NEXT MEETING:
June 20, 2009
Gene Barlow
The Perfect Backup Method
for Your Computer
Everybody talks about it but it seems that nobody actually does it. Backing up your computer and its precious data, that is. If your computer wouldn't boot tomorrow morning, what would you do?
This month's main meeting will feature Gene Barlow of User Group Relations talking on "Backing Up Your Hard Drive". He will describe different methods to do backups and then describe his best solution. Acronis True Image 2009 is the product he will then demonstrate in this online presentation. Gene will be located in Utah and we will use a combination of Skype and Unyte to bring him virtually to Willow Grove. A Webinar like this may be the way to get more presentations from businesses that can't afford the time and money to travel here to present in person.
There will be copies of True Image 2009 for sale at a very good discount and we will have a copy available as the raffle item. Note that True Image runs on Windows XP or Vista only however the bootable True Image CD can backup NTFS or Linux partitions running standalone. Even if you can't run True Image, you may wish to attend anyway just to see how the Webinar works. (more info)
Print and post an announcement for the June meeting.
Brady Bunner of LANtek speaking in March, 2009
Dava Marra of Apple speaking in February, 2009
Jody Gibney of Symantec speaking in January, 2008
Steve Deming of Microsoft speaking in December, 2007
Fundraisers for PACS:
Newly added as a PACS fundraiser is an ebay link that will provide a referral fee to PACS for anyone who wins a bid or opens an ebay account. All PACS fundraisers have been consolidated in a new web page.
Show that you belong to PACS:
PACS caps, shirts, mugs, and other items are now available for sale thru Cafe Press.
PACS members get a 35% discount off the list price of any Peachpit book. At checkout, before entering your credit card number, enter the user group coupon code UE-23AA-PEUF (case-sensitive). This coupon code is an exclusive offer that may not be used in conjunction with any other coupon code.
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