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༄༄༄༄༄༄ The 12th month was originally named for the 10th month, “decem” which means “10” as it was the 10th month on the Roman calendar. It became the 12th month in the Gregorian calendar in 1582 after a papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII. December also marks the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere around the 21st which is the shortest day of the year. The full moon in December is also known as the “cold moon” by the Mohawk nation in the Northeast along the Canadian border. Other Native American tribes called it the “moon of the popping trees,” “drift clearing moon” or “snow moon.” December is home to the Geminid meteor shower one of the most active on the calendar. Known for their green fireballs, the Geminids’ meteors travel a super-speedy 78,000 miles per hour, with their radiant point (the spot in the sky from which they appear to originate) in the Gemini constellation, according to NASA. On December 14th, 1807 a meteorite’s fall was recorded by Yale professors who studied and reported on the event and initiated the study of meteors in the US. The event made headlines, though skeptics, including President Thomas Jefferson, questioned its authenticity. Jefferson is said to have remarked, “It is easier to believe that two Yankee professors could lie than to admit that stones could fall from heaven,” according to the New England Historical Society. Holidays in December include, Sant Nicholas Day, the model for Santa Clause. December 7th is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day December 8th is Bodhi Day on the Buddhist calendar, celebrating Buddha’s enlightenment. It’s Buddhism’s Christmas December 13th is St. Lucia’s Day, which has long been associated with festivals of light. Before the Gregorian calendar reform in 1752, her feast day occurred on the shortest day of the year (hence the saying “Lucy light, Lucy light, shortest day and longest night”). The event symbolizes light in a dark winter and was celebrated with Christmassy treats and a singing line-up of candle-carrying characters dressed in white gowns. December 14th marks the beginning of Hanukkah this year, the 8-day Jewish festival of lights. December 15th is Bill of Rights Day, honoring the ratification of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which occurred on December 15, 1791. December 17th is Wright Brothers Day which celebrates the first recorded flight in history of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the biplane, which flew for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on December 17th, 1903. December 21st is the Winter Solstice, the day when the hemisphere is tilted as far away from the Sun as possible. In ancient times people celebrated the “rebirth” of the Sun. This is the shortest day of the year and days just get longer from here, thus the "rebirth". December 25th is Christmas Day, the Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. The Winter Solstice on the 21st was followed a few days later by the “return” of the sun and was celebrated by pagans on about the 25th. No one knows when Jesus was actually born, but elements of his birth celebration were probably derived from pagan traditions around the winter solstice as Christianity evolved and grew so it would be more widely adopted. So Christianity shares that day with the Pagan celebrations of the return of the Sun after the solstice. But wait! There’s more! December 26th is both Boxing Day and the start of Kwanza. Boxing Day was in England traditionally the day when the upper class would box up leftovers and money or good and give them to their tradesmen and servants. Definitely a holiday for the 1%. Kwanza is a cultural celebration based on African harvest festival traditions to celebrate their heritage and legacy and lasts for 7 days. Finally, the 31st of December, the last evening of the year. December 31, kiss the person you hope to keep kissing! Happy New Years! 🎉 · 🎆 · 💥 · 🎉🥳🎊🎁 · 🎆🎇🎈🎉 · 🎇 · 🎆🎇 · ✨. °🥂⋆.ೃ🍾࿔*:・. 🥳. 🧨. ✺ I hope everyone has a satisfying and fun holiday time regardless of religion or beliefs and that you get that cool new device you've been eyeing. But if you still have an aging Mac or PC, the question is always "Replace it or upgrade/fix it? Is it time to get that new M4 Mac Mini, iMac or Core Ultra 9 Windows 11 laptop or desktop? For a computer made in the last decade the _one_ part, next to the CPU, that makes it slow is that old tech spinning hard drive. Spinning? . . . hard drives just a few years ago had spinning magnetic disks with needles like a record player that touchlessly reads and writes digital info in an analog fashion. Hard drives were stock data storage devices for over 50 years until about 2010. Apple slowly phased out its old tech drives through 2019. Now everything is SSD of some type often soldered to the logic board so you have to pay full price up front to get any reasonable storage and that gets expensive fast. These storage drives are so central to what your computer is and do that just by upgrading that one aging part; you can get a “new” computer without doing anything else. Your display still looks good, the keyboard works and the CPU can keep up with whatever you throw at it. But your Hard Drive is SLOW, Slow, slow . . . . but what do I replace it with? The last 20 years have seen incredible growth in disk tech, first SATA SSDs are solid-state devices with no moving parts that operate up to 100x faster than the spinning hard drive that came in your iMac, Lenovo, MacBook Pro or Windows 10 laptop. Much of what a computer does starts with the storage drive, whether HDD or SSD. So much so that just replacing the HDD with an SSD will do away with the beachball and make that 15-year-old Mac feel like a new Mac, faster than it was when new, with the bonus of being shockproof (dropping your laptop no longer “kills” the Hard drive), use less power and lower temps which leads to a longer logic board life because heat destroys logic boards. HDDs get slower as they age and eventually die along with your data: files, apps, photos and videos. You don’t have to replace the whole thing for $1200 or more, you can spend less than $400 to get a “new” Mac or PC with this simple upgrade. It’s a no-brainer upgrade. For upgrade options and pricing, text or call me at 404-692-2618 or email me at joeldm@wwwebbit.com and I will get back to you, usually on the same day. I offer local, in-home or office or here in my home office; I offer all types of computer repairs (displays, keyboards, hinges, spills, logic boards), upgrades and tech support at much lower rates than local computer repair shops. I'm six blocks NorthEast of Ponce City Market and only 800 feet East of the Beltline. It's a neighborhood operation and as simple as a phone call, text or email. Whether you’re a small business, a school or a family with a house full of gadgets, I have your back. So now with 48-degree days, Winter hints at more cold, rain and maybe snow just around the corner, so enjoy the winter weather with a faster, safer, cooler, more reliable computer and network by calling me! ༄༄༄༄༄༄

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Who, What, Where

I've been doing computer repairs and updates in Atlanta on Macs, PCs & Linux, laptops and desktops and build and maintain networks in the Midtown, Poncey/Highlands, 5-Points, Grant Park, O4W, & Lake Claire neighborhoods for over two decades. If you have a computer or network and it's not working, I can fix it!

1000's of successful computer repairs and sytem upgrades.

Experience with every OS from Windows to MacOS to Linux.

Two decades of computer repair experience, all in Atlanta.

Over 40 Years in Va-Hi, active in schools and neighborhood.

Wired and Wireless network installations and upgrades.

100's of Return customers & positive feedback on Google.

Mac & PC Data backup, local & cloud backup and restoration.

Remote assistance available where needed and appropriate.

Hard Drive vs Sata SSD vs M.2 NVME SSD

The No-Brainer Upgrade

How to Get a New (old) Mac or PC for under $400

Replace your 50-year-old technology Hard Disk Drive with a new, crazy-fast SSD.

Why Is an SSD Better?

Upgrading your 21st Century Mac or PC from the stock HDD to a faster SATA SSD or M.2 NVME SSD can make your early 2000’s and newer Mac or PC computer significantly faster than it was when new or even faster than a new computer with a spinning Hard Disk Drive. So what’s the difference between the HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (Solid State Drive) and an M.2 NVME SSD (Nonvolatile Memory Express)?

SATA HDD:

What most computers shipped with pre-2013 to 2017. Speeds are generally about 50-120 MB/s. These are mechanical drives with spinning magnetic disks that uses a “head” or record-player-like needle that reads and writes 0’s and 1’s on a tiny area of the platter. The physical motion of the head and spinning disk is inherently slow compared to the data flowing on a flash-memory of an SSD.

SATA SSD:

SSD’s use NAND-flash memory similar to what’s in USB flash drives, no moving parts. Speeds top out at 600 MB/s.

M.2 NVME SSD:

NVMe M.2 SSDs utilize the Nonvolatile Memory Express protocol developed for SSDs to speak directly to CPU memory. Speed, depends on PCIe version, specific models and run froms about 1500MB/s to 7500 MB/s. These drives are up to 20x faster than

Mac & PC Repair

What to do when the warranty ends? Laptops, desktops gaming PCs & Macs. Computers may be the most complicated devices you own. I have the tools and expertise to fix your Mac, Windows or Linux hardware or software problem.

Mac & PC Upgrades

When a computer slows is it time to toss it?
That computer isn't one thing, It's a CPU, RAM, Hard Drive, GPU & display. Tech changes in drives make that old Drive obsolete. A new SSD will make that old computer 5-9X faster & feel like new.

Computer Consulting

Are computers just hardware & software? Long ago Macs and PCs were workstations for email, accounting, typing & gaming. Today they're all connected, multipurpose devices. I can help you choose the printer, monitor or peripherals you need.

Home & Business IT Support

New computer consulting, setup & data transfer.
WiFi installation & new printer setup and support.
Smart Devices setup (cameras & security).
Computer repair,Tune-Ups and upgrades.
Streaming Devices & TV Setup & Support.

Network Design & Installation

Should I install WiFi or Ethernet or both?
Network architecture depends on how you use it. WiFi is more convenient, but Ethernet is more reliable, faster and secure. WiFi is fine and secure enough for most things, but some applications need the power and security of a dedicated wire.

Remote Computer Admin

Can I fix your computer remotely? Much of what I do to find and remove viruses or do upgrades is done while sitting at your computer keyboard, which I can often do as effectively remotely from my office. I can also demo new software or have you show me a problem all while logged into your computer remotely.

Opening the Mac Mini case reveals the logic board, hard drive and RAM

The iMac has a display glass held in place by magnets that has to be removed to add an SSD.

Rosewill’s case for a gaming PC build.

Installing an M.2 NVME SSD into a gaming tower.

Acer laptop that wouldn’t boot. Repaired by cleaning and reseating connectors on logic board.

MSI laptop no boot required logic board replaced with backlight fuses damaged.

Swollen lithium-ion battery replacement.

Upgrading an iMac with a Samsung EVO SSD.

Properly done, self-driving cars are much safer than human-driven cars suggests a neurosurgeon who looked at Waymo stats in a recent article in the NY Times. Is the future now?https://t.co/1rHY9mjLmI pic.twitter.com/p7mzx1Cw4C
— Joel Markwell (@joeldm) December 5, 2025

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Sensible Mac & PC Computer Repair+Web & Network IT Services in Atlanta

Who, What, Where

1000's of successful computer repairs and sytem upgrades.

Experience with every OS from Windows to MacOS to Linux.

Two decades of computer repair experience, all in Atlanta.

Over 40 Years in Va-Hi, active in schools and neighborhood.

Wired and Wireless network installations and upgrades.

100's of Return customers & positive feedback on Google.

Mac & PC Data backup, local & cloud backup and restoration.

Remote assistance available where needed and appropriate.

Hard Drive vs Sata SSD vs M.2 NVME SSD

The No-Brainer Upgrade

How to Get a New (old) Mac or PC for under $400

Replace your 50-year-old technology Hard Disk Drive with a new, crazy-fast SSD.

Why Is an SSD Better?

SATA HDD:

SATA SSD:

M.2 NVME SSD:

Mac & PC Repair

Mac & PC Upgrades

Computer Consulting

Home & Business IT Support

Network Design & Installation

Remote Computer Admin

Joel Markwell

iFixITATL.COM OFFICE
(aka WWWebbIT.com)
736 Ponce de Leon Ter NE
Atlanta, GA 30306

Thank you!

Testimonials on Google Business

IFixITATL.com

Click Below to Fix it Yourself:

Sensible Mac & PC Computer Repair+Web & Network IT Services in Atlanta

Who, What, Where

1000's of successful computer repairs and sytem upgrades.

Experience with every OS from Windows to MacOS to Linux.

Two decades of computer repair experience, all in Atlanta.

Over 40 Years in Va-Hi, active in schools and neighborhood.

Wired and Wireless network installations and upgrades.

100's of Return customers & positive feedback on Google.

Mac & PC Data backup, local & cloud backup and restoration.

Remote assistance available where needed and appropriate.

Hard Drive vs Sata SSD vs M.2 NVME SSD

The No-Brainer Upgrade

How to Get a New (old) Mac or PC for under $400

Replace your 50-year-old technology Hard Disk Drive with a new, crazy-fast SSD.

Why Is an SSD Better?

SATA HDD:

SATA SSD:

M.2 NVME SSD:

Mac & PC Repair

Mac & PC Upgrades

Computer Consulting

Home & Business IT Support

Network Design & Installation

Remote Computer Admin

Joel Markwell

iFixITATL.COM OFFICE(aka WWWebbIT.com)736 Ponce de Leon Ter NEAtlanta, GA 30306

Thank you!

Testimonials on Google Business

iFixITATL.COM OFFICE
(aka WWWebbIT.com)
736 Ponce de Leon Ter NE
Atlanta, GA 30306