Hello and welcome again to Freelance IT and Graphics Design of Lansing, Michigan. To start I want to tell you all that even though we are in the Lansing area and located near the campus of Michigan State University, we can do most projects and work off site. Otherwise we do the work from my office and studio. There are a few things where you may either have to drop off the computer for repairs or we have to visit your location and do on site work in a business situation. But utilizing tech and computers in personal and home situations we often require computers to be dropped off, this is in the case of computer repairs such as virus removals, upgrades, software and application installations etc. But some of these situations can also be done via the net using messaging, screen sharing and remote access. To start remote access and control for a repair a retainer payment is required up front before we even begin and this is $50.00 non refundable plus a per hour fee of $20 regardless of outcome. I am stating this as people tend to forget the costs of doing business in a high tech world. As for business repairs and work we do this a bit different, and we more often then not do these jobs starting with and on site visit. But if you are using Windows XP or earlier we will inform you of updates necessary to bring your systems up to the standards of today's tech and security standards and again that is a $50 dollar fee just for looking at the computer seeing that XP is no longer under support via Microsoft. We will not be able to fix or repair a Windows XP system due to the fact that it is not being patched for security and most software will continue to run on them that way written before 2013, but there is no way to secure the operating systems, software or applications otherwise making your privacy as well any public and private network access useless in a security point of view. So if you are running computers on any network that uses XP, it is first off dangerous seeing it can be compromised and the only way to stop this is via updating your systems and refraining from any sort of network access. All wireless access points and cables need to be immediately removed or disabled.
Now I may sound redundant in this speech I give often, but the use of XP is no longer and option for any business computer that has any sort of network access. Use of XP operating systems via a business is beyond irresponsible and, as well clients and customers deserve the peace of mind in knowing that any communications or business you do with them is protected with modern security measures no longer available in the XP or earlier windows operating systems. All of the operating systems we use in our business whether it is graphics design, development, or just day to day business contact is done via Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 Pro or a viable updated Linux based operating system, with no if's, and or buts about it. If your computer is so old that you cannot update your operating system then you should get a new or used system that is less then 5 years old. Moore's law states that computer systems will double every other year and this includes the processors, the memory (RAM), as well even the pixels in digital input devices such as still and video cameras. This was realized and made apparent by Gordon Moore the co-founder of Intel Corporation, and at times has been even a shorter period then 2 years. Even storage capacities have doubled in as little as 3 years on average. Seeing that a new computer now days can be so much faster, have so much more storage and as well have dropped in overall price, then it makes sense that and upgrade ever 5 years is really letting the tech crunch get ahead of you. Just be glad you are not having to learn and keep up with each and every little update. With Graphics design there are plethora of software's we use and can be evident in the advertising medias, web design, video game worlds and the movies and film special effects (VFX) fields that show you this daily. Just staying up to date with the adobe creative suite applications uses and abilities will need both computer and operating systems updates and upgrades every other year. The Adobe Creative Suite is now know as the Adobe Creative Cloud 2014 and this will continue to require upgrades and updates for the best possible design and creative abilities. Let alone keeping up with new upcoming programming languages and scripting tools from Java and Ruby on Rails to HTML5 and CSS3. As I write this I have seen on the PC Advisers UK website, that the Windows 9 release date is scheduled for a Reveal on September 30th 2014. Windows 9 may or may not be quite a bit like Windows 8, only time will tell.
Updates and Upgrades from Adobe to Windows 9
Now I may sound redundant in this speech I give often, but the use of XP is no longer and option for any business computer that has any sort of network access. Use of XP operating systems via a business is beyond irresponsible and, as well clients and customers deserve the peace of mind in knowing that any communications or business you do with them is protected with modern security measures no longer available in the XP or earlier windows operating systems. All of the operating systems we use in our business whether it is graphics design, development, or just day to day business contact is done via Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 Pro or a viable updated Linux based operating system, with no if's, and or buts about it. If your computer is so old that you cannot update your operating system then you should get a new or used system that is less then 5 years old. Moore's law states that computer systems will double every other year and this includes the processors, the memory (RAM), as well even the pixels in digital input devices such as still and video cameras. This was realized and made apparent by Gordon Moore the co-founder of Intel Corporation, and at times has been even a shorter period then 2 years. Even storage capacities have doubled in as little as 3 years on average. Seeing that a new computer now days can be so much faster, have so much more storage and as well have dropped in overall price, then it makes sense that and upgrade ever 5 years is really letting the tech crunch get ahead of you. Just be glad you are not having to learn and keep up with each and every little update. With Graphics design there are plethora of software's we use and can be evident in the advertising medias, web design, video game worlds and the movies and film special effects (VFX) fields that show you this daily. Just staying up to date with the adobe creative suite applications uses and abilities will need both computer and operating systems updates and upgrades every other year. The Adobe Creative Suite is now know as the Adobe Creative Cloud 2014 and this will continue to require upgrades and updates for the best possible design and creative abilities. Let alone keeping up with new upcoming programming languages and scripting tools from Java and Ruby on Rails to HTML5 and CSS3. As I write this I have seen on the PC Advisers UK website, that the Windows 9 release date is scheduled for a Reveal on September 30th 2014. Windows 9 may or may not be quite a bit like Windows 8, only time will tell.
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