of;
 
·          It’s light 3-pound weight even with DVD optical drive
·          The magnesium alloy case has been partially painted black on the lid (as seen in the slideshow) which protects it from up to 12-inch drops to any side while non-operational, and 30 inches while operational but to the base only.
·          For its size, its unusual to find a full-sized keyboard which is spill resistant up to 6 ounces
·          Security features abound in this laptop, from the physical case lock slot to tether your computer down to the Computrace theft protection agent in the BIOS. There's also a TPM security chip and Intel Anti-Theft tech installed, but in case these features aren't enough, a fingerprint reader can be added as well.
·          The 320GB hard drive does come mounted to protect it from car vibrations, and spins at 5,400rpm—a further safety precaution.
 

 

The great news is that is will be available next month for an estimated $2,449, not cheap but with all those standard goodies, you are certainly getting value for your hard earnt cash.

 

4 top tips for battery life

Tuesday 9th August at 11:33 am by Sam Francis | View/edit comments
Many companies are making employees use their laptops longer with our economy being as it is. If you are starting to tell your employees to keep plugging along with their laptops for four or five years instead of just three, you may well be running into an unexpected expense: dead laptop batteries. At £40 a pop on average, it is something that needs thinking about before spending unnecessarily
 
The thing is, most people will go out and buy a new battery when they could be keeping their existing one going. Lithium Ion batteries tend to lose about 20% of their capacity each year, a typical three-year-old laptop might only get about an hour or so on a charge, which might not even get your team through an entire meeting. Here are four simple tips to forestall the day that you need to replace those batteries:
 
  • Keep it cool. Heat is the primary killer of batteries.
  • Recondition your battery regularly using the recalibrating tool that comes with every laptop (except Apple)
  • Remove it when you’re not using it. When you leave your laptop plugged in at your desk all day every day, the battery never gets a chance to discharge and recharge — which is critical to its long-term health.
  • Start with a super-sized battery in the first place. When you purchase your next round of laptops, upgrade to the extended-life battery, they are worth the extra expense.

Are laptop users a nuisance?

Thursday 4th August at 04:26 pm by | View/edit comments
I saw an article today about how staff in America of certain branches of Starbucks, are covering up the power sockets due to people abusing the right to sit there whilst slowing sipping on their giant coffee for hours on end. I was in a Costa the other day and every table had a least one laptop perched on it. Now this could be a passive aggressive way to deal with customers taking advantage but I guess this maybe the stance that such businesses take. Lets hope battery life improves so we won’t have this need to use other people’s electricity?

How to repair LCD for your laptop

Wednesday 3rd August at 05:38 pm by | View/edit comments

If you screen isn't working properly, click here to see what the problem might be.   If it is obvious and you have a cracked screen, you are looking from £95.00 for a standard 15" screen; this includes collection, inspection, replacement and delivery back to you.

Great gadget - laptop stand

Tuesday 2nd August at 11:23 am by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

Here’s a great gadget, the Ergo-Tilt laptop stand, designed to keep your back, neck, and wrists relaxed as well as allowing ventilation under the laptop to help keep it cool.  

Made by a Canadian company, they ship internationally and is available from Amazon for just £16.99 (you may find cheaper).  They are a socially responsible company, the stands are assembled in workshops for challenged individuals.  They are all plastic with no metals, so the stands are easily recyclable.  Even their packaging is made from recycled materials. Its a one-size-fits-all-laptops weighing just 9oz.  There’s a hinge at the back that opens to raise the back end of the stand to about 3 inches. It is currently available in black, yellow, lime, and pink

How to replace a screen

Monday 1st August at 06:27 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

We love You Tube and have managed to get greats tips on how to do stuff ourselves but some things should not be attempted, for instance, how to replace a screen on a laptop.  A month or so ago, a gentleman walked into our office in panic.  He has attempted the screen replacement of his wife’s beloved laptop only to damage the screen cable in the process.  We fixed it for just £20.00 but not only would he have saved money coming direct to us or another specialist in the first place but he wouldn’t have had the stress.  It is not as simple as it looks and you need a safe environment not only electrical but to safeguard if the old screen breaks and releases harmful mercury.  If you think you are out of your depth, you probably are.

Do you want your laptop to go to sleep mode?

Friday 29th July at 01:31 pm by | View/edit comments
As default Windows XP will put your laptop into sleep mode (standby) when you close the lid. For those of us who don’t use an external monitor, this makes justifiable sense if you have finished using it for the time being but need to go back to it shortly as it saves battery life and gives it the chance to cool down while not in use.
But this is very annoying if you use an external monitor. It’s easy to change the function but its still a question we often get asked. You have a choice of keeping the laptop on when you close the lid, you can also set it to hibernate, shut off, or "Do nothing."
Simply right-click the desktop and select Properties. Click the Screen Saver tab, then the Power button in the lower-right corner. Click the Advanced tab. Select an option from the "When I close the lid of my portable computer" pull-down menu. Simple when you know how.

Memory for laptop

Thursday 28th July at 04:41 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

People often get confused between needing memory for a laptop and increasing their hard drive size.  Very simply, memory helps your laptop function, like the brain does for the human body and the hard drive is where you store information, like the stomach.  So if your laptop is running slow, more often than not, it may need more memory (RAM) or you might just need to reinstall your operating system from scratch and give it a good service.  For advice on this, please contact us

Blank screen on laptop

Wednesday 27th July at 03:22 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

We often get queries stating 'blank screen on laptop' with people believing their laptop screen is damaged but more often than not, it could just be a loose connection or requires a replacement screen cable, to be sure, contact us and let us know what happened leading up to the screen going blank or click here for more information

How to repair a laptop

Tuesday 26th July at 01:48 pm by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

The web is a great tool to find out how to repair a laptop but DIY methods often get people into a sticky mess.  Our team endeavor to promote methods of looking after your laptop to keep it in good health and we also have a section on our website to try and resolve issues. 

Before trying to save money on physically repairing the laptop yourself, seek out a specialist first to see if your repair will do the trick, it might end up costing you more money.  Today, we received a laptop with an attempted power port problem to find that a simple task to us had escalated into a replacement motherboard, instead of it costing £74.95, the laptop was written off with a bill of over £250.00

Security issue for Apple Macs

Monday 25th July at 10:28 am by Sam Francis | View/edit comments

A security researcher named Charlie Miller from Accuvant Labs claims to have found a new security flaw in Apple laptops by manipulating chips embedded inside the Apple laptop batteries. He believes hackers could ruin laptop batteries by infecting them with malware or potentially cause them to overheat and catch fire.

The chip that monitors the battery's temperature and level of charge can be remotely controlled by hackers using a default password that Miller found on a website of the chip's creator, Texas Instruments. Apple never changed the default password., Hackers could install malware on the battery that would not be detected by anti-virus software because it would not appear on the hard drive, he said. The malware could attack the laptop's operating system again and again, even after the user installed a new hard drive.

A laptop that acts as a real notebook

Thursday 21st July at 01:43 pm by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments
Fujitsu have designed a bendable laptop to give the user a realistic notebook experience. It’s dual screen and when you are using it as a laptop the lower screen acts as a virtual keyboard. But when you turn the laptop on its side it activates the ‘notebook’ function so the user can take advantage of the bending angles to ‘page’ through photo’s, data and music. Although this seems like a cool gadget and it would definitely be an interesting experience ‘flipping’ through the pages, I’m not sure how popular or practical it would be.

14" USB mobile monitor

Wednesday 20th July at 02:43 pm by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments
Toshiba have released a portable monitor that connects to your laptop through the USB. The screen resolution isn’t great but adding an extra 14” of screen to your laptop will make big difference. The monitor comes attached to its own faux leather carrying case, which is great for protecting the screen but also doubles up as a stand. And with it only weighing 2.8 pounds portability is no problem at all.

gScreen Spacebook laptop

Tuesday 19th July at 10:42 am by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments
The gScreen Spacebook is finally available for pre order. This mammoth laptop is not the best choice for portability – as it weighs a whopping 10lbs and is 2 inches thick, but it does have its selling points. The main USP is that it boasts two 17.3 inch HD displays. It has a handy screen sliding ability which provides the user with a single or dual-screen interface. There are two models in the range – the i5 and i7 with the main difference being the processor. The i5 has a dual-core Intel processor while the i7 boasts a quad-core Intel processor. For more information and pricing click here.

LCD screen replacements

Tuesday 12th July at 02:01 pm by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments
Did you know, the most common part we fit on a laptop are lcd screen replacements? A few years ago, the cost to do this made the laptop beyond economic repair. Nowadays however, it will cost you as little as £80.00 if dropped into our workshop or £95 if we collect and deliver back. Click here for more information.

Backup your data!

Monday 11th July at 11:42 am by Sam Francis | View/edit comments
We cannot stress enough how important it is to backup your data on your laptop. A customer came in today having dropped her laptop, causing the hard drive to fail and all the data with it. A good idea would be a usb portable hard drive to carry around with you and keep your data safe - I never leave home without it!

Toshiba's glasses free 3D laptop

Thursday 7th July at 11:01 am by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments

Toshiba have finally released the launch date and expected price for their glasses free 3D laptop – the Qosmio F750 3D. We will see it hitting the shelves in the UK from August 2011, but be prepared to pay about £1300 to get your hands on this latest technology.

New technology for charging laptop batteries

Tuesday 5th July at 01:20 pm by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments

Soon you may be able to charge your laptop by the touch of a finger. A group from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology have been attempting to harvest electrical currents from special materials that react to pressure. So by just typing on your keyboard or mobile phone you could be charging it. The technology is still being trialed and at the moment can only extend the life of a laptop battery by about 10% but if they can improve on that then this could definitely be a great advancement in extending battery life. Click here to read more about it.

Netbook or laptop?

Monday 4th July at 10:07 am by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments
A customer came to us last week to ask if she should switch to a netbook. Basically, she was about to embark on a 4 month trip and didn't want to lug around her heavy old laptop. Our response was simple, Netbooks are great if the use is not going to be prolonged, with the average 11 inch screen and smaller keyboard, this can be a pain for the traditional laptop user to downsize - being that she would use it for a maximum of an hour a day, we thought it was the right choice for her adventure.

Comments

Posted at Monday 4th July at 09:47 pm by Ashley Leaney
I agree, absolutely right for that task. But I've had a netbook for 18 months and would not want to be without it. No good for gaming or similar but that can all be done on a PC or high spec laptop.

Screen protector for outdoor use

Friday 1st July at 09:48 am by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments
With all the lovely weather we're having you may be wanting to use your laptop outdoors but find it difficult to see your screen in the sun. If this is the case why not buy a screen protector that also has glare and UV protection. Colors are sharpened and it'll feel like you're using your laptop indoors. Scratch resistant with longer lasting screen protection - it’s a win win product for your laptop.
 

Keyboard replacement

Thursday 30th June at 02:07 pm by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments
Often, when liquid is spilt on a laptop and it ceases to power up, people automatically think that the laptop is beyond redemption. However, this is not the case, 8/10 times it simply needs a keyboard replacement for as little as £60.00 including pickup and delivery. You must be quick to act though before further damage is caused. Click here for more info

Toshiba Satellite repair

Wednesday 29th June at 01:22 pm by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments

We had a repair request logged a few days ago for a Toshiba Satellite stating the problem was to do with the power port.  The customer was happy with the quote to repair the port but they were overjoyed when we told them that the adapter was faulty and the cost was going to be £20.00 cheaper.

A tablet suitable for a war zone?

Tuesday 28th June at 09:37 am by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments

Thats right, Panasonic have added to their fantastic Toughbook range by releasing the  Android-based Toughbook tablet. Made with military-grade protective material this new tablet is practically indestructible. It has a 10.1 inch resistive screen with a high brightness level designed for use outdoors and a battery able to last a “full shift.”

There are no details on the release date or pricing as yet, but we’ll keep you informed as soon as we know anymore.

Laptop screen issues

Monday 27th June at 11:00 am by Allie Finnie | View/edit comments

Laptop screen issues are the most common in our workshop, the statement we hear on a regular basis is 'my laptop screen is cracked'.  Once upon a time it would have been too expensive to repair them however now, they can be repaired for as little as £95.00 - much cheaper than a new laptop!  Click here for more info. 

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26TH SEP, 2011 | Lenovo tablets means business
Following the release a few months ago of the consumer based Lenovo tablet, the IdeaPad K1, Lenovo have now released the...

 

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