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Why Students Should Repair Instead of Replace Your phone screen cracks. Your first thought: “I need a new phone.” Hold on. Before you spend hundreds on a replacement, consider what a repair actually costs. For most student phone problems, repair is faster, cheaper, and better for the environment. The Real Cost of Replacing vs. Repairing […]

Your Gaming Console Survived Exams – Has It Survived the Dust? Exam season is over. You’ve finally got time to sit down with your PS5, Xbox, or Nintendo Switch and actually play something. You turn it on, and… it sounds like a helicopter. Or it overheats and shuts down. Or it’s running slower than you […]

How to Protect Your Tech at St Andrews Graduation Graduation day at the University of St Andrews is one of the most photographed days of the year. Families travel from around the world, everyone’s phones are out constantly, and the Younger Hall and St Salvator’s Quad are packed with people capturing the moment. It’s also […]

Summer Is the Worst Time to Ignore a Cracked Screen You’ve had that crack across your phone screen for weeks, maybe months. It still works, so you’ve learned to live with it. You swipe around the spider web, you ignore the rough edge catching your thumb, and you tell yourself you’ll get it fixed eventually. […]

What to Do When Your Phone Won’t Charge You plug your phone in before bed. You wake up and it’s still at 12%. Or the cable only works at a certain angle. Or your phone doesn’t recognise the charger at all. Charging problems are one of the most common repairs we handle at our City […]

How to Prepare Your Laptop for Dissertation Season If you’re a final-year student at St Andrews, your dissertation is likely the most important document on your laptop right now. Thousands of words, months of research, all saved on one device. What happens if that device fails? Every year between April and May, we see students […]

Why Your Laptop Slows Down Right Before Exams Every April, the same thing happens. Exam season hits, you open your laptop to start revising, and it takes three minutes to load a Word document. The spinning wheel becomes your new study partner. We see a spike in laptop repairs at our City Rd shop every […]

How to Remove a Virus From Your Computer Your computer is running slowly. Strange pop-ups keep appearing. Your browser redirects to websites you’ve never heard of. Programs you didn’t install are sitting on your desktop. Something is wrong. Malware is one of the most common computer problems we deal with in St Andrews – and […]

iPad vs Laptop for University – Repair and Running Costs Compared Starting at St Andrews? One of the biggest decisions you’ll make before freshers’ week is what to bring for studying. The iPad vs laptop debate comes up every year, and there’s no single right answer. It depends on your subject, your budget, and how […]

How Much Does a Phone Screen Repair Cost? You’ve dropped your phone. There’s a crack running across the screen. The first question that hits you – how much is this going to cost me? The answer depends on a few things, and it’s almost certainly less than you think. Let’s break down exactly what affects […]