Category: Product Guides
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Security Camera Overview
Modern Internet Protocol (IP) cameras allow for: Desired Outcomes Cautions and costs: Mitigating Things that can and will go wrong: Power sources for the cameras: Hard Wired, light fixture: Light-bulb socket Power over Ethernet (PoE) requires a hub and a single ethernet wire to each camera. Power outlet to 12V Power outlet: USB (Battery optional)…
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SD Card Selection
SD cards are wildly error prone. I generally suggest buying one larger than needed, and suggest getting ultra or max endurance. I have had extreme and other normal sd cards fail with alarming regularity. I have not yet had a high endurance card fail in a way that I have noticed.
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Operating System Choices
Windows 10 is still the default. Windows 11 is unusable garbage. Windows 10 will work with most professional software. Windows 10 can be configured to have another drive keep backups of ones files, so one can revert to an earlier version. This is a compelling feature. Windows 10 has parental controls, it locks people into…
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Slab Selection
Moto g stylus 5g 2023 256/6 It is large enough, fast enough and cheap enough. It has a stylus if someone has difficulty using a touch screen. These accept SD cards and have a headphone jack. The big issue is that they have too many varieties of phones with similar names. Battery life has been…
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Computer Selection
Most people should get a used thinkpad laptop with an appropriate screen size. For most people, the user interface of the computer is much more important than the speed of the computer. Display and input are very important. ruggedness, portability and battery life may also be factors. Where will you use your computer?Do you have…