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Recently there has been a veritable tidal wave of talk about “touchscreen this” and “touchscreen that” as the technology gets better, faster, smaller and less costly. The latest Apple iPod nano (no, they don’t capitalize it) has a 1.54-inch color touchscreen with a stunning 220ppi (pixels per inch) display. There is some serious work you can do with touchscreen displays, but it may not be what you were thinking. Let’s take a look.

Touch up or touch down?

One of Microsoft’s “cloud” commercials shows a high-tech Mom editing a family portrait. She is using a touchscreen PC, similar to the HP Touchsmart, meaning she has to hold her arm up at shoulder height. About three more edits and the lady would have had to drop that tired limb! Sure, you can use touchscreens without tiring out, as long as you are spreading your action among the screen, the keyboard and the mouse. But if touchscreens are not perfect for everyday work (much less grueling audio, photo or video editing), where do they excel?

First, they excel in different positions and places. A touchscreen is fabulous in tablet PC rentals for note-taking and touch-driven work flows. And digitizing pads (essentially high-end, high-resolution touchscreens) let artists draw directly into graphics programs with the pad placed wherever they want it. You can also customize your touchscreen set-up to interact with clients, customers, colleagues or job applicants that you may encounter at a company meeting or trade show.

Whether you use an HP Touchsmart or a tablet PC, the touch capabilities give you a powerful meeting/conference tool. You can create product demos, various forms and conference literature that can be accessed right at your table or exhibit booth – like having interactive kiosk rentals without the kiosks! Of course, kiosks are powerful additions to your conference presence and can run unattended, while your touchscreen set-up lets you assist several people at once.

If you watched election results this year, you likely noticed that everybody is using big, BIG touchscreens now. You can make a pretty dramatic presentation to a decent-size group with 20-inch HP touchscreen computer rental. As a presentation aid, a touchscreen is perfect, and it also makes a great training tool (as discussed in various training approaches). Used the right way, for the right things, touchscreens are becoming indispensable.

To find out how to rent an HP touchsmart computer for all your touchscreen needs, please feel free to contact us today!

When you need solutions right now for project bottlenecks, conference sessions or storage needs, CRE is indispensable, too. Need a touchscreen for an upcoming event? Simply complete the Quick Rental Quote and our Account Executives are just one-touch away from assisting you.

When it comes to laptop purchase versus rent decisions faced by many IT Managers of corporations accross the country, the rental option is always the best way to save more capital that can be used for other large scale purchases that will allow your company to grow. Computer technology is changing faster than you can blink your eyes. A state of the art laptop of today will be obsolete in less than 1 year. Thats right, less than 12 months. Investing valuable capital dollars into these rapidly depreciating assets is the most common mistake made by companies every day. After having capitalized their laptop computers, IT Managers inevitably and rather quickly face the grim fact of being burdened with obsolete technology that impacts their users productivity immensly.

So what is the solution? Long term leasing is not suited for many projects that last only a few months at a time, then kept in closets for a few months, and then used again. Lease payments will still be due even in those months when the laptops are not used. The leases are also long term, usually 24 to 36 months which extend beyond the useful life of the laptop.

PCRetro Rentals Inc. Laptop and Notebook Rental services are tailored to solve this problem. Rent the laptops you need for your project for just the time you intend to use them. Short term rentals from PCRetro Rentals are designed to provide you with the most cost effective technology when you need it, where you need it. You can rent laptops from 1 to 1000 from 1 day to 1 year offering most flexibility. You can rent laptops made by leading manufacturers such as HP, Dell, Apple and Lenovo / IBM.

Rentals can be used for training, meetings, traveling sales people, engineers and field managers will help you stave off the absurdly truncated lifecycles of the modern day laptops.
You can save your capital dollars for purchase of assets that appreciate.

For more information on laptop rental programs, call our toll-free 1 877 673 1022

California’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal handed down a ruling that quite clearly tells the business traveler that anytime he or she enters or re-enters the United States – whether at LAX, JFK or any other international terminal – his or her laptop, and every directory, sub-directory and file on the hard drive, can be opened, read and potentially copied by Customs and Border Patrol officers. This should raise alarm bells for anyone traveling overseas on business, given the nature of the proprietary, confidential and sensitive information on virtually any businessperson’s laptop.

The most effective strategy to advert the risks of confidential proprietary information leaking into the public domain, or being exposed to the possibility of such leakage, is to take out a laptop rental at minimal expense from a PCRetro Rentals before embarking. Load the rental laptop with only the information and files you will require, and wipe the hard drive clean of any information or files that cannot be exposed to public scrutiny before returning to the U.S.

Files and sensitive data can be filed on your firm’s or provider’s secured servers at any time from your overseas business destinations. Business travelers, however, will want to avoid the risk of exposing crucial business data to public exposure by inadvertently leaving data on their personal laptop hard drive and having its security compromised at the U.S. border. Utilizing a laptop rental from PCRetro Rentals when traveling overseas avoids this. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents do not need any particular suspicion to search your laptop, and once you arrive at Customs it is too late to avoid having your data exposed to public scrutiny. Once it is read you can no longer warrant that your company’s private information is not in the public domain. Something as simple as picking up a laptop rental, and then returning it wiped clean at the end of your business trip can help you avoid potentially critical problems down the road.

As a member of ACRBO you will know that you are getting the BEST repair services from our retail locations that we can provide. We suggest renting a computer or laptop to use while your system is in for repair… for as little as $35 / week you can have a system to use while full diagnostics and repairs are done on your current system. Our fully knowledgeable staff is able to diagnose and repair most, if not all problems and issues that you may run into. PCRetro is truly your one stop shop for all your needs. From repair to rentals to recycling. We do it all! We are able to recycle or buy ANY electronic equipment you may have as well as get you situated with a new system and yes, as you know, we rent systems as well…
For ALL your computer needs, PCRetro is what you are looking for!
Please feel free to contact us with any and all concerns and we will respond in a prompt and timely manner. Check out our websites!
www.pcretro.com www.capasset.comwww.pcretrorentals.com www.caprecycle.com

According to a study conducted by the multinational electronics manufacturing company Casio, companies all around the world are losing millions of dollars each year due to meeting room equipment. This is mostly due to poor knowledge of how the equipment works and poor equipment set-up.

The study showed that projectors are proving to be the most troublesome pieces of equipment. At least 46% of those who particpated said they have had problems with their projectors in the last year. The study also showed that poor projector maintenance or lack of knowledge of proper projector maintenance was the biggest culprit when it came to malfunctioning projectors.

Does this sound like your company? Do you spend hundreds and even thousands of dollars on equipment you may only use a few times a month or year, equipment that you aren’t really sure how to maintain and that quickly becomes outdated? If so, there is a solution for you.

PCRetro Rentals offers projector rentals and other temporary technology for your meeting room. By renting a projector instead of purchasing one, you’ll solve a number of problems:

* You’ll save money by paying for the projector only during the times you’re using it.
* You’ll save time because we can set up delivery of the projector to your office and set it up if needed.
* You won’t have to learn how to maintain your equipment because you’ll only use it for a short period of time.

These are just a few reasons you should rent a projector for your meeting room. Go ahead and contact PCRetro Rentals today at marcia@pcretrorentals.com to start saving your company’s time and money!!
We have several models in stock at any time. Like the InFocus X1 to the Panasonic PT-L6500U workhorse. Anything from 600 ANSI lumens up to 3600 ANSI lumens. We have the right projector for you!

So, While staying at a hotel for my vacation, I am noticing several people waiting and taking turns to use the single computer “business center” in the front desk area. This gave me a thought. If any of these people had known they could rent a laptop to use in the comfort of their own rooms, they would not have to wait and take turns to use the one single computer up front. Going on a vacation for a week or more? rent a laptop! For as little as $35 dollars a week, you can have the convenience and comfort of emailing from your comfy bed, in the cool A/C, while watching a good movie. Use your rented laptop to stream movies and video’s if your room does not include cable movie channels or upload the photos from your trip as you go to keep friends and family updated on how much fun your having. These things are fun and simple to do with a Dell latitude D510 with built-in wireless. Take advantage of that free wifi so many hotels advertise. For affordable rentals and contracts from 1 day to 6 months, we can work out a plan that works for you! Contact us today!

At PCRetro Rentals, We can help you get back to school with a computer geared towards your needs. If you are looking to rent a laptop such as the Dell D510, with built-in Wireless to connect on campus, or would like to have a desktop such as the Dell GX620 for super-fast processing, we are here to help. We specialize in rentals from 1 day to 6 months depending on your needs. Need a laptop for a project and don’t want to use your own? Need a LaserJet printer for high speed, high yield printing for papers and essays? Maybe a Mac for your video and photo editing needs. Whatever it is that you may need, we can assist you! Why buy new, and put yourself into debt? We can help with low-cost contracts and low-cost solutions.

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Here at PCRetro, we can clean and optimize your laptop or desktop for back to school, and while your computer or laptop is in for cleaning or optimization, we can rent you a comparable laptop or desktop to use while your machine is being serviced! our service rates start as low as $75.00 and that includes first hour of labor and diagnostics, and our rentals start as low as $35.00 a week! Let PCRetro get you ready for back to school today!

PCRetro in Alexandria, VA. is much more than just a retail location for PCRetro Inc. In Alexandria we take in recyclable electronics, take care of rental units and also do desktop and laptop repairs. As one of our customers claimed on yelp.com, the service he received at this location was A-1!
take a look at this link to see how PCRetro Alexandria ranks with customers!

Did you know June is the most popular month for a wedding? From past experience, June is also the most popular month for projector rentals. Thinking this is by no means a random occurrence we thought this would be a good time to remind the future Husbands and Wives out there that pcretrorentals.com is your one stop for all your technology rental needs. A projector rental for your wedding is a great way to add a bit more fun to any reception, and it can even make great choice for a multimedia presentation in the wedding ceremony itself. Projector rentals can be ordered any time through our website or by contacting us directly through our “contact us” page. Just follow this link to our website. Be sure to check out our complete line of Wedding Technology Rentals and please Contact us if we can be of assistance with any special requests for your special day.