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Tech Buying Guides
What I See Every Day at My Clients’ Homes in Dordogne When I provide on-site support—whether in Sarlat, Périgueux, or a small village in the Périgord Noir—I often come across the same situation: someone tried to replace their phone screen or install an SSD, only to get stuck because they didn’t have the right tools. […]
Printers
Why Not All Printers Are Created Equal The price you see in the store tells you almost nothing. What really matters is the total cost of ownership: the purchase price, consumables, lifespan, maintenance, potential repairs, and the cost per page over several years. A printer sold for €49 can ultimately cost far more than a […]
Tech Buying Guides
Lexar NS100 256 GB – Best Value for Money The Lexar NS100 256 GB is easily the best-value SSD in this comparison for anyone on a budget. Despite its affordable price, it can dramatically improve the responsiveness of an older laptop or desktop PC without any significant compromises for everyday use. Type: 2.5″ SATA III […]
PCs & Computers
What I See at My Clients’ Homes Across Dordogne I see the same situation time and time again. A client calls because their PC has been running slowly for months, or because they’ve just bought an SSD to replace their old hard drive. And the first question they ask is: “Can’t we just copy everything […]
PCs & Computers
Keeping an Old Mechanical Hard Drive (HDD) in 2026 This is probably the number one cause of slow computers that I deal with on a daily basis. The HDD—the traditional mechanical hard drive with spinning platters—was perfectly adequate ten years ago. Today, with Windows 10 and Windows 11, it’s often the main reason a computer […]
PCs & Computers
The Real Reason Your PC Is Running Slow About half of the calls I receive for a « slow computer » aren’t caused by a hardware failure at all. The computer still works perfectly—it just relies on an old mechanical hard drive that’s reached the end of its useful life. The result? Windows takes 4 to 8 […]
PCs & Computers
Data Recovery in Dordogne: What I Can Do—and When Professional Recovery Is Needed Data recovery is probably the most emotionally charged service I provide through Tera24. People don’t come to me saying, « My hard drive has failed. » They arrive with years of family photos, birthday videos, irreplaceable business documents—sometimes an entire digital life stored on […]
Printers
Three Canon multifunction printers compared by use case: occasional printing, home and student work, and multi-page files.
