Other than the noticeable difference between a desktop computer and a laptop, there are also a lot of differences under the hood as well. The basics of computers are the same, a motherboard, processor, memory and hard drive, but the way they are all bundled together and arranged is quite different. Unlike a desktop computer, installing and interchanging a graphics… Read more →
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How to Securely Delete Your Data
WARNING: By doing the following you will permanently delete your data and it will not be recoverable! Why Do You Want to Securely Delete Computers are now part of every day life. We use them for work, school, entertainment and for personal reasons. The data on your hard drive is information and depending on who has access to it,… Read more →
PC Keyboard and Mouse on Mac Computer
Did you know you do . not have to use your Apple Mac specific keyboard on your Imac or Macbook Computer. Keyboards die for all sorts of reasons. For the most part USB keyboards are not very expensive. You can get decent USB keyboards with no brand name from Kmart for under $10. All the Apple computer equipment has a… Read more →
Can You Get Data Off My Hard Drive – Data Recovery Townsville
How HDD (Hard Disk Drives Work) There are new types of technology and computer hard drives coming out all the time. But for the longest time most and still as of 2018 most are still the old hard disk drive. The way they work is basically like an old record player. There is an arm, head and platters, which spin… Read more →
Same Day Data Recovery Free Quotes
Living in the North we seem to get gouged for everything. Thats why Townsville Nerds are always looking for ways to make things more affordable for our customers. Data Recovery has the stigma around it of always being expensive. Other Data Recovery businesses will charges you $100’s just to take a look at it, even if they can fix it.… Read more →
What’s Blocking My Internet
No body likes slow internet. But yet, even with the massive amounts of money being spent on technology, communications the NBN etc. Are lot of us are still getting slow internet. But even though its easy to just blame the telecommunications companies, its not always there fault. The first thing you need to do when you have slow internet on… Read more →
Why Does Your Hard Drive Fail?
Hard drives failing, including external and the type of hard drive inside your computer can be one of the worst things to happen to your computer or laptop. TOWNSVILLE NERDS WILL GIVE YOU A – SAME DAY – FREE – NO OBLIGATION QUOTE AND DIAGNOSIS Its one thing to have something go wrong with your computer and have to buy… Read more →
What are Network Shares
With every new Operating System becoming easier and easier to do things, network sharing is becoming increasingly more popular. You may have heard the term before and not really understood what it is, and if you have and media devices around your house, you might already be using it and not know it. In its essence network shares are files… Read more →
Introducing Simplenote
At Townsville Nerds we like to test out new apps and anything that can make a busy day much easier. Productivity Apps are a great way to do this and most applications these days which are based in the cloud (on the internet, easily accessible) are be used on multiple devices, like IPhone, Smart Phone, Mac, Linux or Windows PC.… Read more →
Running Windows on your Mac Computer
Microsoft Windows is an Operating System, not a computer program or application. It is the environment your PC users to navigate around in and access your programs, files, drives and applications. Most PC’s use some version of the Windows operating system such as Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or the new Windows 10. But every day more and more people are… Read more →