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Number of PC’s Shipped Drops…a smidge

kahall — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:05:53 +0000

I don’t like to see shipments of any product drop but maybe it means more people are upgrading and getting their old ones repaired instead of purchasing new ones. Since PC repairs and upgrades in the Springfield MO area is what I do it might be good for business. Personally I have not upgraded in over 4 years other than from Vista to Windows 7 as my Intel Duo E6580 @ 3.00 GHz with 4 gigs of RAM system is still capable of doing way more than I need. I’m not a gamer like I used to be and even if I was my current system would probably work ok, but I’m sure I would have upgraded by now if I played them as much as I used to.

For now, Gartner is pegging the worldwide shipment decline at 1.4 percent from the same period in 2010. IDC calculated the decrease at just 0.2 percent.

The slight downturn had been expected for several reasons, chiefly the growing popularity of mobile devices that are more convenient, less expensive and almost as powerful PCs.

Planning for IT disaster

kahall — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:42:48 +0000

Backups of your computer data are the key to getting you business back up and running in a hurry should disaster occur. I see small businesses in Springfield MO and the area that either don’t back up at all or they do not do it adequately. Even if you are using nothing more than Quickbooks to run your business you need to have at least a daily back up. Quickbooks has an online backup solution which is affordable and I recommend you use it. Flash drives also work very well for storing back ups and taking them off site and are easy to use. If you need help getting a back up solution for your business give me a call.

Three Quarters of European Businesses Might Not Recover from a Disaster

74% of organisations are not very confident that they can fully recover after a disaster, according to a new survey of 1,750 European companies
54% surveyed have lost data and/or suffered systems downtime in the last year
61% report hardware failure as the primary cause of data loss and downtime; natural disasters and employee sabotage being much less likely culprits
43% of organisations cite loss of employee productivity as the single biggest economic impact
28% point to lost revenue as a result of a disaster
40% of organisations still use tape for recovery and 80% of these organisations want to replace tape all together, highlighting the need for next generation backup and recovery

Springfield MO Computer Services Ads On Craigslist

kahall — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:11:41 +0000

Last night I received a phone call from someone else who tries to make a buck or 2 by doing pc, website and network stuff for anyone who needs it in and around Springfield MO. The call was in regards to ads for Springfield MO->services->computers on Craigslist. While I have never placed an ad there I have thought about it and am aware of the ads that are there. Or I should say used to be there.
For the last 6 – 8 weeks, that is how long I have been monitoring it, someone has been consistently flagging and managing to get deleted every single ad for computer services in Springfield Missouri on Craigslist. I only monitor it because I think it is silly and I am curious as to how long they will keep it up. I mean they are on it 24/7 and I check it 3 or 4 times a day.
So I had just checked it about an hour before the phone call and noticed that there were a few ads there and then went on to something else. Well the guy that called me is monitoring ip addresses (I’m easy to track down that way / don’t care) that hit his ads as he is trying to figure out who is doing all the flagging. By the time he called me his ads had been deleted so he suspected it might be me. Like I have time for that.

I assured him I wasn’t doing any flagging and we discussed who might be doing it. I have no idea who it is but suspect it is someone who owns one of the many computer repair places here in town and they are hurting financially, spending money on advertising they really can’t afford and they don’t like the fact that anyone can place a free ad on CL. Commonly referred to as a Big Baby. Your tears are delicious by the way and I hope you fail.
So heads up out there if you are the one doing it. This guy is trying to find you and you will be confronted regarding your childishness.