Posted by
Ed Stone on Thu, Dec 20, 2012 @ 07:25 AM
Complete Your New Year's Resolution this Year
New Year’s resolutions are great, even if rarely followed. According to a recent University of Scranton Study 45% of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, yet a measly 8% actually achieve these resolutions. Lack of planning is cited as the primary cause of failure. So why not plan on 5 simple resolutions that you can bang out in less than a day. So when your friends ask you if you have any New Year’s resolutions you can answer yes, and brag that they are already done.
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Posted by
Ed Stone on Fri, Dec 14, 2012 @ 11:14 AM
Sometimes the People Need to be Saved from Themselves!
Have you had a customer leave your shop or have you have left a service call and the first thought to your mind is ID10T(idiot) or PEBCAK (problem exists between the chair and the keyboard)? We have all been there and at first glance it might seem that on face value there are some people that are beyond help and will always struggle with computers, software etc.
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Posted by
Ed Stone on Fri, Oct 19, 2012 @ 03:58 PM
Junkware Ruins PC Performance
What makes a decently configured PC run poorly right out of the box? Good ole fashioned bloat ware is all that is needed to take a PC to its knees. This has been a problem that has plagued the majority of tier 1 PC vendors for many years. This issue is still going strong and was recently reported on in this recent zdnet article.
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Posted by
Ed Stone on Fri, Oct 19, 2012 @ 02:38 PM
Stylish and Powerful the AIO Custom Built PC
Are your customers asking you for stylish, affordable systems that are easy to set-up and more powerful than their iPad or Kindle? If you are missing these cues you are missing out on the future of the PC industry altogether. The All in One (AIO) computer should be your go to sales champion for customers who are looking to save space, reduce clutter and maintain high performance.
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Posted by
Ed Stone on Fri, Sep 28, 2012 @ 12:58 PM
Tablets Make Custom Built PC Users Happier
In my recent article Post PC Era? Custom Built PC Still Needed I argued against the idea that we are living in a post PC era, and that in fact custom built PCs are needed now more than ever. The opposite side of the coin for rampant tablet adoption is that tablets are actually improving how consumers view their PCs. A recent article at pcworld sites a study by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ASCI) that found that PC “satisfaction is up 2.6 percent, to a record-high score of 80”. The assumption is that the people that were unhappy with their PCs have migrated to the tablet space and are not contributing negative ratings to the study.
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Posted by
Ed Stone on Thu, Sep 27, 2012 @ 01:20 PM
Your Toolkit is Indispensible
This is an open invitation for you to share with me, and the other resellers who read this blog, what tools you have in your tool kit. This can of course mean actual physical tools from the mundane #2 Phillips screw driver to a high end Fluke meter. What I am most interested in though is what software tips, tricks or tools do you use that really help you get your work done. Perhaps these are even virtual tools that you rely on such as cloud based services.
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Posted by
Ed Stone on Wed, Sep 26, 2012 @ 01:00 PM
Stuck on What to Sell in your Custom Built PC Solution?
In the course of normal day to day PC sales it can be easy to get lost selling the "standard" rectangular mini tower PCs and 15.4” black clamshell notebooks. These are likely to make up the bulk of your standard business PC offerings, but what if you need to have a larger or smaller chassis to fit a particular installation? What choices can you offer to your customers?
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Posted by
Ed Stone on Mon, Sep 24, 2012 @ 08:14 AM
Post PC ERA? Custom Built PC Workstations Will Survive!
Lately there has been a lot of media attention that we are in or entering a Post PC era. A good portion of this is hyperbole to grab attention and generate excitement about the explosion of tablet computing. The growth of tablet usage has been amazing for sure but for actual office work and content creation general purpose computers still reign supreme.
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Posted by
Ed Stone on Mon, Sep 24, 2012 @ 07:36 AM
A Simple Custom Built PC Workstation Upgrade
What is the device that your customers rely on day in and day out to get their work done? Without it they are completely hamstrung and unable to do their work. Nope not their smart phone, or even their regular desk phone.
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Posted by
Ed Stone on Tue, Aug 21, 2012 @ 09:27 AM
Desktop PCs Don't Make Good Servers
Do you have customers insisting on cutting corners to get you to install a desktop system as a server in their office? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a simple graphical chart to show your client the many reasons that a “Real Server” is what they need and why using a desktop based PC as a server puts their business at risk?
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