Going mobile with a Sony VAIO

After many months of consideration, I finally decided to invest in new laptop. I spent quite a bit of time reviewing various makes and models and determined the best style for me would be something in the ultra-portable class. My old laptop is a power-hog... Read more

The network is back online

The laptop continued to not play nice with the other machines. I could finally see it from the desktop, but could not access it nor could I see any of the machines from the laptop. I finally came to the decision it had to do with a network protocol... Read more

A short-lived victory

Well, the machines WERE all talking to each other. After finally getting everything working seamlessly last week, the laptop has now decided to ignore the other computers completely. The three desktop systems are still playing nice, so I know it isn’t... Read more

My computers are speaking again

After confirming and double-checking all of my critical information was moved to the new machine, I made a final backup of my laptop and reformatted the drive. There was so much leftover clutter from uninstalled programs and unneeded application data,... Read more

My shiny new desktop

For the last few years, I’ve been using a laptop exclusively. At the time I bought it, it was the fastest thing available. It’s still competitive with the current models, but over time it has gotten slower and runs hotter. It’s also... Read more