This is an update on a previous article comparing both services now that I’ve had a chance to compare them for a couple of years. I’ve been using both OneDrive and Google Drive for many years now and it appears to me that the former […]
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Five years ago I built a gaming PC for a client with the following specs: CPU AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Motherboard Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite AM4 GPU Sapphire Pulse RX 590 8GB Memory 2x8GB DDR4 2400Mhz PSU Thermaltake 700W Mid-tower Thermaltake V200 case Seagate Barracuda
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I’m not a music addict, I don’t walk around all day with earbuds stuck in my ears, and the only reason I signed up with Spotify a couple of years ago, was the price. Furthermore, Spotify Premium meant no annoying ads, so the few times
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I don’t need YouTube or any other media service nannying me with annoying messages pointing out facts of which I am already aware. That’s nearly as rant-inducing as having ads rammed down your throat which is why I subscribe to YouTube Premium. Also, it’s bad
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Although I was trained as a salesman back in the ’80s when the mantra was and still is, the customer is always right, it’s a device used in rigorous sales training in order to allow the customer to think they are right. This is much
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AMD and Nvidia are about to launch new GPUs – Radeon 9000 series and RTX 5000 series respectively – but with new US import tariffs proposed by the president-elect, it’s feared that prices will need to be increased by as much as 40%. And it’s
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I spent most of my life living in the United Kingdom where you can experience four different seasons in just one day. Christmas can either be wet and windy, crisp, clear and frosty, or buried in snow drifts. Clearly, one gets accustomed to the climates
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In April 2004, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman set off on motorcycles from London and travelled east in search of adventure. Their destination was New York, some 20,000 miles away, and into a world that was very different from what it is today. No Google
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Here’s another look at a humorous article from Marc, first published in 2018. A timeless piece that shows no-one is infallible and it always pays to fess up after messing up. Earlier in the year a new expat customer phoned and asked me to look
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I remember when Windows 98 was released, being the first Windows version with full support for USB, and how it simplified hot swapping of peripherals without the need to restart the system. Since then, USB has evolved with so many different physical connection types that
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Back in 2018 Marc explained why he thought Windows 10 was the best operating system ever, but not everyone agreed. In fact, the majority of comments in response to that article were decidedly anti-Windows 10. My, how opinions change. Windows Comes Of Age Most of
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I clearly remember the day I was handed my first company car as a salesman for a Canadian shipping company. When my boss gave me the keys, he also gifted me a few words of wisdom. First, he said that the easiest way to be
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Launched on 16 November 2004, Half-Life 2 is now 20 years old and not only turned the gaming landscape on its head but also changed how we buy games. When I bought the DVD in December 2004, I had no idea I would have to
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The old lady and the naughty cat, the burning gaming machine, and the angry masseuse. All in a day’s work for Marc the PC technician. The cat, the tablet and the mysterious virus A few weeks ago an elderly lady phoned me sounding more than
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