Ben Waters

Over 25 years helping build small businesses that work. Investor/Adventurer. Electronic Engineer and tech enthusiast.
Laurieton computer repairs

Laurieton Computer Repairs

We’ll call if we’re ever running late, we won’t park on your lawn, and we’ll even wipe our feet at the door!

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True or False? Battery Myths you Need to Know for Better Device Performance

We live in an age of the high-powered long-life battery-powered portable device. But it seems that the limitations of the nickel-based batteries that were prevalent in the early ’90s still apply to the more modern lithium ion and lithium polymer technologies we use today.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Hard Disk Drives

Information storage is the hard drive’s main responsibility. Think the electronic version of the old office filing cabinet. Everything you keep on your computer is on a hard drive. Not just documents, emails, contacts, favorites pictures, music and videos.

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Why do computers slow down?

A question that we get asked all the time here at PC Pitstop is why computers get slower over time. This can start to happen within a year after you get a new PC, but usually, it happens in just a few short months.

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Windows Product Lifecycle – End of Life Support Dates

Every Windows product has a lifecycle. The lifecycle begins when a product is released and ends when it’s no longer supported. Knowing key dates in this lifecycle helps you make informed decisions about when to upgrade or make other changes to your software.

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PC Pitstop Enters the Port Macquarie Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame!

PC Pitstop is so very proud to be inducted into the Port Macquarie Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame. This is a rare feat shared only by a handful of other local standout businesses who recognise the importance of putting their teams and customers first at every possible opportunity.

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PC Pitstop Has Moved to our Bigger and Brighter Location!

PC Pitstop has outgrown another location! So we packed up everything and moved just 400 Meters around the corner from our old store to our brand new location at 2/10 Bellbowrie Street Port Macquarie.

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Protecting Devices For Kids

As the kids head back to school let’s take a look at how to stay smart online.

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PC Pitstop Computer Rebuild :: What You Need to Know

PC Pitstop Computer Rebuild :: What You Need to Know

Just experienced a computer catastrophe and had your computer wiped and reinstalled?!

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Laptop Battery Draining Too Quick? Exercise It!

Laptop Battery Draining Too Quick? Exercise It!

Your laptop battery charges whenever your computer is plugged into external power through an AC Adapter, an optional power adapter, or an optional docking device. The battery charges whether the computer is off or in use, but it charges faster when the computer is off.

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Where's My HoverBoard? :: 2015 Tech

Where’s My HoverBoard? :: 2015 Tech

It is the year Back to the Future II predicted sneakers would lace themselves and kids would fly about on hoverboards.

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Psst! PC Pitstop is Your One Stop Computer Shop in Port Macquarie

We work hard to hone our skills for you – THE CUSTOMER – and we’ve been rewarded for it!

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    • Unit 2, 10 Bellbowrie Street,
      Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444.
    • 02 65 841 551
    • Located Opp. Super Cheap Auto, The Car Wash Near Settlement City and Black Market Bagels, In Bellbowrie Street off Hastings River Drive
    • NOW WITH EASY PARKING!
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