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1. What could be easier Since the computer connection is USB you can swap drives in the dock without having to turn the com puter off just plug and play While the dock is useful for a desktop it s even bet ter for a laptop To replace the hard drive in a laptop means opening the base removing tiny screws and then installing the replacement Again the dock is a breeze to use with a laptop You are simply adding a hard drive instead of replacing one The box comes with a brief User Manual the dock itself which has a slot for a 2 5 drive and a hinged flap for a 3 5 drive a power cord and transformer and a USB 3 0 cable that is backward compatible with USB 2 0 The dock itself has a power button which supplies power to the SATA drive an activity LED which also serves to show when power is on and a drive eject button No drivers are required This is a handy Continued on pg 6 Page 6 Prescott Computer Society MESSENGER Cont d from page 5 solution to having an additional hard drive easily ac cessible with the ability to swap out multiple drives for either your desktop or your laptop About Voyager S3 Drive Dock Vendor Newer Tech www newertech com Price 35 Dear Andy How have you been Your mother and I are fine We miss you Please sign off your computer and come downstairs for something to eat Love Dad Moving on eCIA Computer Industry Acronyms eCD ROM Consume2. a set of flat cellulose sheets with information printed on one or both sides that are fastened together at one edge forming a hinge Page 3 Originating around the 5th century they were hand written and hand copied until printing methods were developed centuries later Guttenberg s mov able type in 1450 later industrial printing methods and Amazon s online marketing ultimately made books inexpensive and accessible to everyone eBook An electronic version of a printed book or even one that has never been physically printed An eBook can be read using e readers like Amazon s Kindle and Barnes amp Noble s Nook which surpris ingly don t have book in their names as well as computers tablets and smart phones Amazon com started out as an online seller of books and now in conjunction with their reader is a main source of eBooks The existence of many eBook formats does not appear to have diminished eBook popularity Netbook A smaller and less capable version of the notebook the netbook was popularized in 2007 by manufacturer Asus but the format was soon copied by others Netbooks were meant to be even more portable with smaller screens 5 to 12 diagonal and lower weight optical drives were omitted With a less powerful processor than notebooks they were much less expensive and were intended pri marily for use on the Internet through wired and wireless connections They competed well against not
3. age Acer and Samsung intro duced Chromebooks in 2011 with HP and Lenovo introducing models in 2013 Screen sizes range from Prescott Computer Society MESSENGER 12 to 14 diagonal Additional features include quick boot up long battery life and low cost 200 to 450 They are sold primarily over the Internet Google itself is producing a Chromebook Pixel model with premium features and price 1300 to 1450 Facebook a social networking service started in 2004 on the Internet with currently over 1 billion active users Bookmaker An organization or a person that takes bets on events at specified odds wouldn t bet that these are going to be the only book related terms for us to deal with in the future but that s all have for now Review Kingston HyperX SSD By George Harding Treasurer Tucson Com puter Society AZ February 2013 issue eJournal www aztcs org Georgehardingsbd at earthlink net SSD s are a wonderful addition to the hardware li brary of storage devices They are small have no moving parts and are much faster than other stor age media On the down side they are more expen sive than other media and storage sizes are smaller than what is easily available in other media The speed advantage is one that can be capitalized on to load one s operating system faster You can use your hard drive to hold and access your applications and data or you can use the SSD for some application
4. ary Prescott Computer Society Welcome to NEW MEMBER Where you share what you knew and learn what you dent JOGO GG Gee eGo Vee eee ee eee eee eeeeese Prescott Computer Society Gl CJ Officers amp Board of Directors CJ 2012 2013 Officers General Directors 2 President Ray Carlson Joan Baum Murray Smolens 2 Vice Pres Phil Ball John Carter D Secretary JB Burke Joan Fullmore D D Treasurer Edi Taylor Richards Rich Knapfel D ee eee Prescott Computer Society MESSENGER Overbooked By Greg Skalka President Under the Computer Hood User Group CA March 2013 issue DriveLight www uchug org Companies are continuing to develop new and more advanced computer technologies finding ways to innovate on the personal computing platform first released over thirty years ago Their marketing de partments have not been as great at innovation however often using derivative and less than imagi
5. ebooks for a while on their cost and size but re cent improvements in notebooks reductions in cost and weight and increases in performance as well as the introduction of the tablet computer have dimin ished netbook sales greatly It is likely this category will disappear from the marketplace soon PowerBook A line of Apple Macintosh laptop com puters sold between 1991 and 2006 featuring PowerPC processors running an Apple Mac OS They were targeted at the professional market and were replaced by the MacBook computer line iBook A brand of Apple laptop computers sold be tween 1999 and 2006 featuring PowerPC proces sors running an Apple Mac OS They were targeted at the consumer and educational markets with lower performance and cost compared to the PowerBooks and were replaced by the MacBook computers Continued on pg 4 Page 4 cont d from p 3 MacBook A brand of Macintosh laptop computers made by Apple from 2006 to the present includes MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models currently of fered running the Mac OS These laptops had screens ranging from 11 to 17 Intel processors and either a polycarbonate fiberglass or aluminum case The MacBook Pro features 13 to 17 screens optical drives and mechanical hard drives with an SSD or solid state drive as an option The MacBook Air is an ultraportable laptop released in 2008 that is ex tremely light and thin with a machined aluminum case Intel proc
6. essor 11 6 or 13 3 diagonal display and SSD for main storage Ultrabook A high end type of notebook computer defined by Intel in 2011 to compete with the MacBook Air Like the MacBook Air the Ultrabook is lightweight and thin 0 8 with SSD storage Intel processor no surprise long battery life and typically no optical drive or Ethernet ports It is intended to use the Microsoft Windows operating system with some models sporting a touchscreen display to work better with Windows 8 Various manufacturers including Asus Acer Dell Lenovo HP Samsung and Fujitsu have already re leased Ultrabook models with diagonal screen sizes ranging from 11 6 to 15 6 Their higher cost typically 1000 as compared to conventional note book computers has limited their acceptance in the marketplace so far Zenbook An Asus family of Ultrabook computers ranging from a model with an 11 6 diagonal screen and limited connectivity to a 15 screen model with an optical drive First released in 2011 their design was Said to follow zen philosophy Chromebook A notebook computer running the Google Chrome OS which is Linux based Intended to be used while connected to the Internet it fea tures a lower performance processor SSD storage no optical drive and typically smaller size somewhat similar in functional philosophy to the netbook It is designed to run applications from the web rather than from internal stor
7. ghts they have developed and their views as to the best sites for such reviews Second Hour Phil Ball will continue with his round up of Tips and Tricks that will improve your computer experience In addition to the presentations the following are typical events which take place at our General meetings 1 We hold an informal Flea Market in which you are encouraged to bring in your excess computer equipment or software and make them available for others to enjoy at no charge Please deposit give away items on the table in the back marked Free Stuff Any items left here at the end of the meeting are subject to disposal 2 If you have items that are just too good to give away you may set up a separate table and hold your own sale 3 We conduct a raffle of new computer items at the end of the meeting so make sure to get a pair of tickets from whoever is in charge and place one on the item you d like to win 4 We will also accept your used ink and toner cartridges for recycling They are turned in to Think4Inc for credits which PCS uses to purchase office supplies from them Future Meetings October 26 Saturday 1 00 3 00 PM Special Topics SIG Leader JB Burke Location Prescott Public Library I This session will feature News You Can Use Calendar Cont on Pg 2 Page 2 Prescott Computer Society MESSENGER We will lead off with a demo of the formal released version of Windows 8 1 Discussion will include the good and bad po
8. ints of Windows 8 what 8 1 does to help make it better and where it falls short Included will be critical details on how to get the most out of Windows 8 1 and how you can make Windows 8 1 even better and easier to use than Microsoft did Following that discussion in the remaining time there will be updates to topics such as Android tablets iOS7 is it dangerous to your health wonderful things from The Internet of course how to measure your mental age and why hospitals are kicking PCs out what s that all about Don t miss this dynamic hard hitting information packed session Really November 2 Saturday 1 00 3 00 PM Developers SIG Leader Rich Knapfel Location Prescott Public Library First Hour Ray DeCosta will demonstrate how to work with embedded code and code behind pages ona typical webpage Second Hour Rich Knapfel will discuss website hosting and using FTP programs to upload website pages November 9 Saturday 1 00 3 00 PM Digital Photo SIG Leader Phil Ball Location Prescott Public Library Many aspects of digital photography will be discussed including use of digital cameras and using Photoshop Elements to make your photos look their best Note that these dates are correct at time of publication but are subject to change Up to date information can be found on our website www pcs4me com Unless otherwise noted our meetings are usually held in the Founder s Suite at the Prescott Public Libr
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10. nal hard drive so gave up on that ap proach Kingston s Tech Support will be helping to solve my difficulties more later The HyperX is a well put together kit and should be usable by most anyone The instructions are very clear with pictures each step of the way The Acronis software is reliable About Kingston HyperX SSD Vendor Kingston www kingston com Price 275 203 Amazon ATAT Sad State Brive Oi Pz fp 4 wo 3K SSD Review Voyager S3 Drive Dock By George Harding Treasurer Tucson Com puter Society AZ February 2013 issue eJournal www aztcs org Georgehardingsbd at earthlink net If you have a desktop computer and have had to change or add a new hard drive you know what a task that is Getting to the insides of the computer is the first challenge mine is under the desk so have to disconnect all the cables and move the com puter out where I can work on it Then you have to fish around and remove the old drive mount and connect the new one and then put everything back together The voyager S3 Drive Dock saves you a lot of time and effort It requires a SATA drive and attaches to your computer with USB 3 0 You insert your drive in the dock turn the dock on and you are in business It appears in Explorer as just another drive and can be used as any other drive Using it to back up the system is really convenient Just start your backup software select the destination and go
11. native terminology to name and describe these new products and services These marketing terms are often meaningless fluff but we users are frequently forced to adopt them into our technical language One company that you all know has taken to slapping a lower case i on the front of the names of what ever products or services they are offering It does not seem terribly imaginative to me but I m sure they do it to distinguish their products from those of other manufactures at least legally Another overused term for new technology is smart There are smart phones smart homes the smart card smart cars smart trains smart TV the smart grid smart meters and smart growth My head is smarting from thinking about how many things are now referred to as smart While it is hard to argue against a product when it has smart as part of its name the term alone is not enough to ensure accep tance For instance Smart Computing was once a popular print and web magazine that explained new computer technology to the common user They couldn t make money long term in that market so they turned it into a free online business oriented publication that looks to be mostly advertising The latest overused technology term I ve noticed is book I ve created the following list of book related items and their descriptions for instructional pur poses and to see just how long a list could make Book The original item
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13. s those that take longer to load received a very nice 240 GB unit for review had tried a couple of other SSDs but had problems of one sort or another with them The Kingston unit comes complete with what you need to install it in either your desktop or your laptop The box contains the SSD a nifty screwdriver suit able for either Phillips or slotted screw heads a drive enclosure a 3 5 mounting bracket a USB ca ble a SATA drive cable and a CD ROM with instruc tions and a version of Acronis software Then you reboot from the SSD The hard drive can be used as storage for data and applications as usual Another Continued on pg 5 Prescott Computer Society MESSENGER Page 5 Continued from pg 4 approach is to install operating system software to the SSD and boot from it For a laptop the procedure is somewhat different You first remove the internal hard drive and install in its place the SSD The internal hard drive is mounted in the supplied drive enclosure and attached to the laptop with the USB cable You clone the hard drive as before had a few difficulties with these installations First tried the desktop approach but the Acronis software would not clone the hard disk to the SSD The latter was grayed out in the destination choices so took the alternate approach and loaded Windows 8 to the SSD and was able to boot to it In the case of the laptop was not easily able to re move the inter
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