It’s ready for prime time: Today, after months and months of research on our part, I’m very happy to announce the release of our brand-new TuneUp Utilities 2012 on friday! This year’s version upgrades your PC not just with an enhanced feature for peak performance, but also with a brand-new power management system that delivers [...]
You just unpacked your spanking new laptop, netbook, tablet, or desktop PC. What a happy moment! But remember, it’s the first impression you get after it’s actually booted up that really counts… Well, the first impression you get of your new PC might be one that’s been overloaded with pre-installed crapware like trial versions of [...]
Imagine that you’re on a flight from New York to Los Angeles. You pop a DVD into your notebook to watch a movie. After the credits roll, you take a look at the battery meter in Windows’ taskbar and are shocked to see: What is going on here? Your notebook is supposed to run for [...]
It seems that every time we make a breakthrough in battery technology, we follow it up with power-hungry hardware that realistically means your battery never lasts more than about four hours (unless you have a low-powered netbook). And after a couple of years, you’d be lucky to get two hours of life out of your [...]
If you’re on the road a lot, you know the pain of getting Internet access. You might connect to the Web using a Wi-Fi hotspot in your hotel, a café, or at the airport. In most cases, you have to pay a small fee, or you might connect to a mobile broadband network using a [...]
Installing Windows 7 directly from a USB thumb drive can be done in a couple of easy steps, thanks to Microsoft’s very own Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. When and why should you do that?
These steps will allow you to save a huge amount of battery life. Be aware that your mileage may vary! On an 18″ Core 2 Duo Extreme laptop with two graphic cards, you might only get 30–45 minutes more out of the system, whereas on a netbook, you might get 3–4 more hours. Hope all you road warriors out there can benefit from these steps!
Often times I find myself stuck in a conference room, on a long flight, or at the airport without an electrical outlet in reach. Since I tend to be on the go all of the time, it is critical for my laptop to have a long battery life—and for me to know the best techniques [...]
The advent of netbooks has recently taken the PC market by storm—accounting for nearly 20 percent of global laptop sales in Q1 2009. Many have tested the performance of these mini-notebooks and compared them to laptops (check out Cisco Cheng’s PC Magazine article and John Morris’ ZDNet post). Netbooks are a little slower than their [...]
