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• Price Increases - An important Update for Our Customers

  December 24, 2025

  Featured Articles
  For Immediate Release | December 2025

  Industry-Wide Price Increases: Important Update for Our Customers

  By Siva Ganesan, Operations Manager, Landmark Computers

  At Landmark Computers, transparency with our customers has always been a cornerstone of how we do business. Today, I'm writing to inform you about significant price increases affecting the entire computer hardware industry, and what this means for anyone considering a new laptop, desktop computer, or server purchase in the coming months.

  What's Happening in the Market

  The global computer hardware industry is experiencing unprecedented supply challenges driven primarily by the explosive growth in artificial intelligence datacentre infrastructure. This AI boom has created massive demand for memory and storage components, leading to severe supply constraints that are affecting every corner of the technology market.

  Over the past two months alone, we've witnessed memory component prices surge by approximately 300 percent. Storage components

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• Understanding CPU Cores vs Clock Speed for CAD: What Really Matters for Performance

  November 24, 2025

  Technology , Tips & Advice
  

  Understanding CPU Cores vs Clock Speed for CAD: What Really Matters for Performance

  When shopping for a CAD laptop, you'll encounter specifications listing processor cores, threads, and clock speeds measured in gigahertz. But what do these numbers actually mean for your CAD workflow? More importantly, which specification matters most for the software you use every day?

  Understanding the relationship between CPU cores and clock speed is crucial for making informed hardware decisions that will support your professional work for years to come. This guide breaks down these technical specifications into practical knowledge you can use when selecting your next mobile workstation.

  CPU Basics: Cores and Clock Speed Explained

  What Are CPU Cores?

  Think of CPU cores as individual workers in a team. A processor with four cores is like having four workers who can handle separate tasks simultaneously. Modern processors range from dual-core chips in budget laptops to 16-core or higher processors in high-end

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• CAD Laptop Buying Guide: 10 Questions to Ask Before You Buy

  November 20, 2025

  Buying Guides
  

  CAD Laptop Buying Guide: 10 Questions to Ask Before You Buy

  Choosing the wrong CAD laptop can cost you far more than money. Project delays from system crashes, lost productivity from sluggish performance, and the frustration of software that won't run properly all add up quickly. After helping Australian professionals select CAD workstations for over 20 years, we've learned that the difference between a laptop that works and one that works brilliantly comes down to asking the right questions before you buy.

  This guide cuts through marketing jargon and focuses on what actually matters for CAD work. Whether you're running AutoCAD for 2D drafting, SolidWorks for complex assemblies, Revit for building information modelling, or engineering simulation software, these ten questions will help you identify exactly what you need and why it matters for your specific workflow.

  By the end of this guide, you'll understand how to evaluate laptops based on your actual requirements rather than impressive-sounding

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• ScanSnap ix2500 vs ix1500: Is It Time to Upgrade Your Scanner?

  November 13, 2025

  Device , Technology , Tips & Advice
  

  ScanSnap ix2500 vs ix1500: Is It Time to Upgrade Your Scanner?

  If you purchased a Fujitsu ScanSnap ix1500 between 2017 and 2022, you invested in what was genuinely the best-selling document scanner on the market. Medical practices, accounting firms, and small businesses across Australia trusted the ix1500 for its reliability and ease of use. Now, with the scanner discontinued since 2022 and the new Ricoh ScanSnap ix2500 setting fresh benchmarks for performance, many ix1500 owners are wondering whether it's time for an upgrade.

  This comprehensive comparison examines the real-world differences between these two scanners, helping you decide whether the ix2500's improvements justify replacing your trusty ix1500.

  Understanding the Legacy: Why the ix1500 Was Special

  When Fujitsu launched the ix1500 in 2017, it represented a significant evolution from its predecessor, the ix500. The introduction of a 4.3-inch touchscreen transformed how users interacted with their scanner, eliminating the need

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