Archive for June 2010
Living Wellness Clinic
Living Wellness Clinic just opened up in South Surrey and asked TekBusters to help with a website. They are a team of healthcare providers from different healing modalities who are passionate about integrated wellness and helping others. With naturopaths, chiropractors, massage therapists, meditation teachers and accupuncturists they offer therapies ranging from customized othotics to hydrotherapy. You can visit them at their new location at Elgin Corners Plaza at the corner of 140th Street and 32nd Avenue in South Surrey and get more information from their website. Just click on the image below.
New site, Lower Mainland Yacht Co-Op
As a member of the Lower Mainland Yacht Co-Op I got asked to help update the website. So TekBusters volunteered some time and now have the site changed to a Joomla based system and running quite nicely.
Click on the picture below to see it.
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Tags: Lower Mainland Yacht Co-Op, sailing in the lower mainland, web design | 
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Reducing TCO
Thanks to all those at Lou’s networking breakfast for listening this morning.
TCO is Total Cost of Ownership and includes the cost of buying a computer and software and also maintaining it. Getting TekBusters out to fix it, and loss of productivity while it’s down all adds up and this is what TCO is. So here are some things to do to minimise TCO.
1. Get a business PC. There is a difference between business and home PCs. Business PCs are better designed and better up to the job of being used 40 hours a week. Also they have less ‘extras’ installed to slow down your PC and cause problems. It does cost more initially but in the end will cause you less trouble and reduce TCO. Usually a business PC will come with a business operating system installed, so Windows 7 Pro or XP Pro, not Home.
2. Pick your software. When you buy a PC you can get with it OEM software. This is a special licence only available with a new PC and usually about half the price of a regular license. The drawback is if you replace your PC you cannot transfer the software. If though you expect your PC to last 3 years then you can move to the newer version of the software anyway.
Also there is a lot of free software out there, I’ve listed some of them in this blog, click here to see.
3. Keep away viruses. You have to have anti virus. There is no way around it and no excuse since there are so many freely available (check the free software link above) and now Microsoft have released on called Microsoft Security Essentials as well. It’s not a bad idea to occasionally do an extra scan for malware and we recommend Malware Bytes for this.
4. Maintenance. Once every 1 – 2 months you should defragment your hard drive. Again I’ve posted about this before, so click here to see how. Also cleaning off the vents on your computer when they get dusty is necessary. Cans of compressed air are available at most electronics stores.
5. Remember to backup. I’ve discussed this here.
6. Picking the right printer can be important if you print a lot. Laser can save you a lot of money. Click here for more information.