AYO/Shutterstock production An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is exactly what it sounds like: When your home’s electrical service is interrupted, whether due to a power outage or a tripped circuit breaker, the device continues to power your PC, monitor, or even the laptop you’re using without a … Read more
Eza_Nanda/Shutterstock At the time, removing a USB drive or external hard drive from a Windows computer was considered unwise. This is because operating systems cached the data they transferred to RAM before writing it to an external drive to improve system performance. If you removed the USB … Read more
Stock_lab/Shutterstock As the name seems to suggest, a laptop is designed for your lap. This is even how it is described in the dictionary. It’s a more convenient and portable computer that you can take with you to work, school or play. All this portability means you … Read more
slexp880/Shutterstock Universal Serial Bus or USB ports, especially USB Type-A and Type-B, can have different colors, which are indicated by the color of the plastic insert present in the connectors. Blue USB ports, quite common on modern computing devices, are often considered faster than other common ports, … Read more
Gorodenkoff/Getty Images While Consumer Reports recently indicated that a 24-inch monitor was the best size for a home office, the same reasoning doesn’t necessarily apply to gamers. Gaming requires a different range of options and specifications than productivity work, which tends to focus on static images and … Read more
AlexanDior/Shutterstock Connecting monitors daisy-chained is quite simple once you have the right equipment, and is a great solution if you don’t have enough ports or a long enough cable. Unfortunately, if you want to do this with your standard HDMI cable, you’re out of luck. Without the … Read more