The release date for the Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro in the United States and Canada has been set to be February 9th. It was a surprise the UK wasn’t included in the release. Only time will tell when Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro will reach Australian shores.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Call 0415 910 703 for computer support.
Servicing Doncaster, Templestowe, Eltham and the surrounding area.
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A client had a trojan on their computer which they removed and shortly after the Windows 7 desktop started display weird rubbish on the screen. My feeling was it was nothing to do with the trojan but possibly a faulty video card. Here is how I tested the video card and fixed the computer.
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Google’s flagship mobile phone the Nexus 4 has been out of stock on the Google Play Store since well before Christmas. According to Harvey Norman’s site, Harvey Norman will be selling the Nexus 4 from the 1st of February.
What is unusual is Harvey Norman is advertising the Nexus 4 with 16GB for $496. The price on the Google Play Store is $399 for the 16GB Nexus 4 and $349 for the 8GB Nexus 4. There is also a delivery fee when purchasing from the Play Store.
According to media reports the Nexus 4 is expected to be generally available in February, but again we have to wait to see if that happens.
For those interested in the Nexus 4 perhaps waiting and seeing what is announced at Mobile World in February may be prudent. There are rumours a new model may be in the wind for the same price. As with all rumours you never know if they’re true or not, but given Mobile World Congress is at the end of February it may be prudent to wait.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Call 0415 910 703 for computer support.
Servicing Doncaster, Templestowe, Eltham and the surrounding area.
This week I had an interesting task to assist a client import their videos from their Sony TRV355E video camera. The video camera is quite an old video camera and uses full size DV tapes.
The client had an older notebook running Windows XP which had a FireWire 1394 port, but it was found we couldn’t get the communication to work. The quality of using USB streaming wasn’t good enough and using a video capture device would have also produced lower than desirable quality videos.
In the end I was able set the client up with the ability to bring their videos from their old video camera into their newer Windows 7 computer.
I decided it was a good time with my own home movies to convert older mini DV tapes and store the videos as files on a hard drive (duplicate copies on separate devices for backup). Right now it was easier to use old hardware and software with the video camera but it won’t be too long before the older computer will be obsolete and I may not have an easy method to import the videos and the highest possible quality.
If you have old home movies on tapes or old technology, now is a good time to review the technology you are using. It won’t be long before DVDs are considered old technology so think ahead and convert your movies to files that you can at least have available for the next 5-10 years before we have to again convert them because technology continues to change. If you have already converted your old movies to DVDs then perhaps revisit your movies. You may have converted the movies and reduced the quality when you converted from DV or Mini DV tapes.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Call 0415 910 703 for computer support.
Servicing Doncaster, Templestowe, Eltham and the surrounding area.
If you’re thinking about upgrading your computer to Windows 8 Pro because of the special offer, please keep in mind the upgrade offer is finishing at the end of January. Whilst I don’t currently know the Australian price, I’ve read the US price will be $199USD so we should be expect similar pricing here or perhaps a little more due to GST and US prices generally add tax to the price at purchase.
If you need assistance upgrading to Windows 8 Pro please contact me.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Call 0415 910 703 for computer support.
Servicing Doncaster, Templestowe, Eltham and the surrounding area.