We are transitioning out of our storefront in Middleboro Center to South Middleboro. While this is all very exciting, we are in a state of flux as we move our shop.

Effective Tuesday, March 5, 2013 you will find the Computer Guy and the Marketing Chick at:

15 Pine Street

Middleboro, Massachusetts 02346

Nothing else has changed, though. We’re still offering great IT and PC services to you and the rest of Plymouth County. Give us a call at 508-947-1966 or drop us an email at help@ssc-repair.com if we can help you out with anything technology related.

Toshiba M6 (M500) Business Grade Laptop: $199.99

This manufacturer refurbished Toshiba Tecra M6 is a sleek, powerful and lightweight machine designed for people who are on the go. The M6 has security features found in a business-class machine:

• Extra durable chassis that includes magnesium alloy
• Shock absorption features including special protection for the hard drive
• A spill-resistant keyboard
• Fingerprint reader
• TPM
• Hardware-based encryption capabilities
• DVDRW+DL

Other features include:

• Brilliant 12.1″ display
• OS Windows XP Professional
• 32-bit Intel Core 2 duo processor
• T2300 1.66GHz
• 1.0 RAM
• 80GB hard drive
• WiFi

Fujitsu LifeBook T5010 Business Grade: $360.00

This manufacturer refurbished Fujitsu LifeBook Tablet Laptop T5010 is a great looking machine that has a simplistic feel and is complete with white keys. It has a solid design and sturdy chassis. The features include:

• Intel Core 2 duo CPU T9550 2.66GHz processor
• 160GB hard drive
• 4GB RAM
• Wifi
• CAM
• Mobile Intel graphics media accelerator 4500 MHD graphics
• 13.3″ WXGA active digitazer display (1280×800)
• Windows Vista Business Operating System

It easily converts to table mode and only weighs 4.5 pounds. It is a great machine for taking notes, making presentations and browsing the web. This convertible laptop-tablet has many outstanding features.

You can take a look at both of these laptops in our shop – located at 238 Centre Street in Middleboro, Massachusetts. This deal is very hot and just in time for all of the geeks on your shopping list. Give us a call or come on in and order your new computer today!

Congratulations to Sue D. of Middleboro and Joe C. of Rhode Island! You have both won a South Shore Computer Repair prize pack filled with all sorts of goodies! We will have your prizes waiting for you at our shop and you can come on in to pick them up any time after Tuesday, August 21, 2012.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth during Krazy Days – we really did have a great time meeting everyone and we hope to see you in our shop soon!

If you were planning to bring work into our shop during this time period, please contact us to make other arrangements. We’ll see you when we return!

We’re not talking about a criminal endeavor type of mob; we’re law-abiding citizens and wouldn’t dream of participating in anything illegal. What we’re talking about here is a “Cash Mob.” For those of you in the crowd who may be unfamiliar with the concept, according to Wikipedia:

“A cash mob is a group of people who assemble at a local business and all buy items from that business. The purpose of these mobs is to support both the local businesses and the overall community. “

Perhaps The Today Show best explained it in one of their recent segments…

Anyone familiar with us here at South Shore Computer Repair, you know that we are huge supporters of shopping local. Not just with us but with all of the fantastic businesses and services that are in the Middleboro and Lakeville area. And now a new group is emerging on Facebook and they’re focused on making shopping local fun!

Cash Mob Middleborough-Lakeville is starting a grassroots movement by helping the community plan some dates to spend your money locally. May 25, 2012 is the second annual International Cash Mob Day and we want to celebrate this by encouraging everyone to get involved! Here’s how…

1. Join the Facebook group.

2. Invite your Middleborough/Lakeville area Facebook friends to the group.

3. Suggest retailers or restaurants that the group could “mob;” no harm in suggesting your own business!

4. Vote in the poll of which location will be mobbed.

5. If you’re a business owner in the area, promote this event with your customers and clients. You know they like “shopping local” (they’re doing business with you, right?) so this is an audience ready to get excited about being in a mob.

6. On May 25, 2012 go to the business that the Facebook group community votes as the business to be mobbed. Spend a little bit of money (maybe $10 or $20).

7. Make sure to announce that you are a cash mobber. Introduce yourself to the owner/manager/employees and make a real life connection, not just a virtual online one.

8. Encourage your employees, family, and friends to do the same.

We’re joining the Mob. Are you?

Our shop hours are Tuesday through Friday from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM and Saturday from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The easiest way to work with us, though, is to setup an appointment with us. Please give us a call at 508.947.1966 or drop us an email at help@ssc-repair.com to setup a time that works for your hectic schedule.

For a limited time we also have a smokin’ deal for you! In partnership with Nicole Jacquelyn Photography, we are offering a limited time offer on custom-made iPhone covers. Nicole Jacquelyn Photography can take your favorite picture of your kids, your pets, anything else and put it onto a personalized iPhone cover.

These iPhone covers are usually $35 but for anyone who brings their broken iPhone to South Shore Computer Repair for us to fix, you’ll receive a $10.00 discount off of the normal $35 price for these covers.

Give us a call at 508-947-1966 or drop us an email at help@ssc-repair.com to setup an appointment to bring your broken iPhone in for repair and claim your $10.00 discount on these fantastic covers!

Do it soon! This offer expires on June 4, 2012!

Tune in at Noon on Monday, April 30, 2012 to hear more about Twitter and how it can be used in your personal and professional life. Be sure to call in with any questions… operators will be standing by!

Update: If you missed today’s episode of 1530AM WVBF’s Taunton Tech Talk radio show, you didn’t actually miss it. The full recording the show is available online for your listening pleasure…

Let us know if you have any questions or need help!

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Born in 1950, Alan Bradford is a classic “baby boomer”, even though he hates that phrase. He has always loved books and monster movies, and that is pretty obvious in “Al’s Monsters And Stories”. He’s married to retired math teacher Carol, and the father of puppeteer / improv comic / film maker Samuel.

Al’s Monsters And Stories, written by local author Alan Fletcher Bradford, is a collection of five humorous “horror” stories created and illustrated by Al when he was only eight years old, with with narration added by Al fifty years later. Basically, the book is a irreverent collaboration between Al’s my eight year old and 58 year old selves.

You can order Al’s book for yourself or your kids for only $8.99 from CreateSpace. We’ve read it and thoroughly enjoyed it and think you will too!