Computers Archive

Whether you’re working or playing, a good keyboard is an essential part of a good computer system. Along with your mouse, it’s one of two ways to control your game or app. And if you do a lot of typing, you know how much of a difference a mechanical keyboard can make. There’s just no replacement for the tactile response of a high-quality board. Once …

In today’s day and age, we oftentimes forget the charm of a physical picture. To some extent, this is perfectly understandable. Physical prints require extra equipment, time, and resources. Meanwhile, there’s no way to “share” them on social media without snapping a picture of them with your smartphone. So why not just take the original picture with your phone and skip the middle step? There’s …

Over the past few decades, computers have simultaneously gotten smaller and more powerful. For the most part, this trend has done a lot of good. Back in the early 90s, laptops were big, fat, and heavy, and they weren’t terribly powerful. They could easily give you a cramp if you used them for long periods, and they tended to get warm. As in, “burn your …

Sometimes, you just need to print one shipping label. In that case, you can use pretty much any old printer. Slap some clear tape over the whole thing, and you’re good to go. But depending on what industry you’re in, you may need to print a ton of labels. You might need 10, 100, or even 1,000 shipping labels per day. If you need a …

If you want to get more out of your laptop screen, a dual monitor is one of the most effective methods. You double the available surface area, which allows you to view more than one window simultaneously. If you’re an artist, for instance, you can have an image on one screen, with your options on the other. Similarly, programmers can view their code on one …