Q. We currently are working with PCs which are10 years old: they take 15 minutes to start; have trouble connecting to the internet and shut down unexpectedly losing your work. I’m told there is no budget available to replace them but surely it would pay by recovering lost time?

Q. We currently are working with PCs which are10 years old: they take 15 minutes to start; have trouble connecting to the internet and shut down unexpectedly losing your work. I’m told there is no budget available to replace them but surely it would pay by recovering lost time?

A. Around five and a half days of Brits’ time every year is spent waiting for slow computers, according to a recent study. A worldwide survey of 8,000 people, conducted by SanDisk, found that the average PC user in the UK has lost 130 hours in the last 12 months…