You can’t print there.

You’ve shipped a printer to a friend across town, and the interface on the printer is a Centronics port that connects to a 25-pin parallel port on the back of the computer. Unfortunately, your friend has a new computer that does not have a parallel port. Since you’ll need some type of converter, which of these ports would be the best choice for the computer’s printer interface?

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This. Seems. Slower. Today.

You’ve been working with some very large spreadsheets and presentations on your computer for a few months. Lately, you’ve started to notice that loading and saving the files takes longer and longer as time goes on, even though the file size hasn’t changed much over that time. Which of these would be the best way to improve your loading and saving time?

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