Tech Tips from Chezvous PC

Tech Tips from Chezvous PC

If you’re buying a new computer, you really need to consider getting a machine with a Solid State Drive or SSD. The difference it makes to a computer compared to a conventional drive is astounding. At the moment the drives are quite small, because of their cost. However, in six months’ time when Windows 7 goes out of support, the sort of machine we recommend for around £350, which currently has 128gb, should then have 256gb – enough for most users.

Java is now used less and less and yet it still pesters to be updated. As you need to download Java to use it in the first place, it may well be easier to remove it after use and then download the most recent version the next time you need it.  To do this, select ‘settings’ and then ‘apps & features’.  Or, you can update it and it will prompt you to remove it if it has been more than 6 months since the last use - otherwise it will update.

Mac users – we are seeing a lot of Macs going out of date these days.  The reason?  Apple has moved the system updates location.  You may already be used to going to the ‘updates’ section of the App Store to get the latest OS replacement, but all you will find is updates to your current OS.  You have to go to ‘featured’ in order to find the new system update.  I presume this is so you are more likely to miss the update and then think about replacing the machine - but we are just cynical!!

If you still have an Eclipse email address, then it’s really time to change as the company has done nothing to improve its email settings for a long time, whilst the rest of the world has moved on. Sending mail in recent years has become a real issue for people still using Eclipse; we devised a workaround solution for those who got in touch with us, but it seems our fix is being unfixed by the continual advance of technology. Get in touch if you need help.

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