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Usman Khalid
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The new iPad Dilemma: It loves me … it loves me not – Part 4

Then there are those who own an iPad 2. They have the right to switch to the new iPad, but there is a tricky part. Those who have the money, again ,don’t waste time and drive to the nearest Apple store on March 16. For those who live on an iPad, have the right to […]

The new iPad Dilemma: It loves me … it loves me not – Part 5

Certainly, the new iPad is an attractive device and will be a fix in the market for years to come but as compared to Android, it is on another planet. For those who finally are planning to bail on Android, should do, that’s my advice. But going directly to the new one iPad would cost […]

How To: What is the difference between a hard drive and a solid-state drive and how to replace them? – Part 1

Your computer working slow, there is a solution to take the speed to dazzling scales. Though the solution that I am going to lay out in front you is not an inexpensive one, but it is worth every penny of your spending. Most of the computer, laptops and desktops, that are available in the market […]

How To: What is the difference between a hard drive and a solid-state drive and how to replace them? – Part 2

There are two types of storage devices in every computer. One that stores the bits and bytes in the binary form and then there are chips and sticks that store the data, temporarily, to change, manipulate or run it. The former one are called hard drives and the latter ones are called Internal Memory or […]

How To: What is the difference between a hard drive and a solid-state drive and how to replace them? – Part 3

The platter is a magnetic disc akin to a CD or DVD and stores the data in magnetic cells called Data Tracks that can be modified or deleted. The head is the steward that serves the purpose of storing, accessing or deleting the data from the tracks. The spindle rotates the disc in dazzling speeds […]

How To: What is the difference between a hard drive and a solid-state drive and how to replace them? – Part 4

There are chips used in SSDs akin to flash drives that store the data at fixed positions. The circuit, for a layman, is a grid of lines in longitude and latitude. Every intersection has a spot to store an address and data. The index stores the data address just like older versions and upon the […]

How To: What is the difference between a hard drive and a solid-state drive and how to replace them? – Part 5

In order to replace the hard drive you need to attach the SSD to your computer, be it a laptop or a desktop. The SATA-to-USB cable would do the trick. Attach the SATA-plug end to namesake port on the SSD and insert the USB-end into the USB port of your computer, however, it has to […]

How To: What is the difference between a hard drive and a solid-state drive and how to replace them? – Part 6

5. You will only see this screen if the SSD is not empty, which it might not be since sometimes new SSDs come preformatted. In this case you want to choose to delete the partition on the destination drive, then click Next. This will erase all the content (if any) on the SSD. 6. Acronis […]

How To: What is the difference between a hard drive and a solid-state drive and how to replace them? – Part 7

Bring the new SSD and put it in place of the older one. Normally, the traditional HDDs and new SSDs have the same foot print and width but if they have a difference in dimensions, there are covers available in the market to nestle the SSDs inside to fix them up in place of HDDs. […]

What the 4G indicator on the iPhone 4S screen really means? It means nothing – Part 1

Apple, Inc. announced the new iPad, touted as iPad 3 prior to the launch, on March 7, 2012. Along with the new device came an update to Apple’s signature mobile operating system iOS, the new iOS 5.1. The update includes a host new features that are meant to fix the bugs in the iOS 5 […]

What the 4G indicator on the iPhone 4S screen really means? It means nothing – Part 2

AT&T was one of the first to criticize T-Mobile’s strategy as the Long Term Evolution or LTE is the nearest to the 4G technology with a substantial increase in the data transfer speed. Though AT&T has its separate LTE network deployed all over the country, they have eventually started calling their HSPA+ network as 4G, […]

What the 4G indicator on the iPhone 4S screen really means? It means nothing – Part 3

For customers with a 4G LTE smartphone–who also still have our unlimited data plan–data speeds will be reduced if usage is 5GB (gigabytes) or more in a billing cycle. Speeds will return to normal at the start of the next billing cycle.” This means that the users, who use the 4G HSPA+ technology, and the […]

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