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By day he seems like a normal everyday person, going about his chores working like a good little bee. But at night he changes into the Tech Guru Dreyer Smit. Testing every cool gadget he can get his hands on. Biggest Microsoft fan, but will always recommend the best option for the job at hand.
Looking at the PC market over the past three years, it's easy to see that things have become rather long in the tooth. PCs have become as boring as cereal in the morning, making you wish that you never woke up. But fast forward to the end of 2012 and things seem to be heating up.
In the past, when people talked about a PC you could easily think of a really heavy box and a big LCD display with ...
With Windows 8 on the horizon many of you are completely confused with the new operating system and will be looking to alternatives. Most of you will be upgrading from Windows XP to a new operating system and OSX won’t be in your price range. Many of you will stick to Windows 7, but some of you will be moving to something else or looking for a new cheap alternative.
Although Windows 8 brings to the forefront a huge array of ...
A beautiful beginning
After reviewing the last version of Ubuntu 12 a few months ago I wasn’t too impressed with the OS in general. Ubuntu kept loyal to its obscure following by not dipping its toes into the real reason Windows and OSX are popular. And I’m happy to say that it has finally broken out of that mold with Linux Ubuntu 12.10.
I would like to remind you that this is still a beta and I’m reviewing the work that ...
When we talk high performance laptops, Asus always comes to mind. And the new Asus N Series N76 laptop is a beast. Not only does it have spectacular performance and an awesome display, the sound that this monster produces can only be described as amazing.
We all know that laptop design hasn't been really groundbreaking recently. Every laptop out there looks strikingly similar to the next with aluminum bodies and black bezel displays. And let's not forget those Chiclet keyboards. The ...
Well they are finally here and I have to say I’m kind of impressed with the lineup of phones Samsung, Nokia and HTC have brought to the forefront of the Windows Phone battlefield. We all have to admit that the Apple iPhone is currently the phone to beat in sales numbers, which by analysts expect to sell around 10-million units by the end of the month. To put it in perspective, the wildly successful Samsung Galaxy S3 only shipped that ...
Office 2013 is nearly upon us, and as you already know the new version is exceptionally user friendly and beautiful. But how much will it cost? Microsoft recently released their pricing structure for the upcoming Office suite and now you’ll have even more options when it comes down to it.
Standard stand alone packages will be the same as they were with Office 2010. You’ll get Home & Student for R799 (est. based on current pricing), Home and Business for R1599 ...
So it was that time of year again where your favourite tech blog goes into overdrive. But I’m not here to try to spin relatively disappointing releases into something awesome. Now that we have seen what every phone maker released for the next year, we can now decide which phone is actually the best one to get. I’m not including HTC in this because let’s be honest, the One X is old and I’m not too excited about the 8X ...
Like it or not, Windows 8 is about to take the world by storm. I had the chance to play around with the latest RTM build for a while and I have to admit Microsoft did a very good job. It’s been a year since I got my hands on the Consumer Preview, and every build after that improved a lot.
When I got the first Preview back in September 2011, the first thing I complained about was the overall look ...
I recently wrote an article outlining why Android couldn’t hold its candle against Windows 8 in the tablet space. But it barely scraped the surface when it comes to phones. Apple recently won a patent case against Samsung which will see a majority of Samsung devices banned from sale in the world. Seems like Steve is having a small victory party in the afterlife.
Winners and losers
But who will really win in this case? I’m not a conspiracy theorist and when ...
Over the years I have used and reviewed many operating systems, from Linux to Windows and sometimes MacOS. Well when the latest version of OS X was released I was interested in how Apple could have improved the usability for me, a permanent Windows user (and currently a Windows 8 fan). I've used several MacBooks over the years and found the OS rather unintuitive to say the least.
Fast forward to 2012 and Mountain Lion. After installing the operating system and ...
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