Saturday, September 4th, 2010
Here are some crucial pieces of information that every business should know about their IT systems...
Inventory - You should have an inventory of all your hardware and software. Your IT person is the best person to put this together and make sure you have this information. It should include all ...
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Saturday, August 21st, 2010
At Brandstar we are big fans of Dell computers. Here's why...
How much experience have we had with Dell?
We have ordered hundreds of computers from Dell and despite looking at other big name brands we have always come back to to Dell!
What makes them stand out from competitors?
Value for money - ...
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Here at Brandstar we're often asked 'who do you recommend'. Therefore we've put together a new category on our blog called 'Recommended'. From time to time we'll write posts about various companies we recommend to our customers and why!
Coming soon....Dell, LogMeIn, PlusNet and many more!
Watch this space... :)
Please Note - ...
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
At Brandstar we are aware of the different types of energy we use to run the business and like to put in place controls to help us ensure we are doing our bit (and a bit more on top) to help save the environment, preserve rainforests and ...
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
A couple of weeks ago we had the opportunity to setup a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Netbook, the first Netbook we have been able to setup rather than just play with! Running the Intel® Atom™ Processor N270 (1.60GHz, 533MHz, 512K cache) with 1 GB RAM and a 160GB hard drive ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
We recently have had the privilege of supplying ans setting up a high spec Latitude E6500 and we are very impressed. Yes it is a lot of money for many users, but we can see what you are paying for!
Let's start with the specification of the machine:
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA+ ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
In this blog I'm going to give the Dell Vostro 1510 the once over. The difference to this machine review is that I am by no means a techie. So this review is very much from a typical users point of view. So we're all on the same page, here ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
You may recall back in November 07 I reviewed a nice new Dell XPS M1330 laptop, I thought 5 months on it was a good time to review how it has held up against my everyday use, and I do make it work hard!
It is my everyday work laptop, as ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Continuing the review of Dell machines that pass through Brandstar's doors with the XPS M1530. In short...NICE! Even though it is just a big version of my M1330 I was still suitably impressed.
The M1530 came with just a 6 cell battery rather than the 9 cell that my smaller laptop ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
As more and more Dell machines pass through our doors I thought I would review some of them that I think stand out! Starting with the 1525 Inspiron Laptop.
Recently Dell released what seems to be a replacement for the 1521 which is no longer available. The 1525 however is an ...
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