During rough economic times, the natural reaction for most companies is to hold back on company spending to keep costs down. Naturally if something isn’t broken, why fix it. That’s a very good solution to cut down on waste, but should your IT be included in the cost cutting? Our answer: Yes, but with an explanation.

I recently had the pleasure of upgrading a laptop from Windows XP to Windows 7, but more importantly, an upgrade from an older SSD drive to one of the latest Trim enabled drives…all I can say is, wow! After a fresh Windows 7 install and full migration of data and apps, I’m seeing under 30 second boot up times…and Outlook loads instantaneously!