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April 30, 2019

How to Handle Data When Recycling Electronics

Throughout service, electronics acquire quite a bit of data about their owners. They have passwords, photos, search histories, and more stored in their memories. Unfortunately, unsavory people would use all this data once the device leaves its owner for a recycling operation or landfill. Recycling e

April 16, 2019

Pivotal Moments in Computing History

There are probably many articles showing how the modern computer came to be but I thought it would be nice to look at some of its pivotal, but not necessarily known, moments. Without these, this article may well have been written on paper. So, the one I chose to start with is…  

April 11, 2019

Retrotech Laptops

The 1980s was when computing really took off. Sure, ‘mobile’ phones were the size of house bricks and ‘laptops’ were better placed on a table than your lap, but computing and technology were at least attempting to go mobile. Faxes were the way to go, although by the end of the 80s, what became the i

December 16, 2017

The Evolution of Cell Phone Tech in My Life

Technology has been able to take us to places that we would never have been able to imagine. I remember back in the day when I had a pager, better known as a beeper. And that was only as recent as around 1993-ish. In order to page someone you simply had to dial the beeper's number and input a phone

May 31, 2017

Buying Laptop Parts from China

Buying parts from China When it comes to buying laptop parts it’s a different story now compared to 10 years ago. Internet growth sped up rapidly emanating the urge of online presence in every aspect of

October 21, 2016

Sony Laptop VAIO SVT151A11L Disassembly Guide

Sony laptops gained many fans ever since the first VAIO notebooks hit the markets in mid 90s. Sony always put stress on the design making their laptops look better than competition. Only Apple with their white PowerBook, and later

August 04, 2016

Dell Inspiron 17R 3721 Laptop Disassembly Guide

Large display and attractive price tag make Dell Inspiron 17R 3721 a popular choice. Being a 17-inch screen size laptop Dell 17R is a great desktop replacement for those who want a laptop but don’t want to spen

August 02, 2016

HP Sleekbook m6 k010dx Laptop Disassembly Guide

HP Sleekbook m6 k010dx Entertainment Notebook PC

July 26, 2016

17-inch MacBook Pro A1297 Disassembly Guide

MacBook Pro 8,3 2.2GHz Core i7 MC725LL/A The 17-inch MacBook Pro A1297 was a flagship of Apple laptops for a long time. As well as its predecessors 17-inch PowerBook and first generations o

July 21, 2016

Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Disassembly Guide

Before you get to disassemble your Microsoft Surface consider selling it. Most of the time it's easier to sell broken tablet and buy a new one rather than try to fix it. The latest

July 14, 2016

Apple MacBook Pro 9.2 13-inch A1278 Disassembly Guide

Ever since the appearance of first generation MacBook Pro on the market 10 years ago it quickly became the cornerstone of modern laptop design. Nicely styled aluminum body is a standard in premium laptops now. Edge to edge glass covered display and keyboard integrated with palmrest were originally i