Computer Care Tech Links

Maybe 15 or 20 years ago most managers and IT pros alike would have cringed at the very thought. Only serious tech geeks used Linux, but times have changed.Here are some interesting key areas your business can benefit from the cost savings, security and flexibility of open source software, servers and applications. more »

Valve has released 300 beta test units out to the community, iFixit has acquired one of these gaming computers to do a tear down and assessment of the computer. At a glance the Steam Machine gaming computer runs off the shelf parts and scores very high for repairability. SATA hard drive, ram, motherboard, video card and power supply are easily obtainable from 3 party sources and do not require the typical, “send back to the factory” type service for dead parts. more »

In HP laser printers and DesignJet Plotters, the network configuration is stored on the network card (also known as the JetDirect card or EIO card), not on the Formatter board. Therefore, you need to reconfigure whenever a network card is installed or replaced. more »