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What Computer Do I Need – 2018?

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:January 22, 2018

When it comes time for the purchase of a computer, many people are at a loss as to what they actually need versus what some salesperson is trying to sell them. We want to make that process easier for you, so we will break down some of the basics in this post. For the purposes of this post, we will be focusing on Intel-based, Windows PCs. What Do You Want To Do? This is the first question that you should ask yourself. Determining what you are going to be using your computer for will help you establish a baseline for…

Video Technology

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:September 9, 2016

Computer technology seems to change over night at times. One aspect of that technology that confuses many people are the video connection standards. There’s a few of them and they are constantly evolving. In this post we hope to clear up a little of that confusion. The History Let’s go back to the beginning of consumer computing, and explore how it’s evolved from there. CGA (Color Graphics Adapter) - First available on the IBM PC in 1981 as IBMs first color display card, thus the first color display standard. It only used 16 kilobytes of memory and displayed at…

What Video Cable Do I Need?

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:September 4, 2013

Once upon a time in computerland, there was only one video cable. The one that went from your computer, to your CRT monitor. And all was good in the land.

“One cable to rule them all, one cable to find them, one cable to bring them all and in the video bind them.” – apologies to JRR Tolkein 🙂

Fast forward to 2013. Now there are all kinds of video connection for attaching all types of viewing devices to your computer. It can definitely be a daunting and confusing proposition figuring out which one you need for your situation. We here at Geek Easy Computers understands this, so we are going to try to make it easier for you! Today we are going to introduce to you some of the most common video connections, and explain what they are for, and the differences between them. We stock varying lengths and types of these cables, as well as adapters to go from one to the other or multiple different interfaces.

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Tell Us!

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:August 22, 2011

We're going to change things up a little bit today. Instead of us choosing a topic to post on, we are putting the ball in your court! What kind of topics, information, even videos would you like to see on the blog? We built the blog for you, our readers. We want to provide engaging content that keeps you interested. The best way to do that is for you to let us know what you want. So TELL US! Either comment here on the blog or , click here –> https://geek-easy.com/contact-us/ and send us an email, or you can even call us!…