What Home Printer Brand Should You Buy?

You might already be the owner of one or more printers for home use and you have probably either been satisfied with its performance or you haven’t. Either way you have now reached a point where you feel it is time to get a replacement of the old one or a new one that can [...]

If you want convenience, buy a portable harddrive

A good portable harddrive can make your business and personal life much easier. Without being tied down to a computer or even a laptop, you’re free to bring your data to wherever it’s needed. If you’re needed in a business meeting or other type of event and simply need to bring a powerpoint presentation or [...]

How effective is a bluetooth adapter for your laptop?

What would you use a bluetooth adapter for if you were to buy one? Interfacing with your phone? Playing music with a bluetooth stereo? The options here are endless. You can in fact do all of this with ease when you go out and get a proper bluetooth adapter for a laptop. How do these [...]

If you want to fax with ease, try an external modem

How many times have you tried to fax something, but didn’t have access to a fax machine? Your answer may lie in purchasing an external modem. External modems have become extremely popular these days with the advent of faster and faster broadband; in fact, just about every cable modem produced is considered an “external” modem. [...]

USB to serial cable connections

Alright everyone, so today we’re talking about something a little bit opposite of what we’ve talked about before: USB to serial cable connections. Recently I wrote a post called USB RS232 conversions, wherein we discussed how to connect a USB device to an old laptop that might actually just have an old RS232 serial port. [...]

Buying cool USB DVD drives

So, what’s up with these new USB DVD drives anyway? Why would you want one? How much would one cost for you to add to your ever-growing portfolio of accessories and peripherals? Those are all great questions! Let’s start at the very beginning: People buy USB DVD players because for some reason their laptops didn’t [...]

Getting the most out of USB to RS232

Do you constantly finding yourself having trouble with USB to RS232 conversions on your old laptop? If so, you’re simply not alone. Many many people have older refurbished laptops that still support serial connections, but may not actually have a standard USB interface. If you’ve gone up to the attic recently and pulled down that [...]

Finding cheap new PCMCIA USB cards

Are you looking for a cheap PCMCIA USB card to go with your new laptop? If you are, you’re in luck. These USB to PCMCIA cards are exactly what the doctor ordered when you happen to have a laptop that’s just a little bit older than most. While there aren’t too many laptops that are [...]

Check out custom USB peripherals for your laptop

Buying a custom USB peripheral isn’t as hard as you might think once you get down to it. The expense may certainly be worth it if you require some sort of custom functionality that you wouldn’t normally get from a standard USB device that you can normally buy from the store. Additionally, you might want [...]

USB RS232 conversions

Alright folks, today we’re talking about making your laptop do a USB RS232 interface. Wow, that’s a lot of jibberish and technical jargon for the first sentence in a post isn’t it? Well, have no fear: This is actually a pretty easy concept to learn, particularly if you’re willing to sit down and do it. [...]

Picking out a wireless mouse

Have you ever felt the need to get away from that ridiculous touchpad and into a wireless mouse? I know how you feel: I’ve owned two laptops now with the touchpad, and it’s not fun. Half the time while you’re typing your hands are going to be touching the pad, making your mouse skew all [...]

How to find the best small printer on the market?

If you’re looking for the best small printer, look no further than this article. Today we’re going to give you an inside scoop on a couple of the best small printers offered, both on the net and in the stores. The brand names are probably going to be pretty familiar, so what we’re going to [...]

What’s your favorite picture printer?

If you’re on this site, you’re probably wanting to know a little bit about a personal favorite of mine: the picture printer. This type of printer has made just about everyone’s life easier at least once; instead of having to go have photos digitally printed from companies such as Kinko’s, you can print your pictures [...]

Buy a Canon printer for your laptop

Buying a Canon printer for your laptop has never been easier. Canon has recently put out some great models of printers that are not only cheap, but easy to travel with. That’s precisely what you want in a printer that goes with you on the road, isn’t it? You don’t want a big bulky thing [...]

The USB hard drive: THE best peripheral

Let me tell you this: From my experience, a USB hard drive is one of the most useful peripherals you can have when it comes to your laptop. The uses of such a drive are many: You can add capacity to an existing system without taking apart your laptop and physically adding a new hard [...]