Computer Repair Experts in Phoenix, Arizona. my PC Techs Presents:

This is fantastic news for anyone who:

A. Values low cost laptop and desktop purchasing options through Dell
B. Recognizes the superiority of AMD chips over Intel

Basically, me.

AMD chips have been excluded from the major manufacturers for far too long. Dell offers without a doubt the best laptop value for your money out of any of the major laptop shops. The past several years I’ve purchased dozens of Dell laptops, but every time I’ve felt a little ripped off because the option to explore AMD chips was never on the table.

Now that Dell is starting to sell AMD cpu’s, I think it’s more than likely that the next generation of Dell laptops and desktops will offer some models with AMD processors. It’s the right move to make. AMD has outdone Intel for the past 3 years in both price and performance. This move will bring over to Dell a whole new segment of customers who will only consider AMD products in their computers, never Intel. These customers number in the thousands.

This thread on google answers http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=569374 contains some very good information on the subject. A lot of people will recommend the AVG Free program. It’s good!

This of course comes on the heels of the Windows XP WMF vulnerability crisis. There still isn’t a patch out from Microsoft, and there won’t be for another week. Antivirus companies however (the good ones) had a signature for this problem out a week ago. http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/377

It goes to show that no matter how patched and safe you try to be with your computer, nothing beats a quality AV program that is updated daily.

I think that it’s time you learn how to secure your computers or hire a computer professional to do it for you, before the evil robots take over the world.: Click to read

I’m going to run down a list of things that you should never do and things that you should definitely do when writing code for a website application. These are based on real-life examples… Needless to say. Never DO is often the result of other peoples code that I’ve had to clean up while Aways DO is just common sense!

Never DO:
Never create a form and leave fields open for users to type anything they want into them. Chances are very good that they will! Ever tried to clean up 200,000 bad database records?

Never create a web page that bulk emails 2000 people as soon as you load the page into a browser, with no warning or confirmation message and a cryptic result message such as “Done” when it runs, so that people who accidentally stumble upon your page have no clue that they’ve just spammed 2000 people! – That is, until AFTER the angry responses come in!

Always DO:
Always use a loop for everything you can to save time.

Always build an administrative page for every database/application to simplify management and editing of submitted data.

More to follow…

According to This article every person loses 2.5 days a year due to slow websites. I believe it! It seems like half of the sites I visit take 5 or more seconds to load a single page, completely unacceptable. Here are some ways to make sure that your website isn’t running slowly:

• Make sure that all of your website graphics are optimized
• Clean up any programming code, remove unnecessary loops and functions
• Frequently check your web server stats for CPU time, memory load and response times
• Never use animation or transitions that make a visitor wait for them to complete before moving on to the content
• Get a better website host. I personally recommend Bluehost

Of course, there’s more you can do to optimize a website for your visitors but those are the basics if you want to do it yourself. The alternative is to hire a professional to do it for you.