05-30-26 SpaceX IPO And The Future Of Tech

Space and tech collide today, starting with a plain-English look at the rumored SpaceX IPO and why a two-trillion-dollar valuation has so many people paying attention. We talk through what it actually means when a company goes from private shares to a public offering, what most everyday investors can realistically expect around IPO access, and why we keep repeating the same disclaimer: we are not financial advisors, we are here to translate the tech and the basics so you can ask smarter questions.

Then we bring it back down to earth with the kind of upgrade advice that matters every day. We explain why we lean so hard toward refurbished business-class computers and laptops: stronger build quality, better hinge designs, easier repairs, more upgrade paths for RAM and SSDs, and power supplies that are built to run. If you have ever dealt with cracked plastic hinge mounts, overheating cases, or underpowered consumer desktops, this section will sound familiar.

We also revisit quantum computing as it starts to feel less like a lab curiosity and more like a mainstream topic. We break down bits vs qubits, superposition, and why combining quantum computing with AI could reshape medicine, security, and finance. To wrap, we share a simple Windows 11 performance tip you can try right now: turn on Storage Sense to automatically clean junk files and free up space.

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Transcript

Welcome And Today’s Game Plan

SPEAKER_02 0:08

Hey there and welcome to Tech Talk here on WDBO 1073FM and AM580 Orlando's News and Talk. I'm Greg Rhodes here with David Levitt, President and Founder of Refresh Computer Superstore. You can contact the Refresh Computer Superstore by calling their free tech support hotline at 407-478-8200. Or if you have a comment during the show, we'd love to hear it. Use that open mic feature inside the WDBO app. You can also check out the website over at Refresh Computers.net or stop it at the Refresh Computer Superstore in Longwood at 820 East State Road 434, just three and a half miles east of I-4 in Longwood. Store hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. If you're listening to the show here on Saturday, that means you still have time to stop by. They'll be open until 7 p.m. today. And now for the man himself, David Levitt.

SPEAKER_00 0:53

All right. Thanks, Greg. And thanks everybody for listening to yet another edition of Tech Talk with Refresh Computers. I'm David Levitt, the owner and founder of Refresh Computers, 26 and almost 26 and a half years now, how time flies. We've been around for that long helping people and businesses in Central Florida, gosh, with computers, with repair, with dispatches, all kinds of good things, computer related. Today we're going to talk about the biggest IPO in history that's coming up and what that might mean for you. And, you know, maybe describe a little bit of the details in plain English. We're going to talk about a little later on why right now might be the best time to upgrade your computer or laptop at refresh computers. And then a little later on, we're going to talk about quantum computing. And you know, it's becoming mainstream. We talked a lot about quantum computing several months ago, and you know, why it matters and and uh why Wall Street is betting billion dollars on it, and you know, also the difference between what a regular computer is compared to a quantum computer. We'll get into that a little later. And we'll finish the show today with another very handy Windows 11 update that I'm sure you will like. And so, and if you want to recap anything that we're talking about, it's easy. Just go to refreshcomputers.net, click on that podcast link, and you'll be able to listen to this show in its entirety. Uh, better yet, what's even easier is just scroll down to the bottom of any page at refreshcomputers.net, and you can enter your email address there. That's all we asked for, and you will automatically be on our email list, and we will send you a notification that today's show is ready for you to listen to. And in that notification, there will be bullet points so you'll know what we're talking about. It's not just an audio clip. So that's a change we made based on your input. We had customers that made that suggestion. Hey, it's nice to get the notification that you have a new podcast to listen to, but can you kind of give us some bullet points of what you're talking about? And geez, yeah, of course, that's that's common sense kind of stuff, but we just didn't have that on there, admittedly, and so that was a good idea. We did it. And so now you can look at what you're going to be able to listen to and decide yourself. Well, do I want to listen to this or not?

SPEAKER_02 3:17

Well, cliffs note version of the show, so that way you know uh how deep we're about to get into it, right?

SPEAKER_00 3:21

That's right,

SpaceX IPO Basics In Plain English

SPEAKER_00 3:22

absolutely. So let's get into this SpaceX IPO. And so, you know, they officially filed with the Security and Exchange Commission on May 20th to go public on the NASDAQ under the ticker SPCX. And they're targeting June, so that's right around the corner, yeah, literally, as the listing date, or you know, listing time frame. And the company right now is valued at roughly two trillion, two trillion bucks. It's a lot of bucks.

SPEAKER_02 3:58

And if you if they feel that strongly to go to an IPO with that valuation, expect that to go up.

SPEAKER_00 4:04

So exactly. And don't forget, I mean, this is Elon Musk's rocket company, right? So you know he I I love the saying when when he and it's not exactly what he said, but it was like, why are you building rocket ships? He said, I'm not building rocket ships, but I can pay, I have the money to pay rocket scientists, the best rocket scientists in the world to build my rocket ships. And so that's exactly what he did. And you know, so they're the one that launches, you know, they they take NASA astronauts into space, right? They run the Starlink internet, and they're excuse me, currently building the starship rocket that'll eventually go to Mars. Right. So, you know, there's a lot of things to consider about whether or not this could be a a good IPO to get involved in. You know, and it seems like uh any IPO I've ever looked at always seems to be way, way overhyped. But I don't know if you can overhype this one. Yeah, I agree.

SPEAKER_02 5:11

The the explosion that we've seen in the private space industry is absolutely mind-boggling when you think about where we were even just with the space shuttle program as most as of most recently. So to continue to see the the progression as we've seen more private industry work its way into the space agencies. Really interesting. And this is really kind of your first shot of kind of making money on being in space at this point.

SPEAKER_00 5:34

And you know, and they they basically beat NASA. I mean, you know, they figured out how to do things that NASA couldn't figure out.

SPEAKER_01 5:42

Right.

SPEAKER_00 5:42

And I've always contended that private industry always have that better ability to do those kinds of things over government-run projects. It's just because private industry has the incentive to do so. To innovate. Yep. To innovate and to make to go out and make some make some money, make things happen. And a lot of the things that and and I believe this in in Elon's case too, of course, you know, the billions he's making is important to him. But I think more important is he probab he he I think he has the mindset of getting something done that everybody else can't get done. I mean, that satisfaction that you're able to create something like SpaceX weighs more on him than the money he's making from it. I would I would I would think so. So what does going public actually mean? So right now, SpaceX is a privately held company. So they have they have stocks in their company, but it's all private stocks. I'm not sure how many stocks they have in their privately held company. For uh most corporations, refresh computers in included, you know, we have stocks in our corporation. So there's so many shares that I have in my company, Refresh Computers. I happen to own 100% of those shares. Right. And they are private shares. So, you know, I don't have to disclose how many shares I have. I don't have to disclose all that stuff because they're private. But when you go public, now they're your shares become public. So if my relatively small company compared to SpaceX wanted to go public one day, I could, but those private shares would then become publicly traded shares, and the general public has an opportunity to own a piece of the company. And so that's basically what's going on with SpaceX. So they're offering that's why they call it an IPO, it's an initial public offering. So they're going from private offerings to private uh shares to a public offering of their shares. And of course, they want to do this in order to raise what? Cash. That's the goal, a lot of money. And so, you know, a lot of wealthy private investors and employees could own a piece of SpaceX, and that's what's going to happen. And after the IPO, anyone with a brokerage account like Fidelity, Schwab, Robinhood, or whatever can buy shares. But unfortunately, for most of us minions, we can't own a piece of the initial IPO because they are they are already reserved for all the institutions that are out there that buy them that buy them up so they can be sold to you know the the bigger guys. Think of it like a private club, right? That's finally opened the doors to everyone, but that's right after the IPO is out there. Right. So pre-IPO, I can't own anything, you can't own anything. And you know, you can't I don't know Elon like that.

SPEAKER_02 8:47

So yeah, no, I I I don't have a piece of SpaceX yet before it goes to IPO. Yeah.

unknown 8:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 8:53

Exactly. That's pretty much the way it would have to work.

SPEAKER_02 8:56

Now you talked a little bit about how this is going to be the largest IPO in history. Can you kind of look can you really kind of break down how does it compare to some of these other big acquisitions we've seen in the past?

SPEAKER_00 9:07

Well, the last the largest IPO in history up until this one when it when it hits is uh Saudi Aramco back in 2019. Most people probably never heard of that company. And then and then there's Amazon, you know, for context, you know. This $2 trillion valuation of SpaceX, um, that's bigger than Amazon's market cap when it first hit a trillion bucks. So it's it's huge. It's it's you know twice

Starlink Demand And Why It Matters

SPEAKER_00 9:40

the size of Amazon's basically, and much bigger than the uh 2019 record by Saudi Aramco. So and Starlink alone is a massive business already, right? Millions of subscribers paying monthly for satellite internet.

SPEAKER_02 9:58

And that I think is gonna be the biggest key to this, is that that's where you've already got a base of what's going to come. These are people that are currently paying for a subscription to a service that this company is going to be able to market further with this new IPO and the new cash flow that they're about to have access to.

SPEAKER_00 10:14

And I think it it is mostly the Starlink for me too.

SPEAKER_02 10:18

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 10:18

Right. So it you know, I remember doing my travels in South America back in January. We were traveling for over a month and and you know, out in all the remote places in Patagonia where there was nothing around hardly, and you know, you drove hours b between towns, right, and pueblos and things. Everybody had Starlink, Greg. Wow everybody out there. I was just amazed how many people because well there was no other way to get internet for them. And they all had internet, so you know that covers a vast amount of landscape, right, for people that can't get internet. And so Starlink is is super, super popular. Farmers use it, RV travelers like myself. I have a permanently mounted Starlink satellite dish on top of my RV. The U.S. military uses it.

SPEAKER_02 11:13

The military, yep. There's a wide range that goes here with how this is gonna continue to roll out, definitely more of a uh global connected service as opposed to what we've seen in the past.

SPEAKER_00 11:23

And look at the other things that they are already talking about and and starting to do. I already can see a Starlink satellite from my iPhone. Yep. When I'm in a remote area and I have no cell phone coverage on my iPhone, I can at least still text using the Starlink satellites. That's pretty amazing. So that's been going on for quite a while now, maybe close to a year, if not a year.

SPEAKER_02 11:49

Yeah, yeah, just about a year at this point, right?

SPEAKER_00 11:52

And the other thing that's coming with Starlink is actual cell phone service. You can see it coming. It's just it's just going to happen because it to me that that's the natural progress of of how technology works. I mean, you we there's always something better on the horizon when it comes to technology. I've always said that.

SPEAKER_02 12:14

I was just about to say it. It's the same way, kind of, with how Elon was so innovative in the EV space with Tesla and the program that they've gone through with that, this SpaceX program and the Starlink satellite, it has led to competitors as you see Amazon's Leo constellation being set up and things like that. But again, he's the innovator and the leader in the space. That's what makes this IPO offering so valuable.

SPEAKER_00 12:35

It is. And and so I I really believe that in the not too distant future, things like cell phone towers probably won't be a thing. You know, all of you 5G people out there, then get rid of those 5G, get rid of those tower cell phone towers. Well, that that might be a natural progression as technology advances in in this space, right? So in the SpaceX space. So that's something to I don't know, to look forward to, I think. So again, you know, so SpaceX has been private this whole time and and just have grown into such a massive, massive company. And you know, and it was founded back in 2002. It's been around a while now, right? And his initial goal was to make humanity multiplanetary, right? He's talked about he's has this obsession of we are going to have a colony on Mars.

SPEAKER_02 13:34

That's still his focus, even with all of the recent talk of going back to the moon with Artemis and the program developing there. His focus is still towards Mars, and he continues to make sure that's a vocal point.

SPEAKER_00 13:43

I think so. And and he's and he started with that when he started SpaceX. And I remember hearing that, and I remember thinking, oh, that's kooky. I really thought that. I think a lot of people have said that about Elon. And and I still think it's a it's a it's so far-fetched. But if anybody can do it, I'll put my faith in Elon, that that he'll be able to get a colony on Mars. Maybe not in my lifetime, but possibly in in his and his children's lifetime. I think that's gonna happen. So, anyhow, so that's about all we're gonna talk about with that SpaceX IPO coming out and pretty excited to see how that's gonna turn out. When we come back after this break, we're gonna talk a little bit about refreshed computers. And why it would be a good time to come in and why it makes so much sense to buy a refurbished computer from a company as reputable as mine, Refresh Computers.

SPEAKER_02 14:36

Just a reminder, we are not financial advisors. We're not trying to step on anybody's toes of our earlier morning experts. But just a heads up, this IPO is coming. If you are interested, make sure to talk with a financial advisor about working that out for yourself and if it worked out for your plan. Coming up right here on WDBO 1073FM and AM580. Hey there and welcome back to Tech Talk here on WDBO 1073FM and AM580, Orlando's news and talk. I'm Greg Rhodes here with David Levitt, president and founder of Refresh Computer Superstore. And you can contact the Refresh Computer Superstore by calling their free tech support hotline at 407-478-8200. Or if you have a comment during the show, we'd love to hear it. Use that open mic feature inside the WDBO app. And now, back to David.

SPEAKER_00 15:32

All right.

Why Refurbished Upgrades Make Sense

SPEAKER_00 15:33

Thanks, Greg, and thanks everybody for listening to Tech Talk with Refreshed Computers. If you missed anything in the first segment, we talked about the new SpaceX IPO that's coming out. Talked a little bit about what that means and what a uh public offering is compared to a company like Refresh Computers that has all private shares in our corporation. And uh with the disclaimer, Greg, I'm glad you caught at the end of that segment. We are not financial advisors.

SPEAKER_02 16:03

Wrong hour of the day. That's earlier in the day.

SPEAKER_00 16:05

That's right. That comes a little later in another show. We're just giving information as we see it, but don't take our advice as far as investing in an IPO is concerned. And so, you know, we talked about how SpaceX is worth two trillion dollars right now, and you don't need to spend two trillion dollars, by the way, to get a great computer. There you go. Or anywhere near that. You can go to Refresh Computers right there in Longwood and pick up a really, really nice business class computer or laptop. 99% of our computers and laptops are business class, and compare that to the consumer grade, and there's a big difference. So I'm gonna go into that a little bit. So consumer grade laptops, mostly plastic hinges, or maybe metal hinges attached to a plastic base that cracks over time. That happens a lot on the consumer grade laptops. I don't care who makes it, it just happens because uh you know, we repair a ton of the broken hinges. The hinges themselves actually technically aren't broken. It's the plastic base that they're screwed into that snaps off on the frame of the laptop. And that's what we have to go in and replace is that base a lot of times because it's broken. And every once in a while it is the hinge that that that breaks on those consumer grades. We almost never see that happening on a business class laptop because they have titanium hinges. A lot of the hinges go right across the whole back of the laptop. Makes them just a tad heavier. I'm talking about ounces heavier. Right. But the reason they're business class is because used in a business environment is every day, open and close, open and close. And these laptops are made to take that kind of use. And that's why we pretty much feature the business class laptops over the consumer grades whenever possible.

SPEAKER_02 18:07

And we're not talking about off-name brand computers here either, right?

SPEAKER_00 18:16

And they all make the business class laptops. And businesses love to buy the business class laptops, even though they're typically more expensive when they're new, because they're easier to update. They're easier to do things like change the battery, for example, uh, over time, if you want to add more RAM or upgrade the solid state drives, and those are much easier to take apart than the consumer grade laptops are. And you know, and the same thing with the desktop computers. So they all those manufacturers, HP, Dell, Lenovo, they also make consumer grade desktops. And compared to the business class desktops, one of the biggest things you'll see if you open up a consumer grade desktop, it has a laptop-size motherboard that you know that covers up maybe a quarter of the space on the base where it's mounted.

SPEAKER_02 19:08

And it causes problems with cooling and cooling.

SPEAKER_00 19:11

And processor speed and all that stuff is not as good. And that's in a lot of the consumer grades. And where you open up a business class desktop computer, and that motherboard pretty much covers the whole base inside, and it's three times, sometimes four times as large. And that's because it has upgraded components, more card slots. More card slots, exactly, more RAM slots typically. Um also in these consumer grade desktops, the power supplies that are installed in them are often subpar. And the can come in the commercial grade or business class desktops, the power supplies are all updated, so much beefier power supplies. These are the machines that are in ATM machines, for example, right that never turn off. So just think of what type of power supply that has to have and how durable that computer has to be. These are the types of computers that are professionally refurbished at refreshed computers. So that's all we're going to have time to talk about. That when we come back after the break, we're going to talk a little bit about quantum computing going mainstream and what's the difference between a quantum computer and a regular computer.

SPEAKER_02 20:19

You've been listening to Tech Talk right here on WDBO 1073FM and AM580. I'm Greg Rhodes here with David Levitt, president and founder of Refresh Computer Superstore. And you can contact the Refresh Computer Superstore by calling their free tech support hotline at 407-478-8200. Or if you have a comment during the show, we'd love to hear it. Use that open mic feature inside the WDBO app. You can also check out the website at refreshcomputers.net or stop in at the Refresh Computer Superstore in Longwood at 820 East State Road 434, just three and a half miles east of I4 in Longwood. Store hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. If you're listening to the show here on Saturday, that means you still have time to stop by. They'll be open until 7 p.m. today.

SPEAKER_00 21:20

And now for David Levitt.

Quantum Computing Goes Mainstream

SPEAKER_00 21:23

All right. Thanks, Greg. And thanks everybody for listening to Tech Talk with Refresh Computers. In the first segment, we talked about the SpaceX IPO that's coming out. And in the second segment just before this one, we talked about why it's a good idea to consider refresh computers for your next computer upgrade. And don't forget also, we also have free shipping on anything over $300. So the cart total just needs to be over $300. So if you find a computer for $299.99 at a $1.99 cable, you'll find somewhere else on the website, and you'll get free shipping on that computer. And a bonus cable. Yeah, we have people that actually do that, Greg. That's why I brought that up.

SPEAKER_02 22:04

Perfect for that kid that's away at college and that just needs an extra HDMI cable, right? That's right.

SPEAKER_00 22:08

Hey, and I would do that. Why not? So in this segment, we are going to talk about quantum computing again because we had a practically a whole show on quantum computing. I'm going back two years now, maybe. And you can catch those. You can catch that show actually by going to refreshcomputers.net and clicking on that podcast link at the top. Or better yet, we have a little chat bot now in the bottom right-hand corner of the page that pops up when you you reach our website. You can ask the chat bot, hey, what about the podcast or radio show concerning quantum computing? I'm gonna know about that. And it'll point you right to it so you can listen to it right there on the website. And so quantum computing, I got you know really excited about quantum computing coming out and what it means because you know it it came out, you know, it kind of like parallels what AI is doing. So you take what you can do on your regular desktop computer with AI, and the computers that are used by AI and the cloud, these are not quantum computers yet. That they're they're using their servers, they're just mainstream servers with beefed up graphics cards to process data faster. And that's what's out there on the cloud right now, driving the AI that comes across your screen when you use Cloud or Chat GPT or Grok or any of those. And it's not your computer that's actually driving the AI stuff, it's it's it's in the cloud, it's just being relayed to your desktop. So uh the exciting part to me is what is something I don't hear a whole lot about, but when quantum computing marries AI, so now that's a whole new ball game in AI because quantum computing the it's infinitely faster than regular computers, a processing speed, and and so and just how it processes things, uh the the method in which it processes things is is much more efficient. So let me just go over the difference, right, between a quantum computer and a regular computer like you have at your office or at your house.

Bits Vs Qubits Made Simple

SPEAKER_00 24:20

So regular computer, let's go into that first. So a regular computer uses what they call bits, right? So think of them as light switches. One or zero. One is on, zero is off. And we talked about this in our other show to a more extent, but it's basically ones and zeros. And it's amazing, and the thing that it is hard, it's difficult to get past a lot of people's way of thinking about computers, is that a regular computer only knows those two things.

SPEAKER_02 24:55

That's all it is. That's what it from from the beginning of computing until now, all of these advancements we've made, it's still just ones and zeros.

SPEAKER_00 25:03

This ones and zeros, this is how those ones and zeros are arranged.

SPEAKER_02 25:07

And how many of them can be processed at a time.

SPEAKER_00 25:09

Exactly. So everything that your computer does, every photo, every email, every video, it's just billions and billions of ones and zeros arranged in a different way to produce the output that you are experiencing. So that is what a regular computer does. And you know what? It's been 70, over 70 years that it's been working this way. So, what did I say earlier about technology always has a way of advancing itself, right? It's always something new that's going to replace what's hot in technology. It always is. Look at Google search. How many people Google search today compared to just two years ago? It's falling off very quickly, very hard. Because you're using your favorite AI tool to find out things, and for good reason. And so, you know, it was unthinkable just a few years ago that something could come along and replace a Google search. Right? I mean, it was. I mean, it's just like what could possibly work better? Who could possibly compete against Google because they own that market?

SPEAKER_02 26:13

Not even competing with itself.

SPEAKER_00 26:15

Now they are. Now they are. So again, you know, technology always has a way of advancing past itself. And so there's always something better coming on in a horizon, on the horizon. And so that is quantum computers compared to a regular computer. So instead of bits, like the zeros and the ones, the bits, instead of bits, quantum computers have what they call qubits. And a qubit is a quantum bit. So then the big difference is a qubit, it can be a zero or a one, or it could be both at the same time. So that's that's basically the difference. That gives that gives billions and billions of trillions of different combinations and works faster than a regular computer can that's only doing zeros and ones. Right. Remember, 70-year-old technology is zeros and ones, is what we're doing. We've just approved upon it with better processors and things like that. But it's been zeros and ones since the dawn of the computer. Pretty much. So now it's zeros or ones or both at the same time. So this is called superposition. So imagine like a coin, right, spinning in the air. It's heads and tails until it lands. So there's your right, so it's zeros or ones until it lands. So let's this lets the quantum computers explore millions of possibilities, possible solutions simultaneously. It's not just faster, it's a fundamentally different way of computing. So that coin is not heads or tails, it's heads and tails.

SPEAKER_02 27:56

All at the same time.

SPEAKER_00 27:57

All at the same time.

SPEAKER_02 27:58

While it's processing all this in the background. So that's a that's a a trippy way to think about how how forward computing is going with that.

SPEAKER_00 28:06

Well, okay. So still you're probably thinking, okay, but well, how why is that making it faster? Why, why is a quantum computer better? What can quantum computers actually do that regular computers can't do?

Quantum Uses From Medicine To AI

SPEAKER_00 28:20

So one of the big research projects going on, it's been going on for the last couple of years, is drug discovery, right? So they can simulate molecules at the atomic level to find new medicines faster. They can take things like your DNA and custom make a cure for you. I mean, that this is coming, this is on the horizon. They're actively working on things like that that a regular computer doesn't have the capacity to comprehend or to do. But a quantum computer, because it's it's it's trillions of times more capable than a regular computer, can find this kind of data and and come out with a with with with people specific cures, right? Not a cure all for everybody, right, but a cure for you.

SPEAKER_02 29:06

Because again, we're talking about these ones and zeros still in all of these different calculations. And for each of these different versions of calculations, you have billions of those to calculate. And then you have to do it all over again if you're trying to do it for another version or another form. This is gonna allow that to do that in real time. While you're calculating one, it's calculating the other at the same time.

SPEAKER_00 29:26

It's it's amazing.

SPEAKER_02 29:28

And the other endless possible combinations that it has all at that one instant as opposed to multiple different mediations of it.

SPEAKER_00 29:37

And so the other thing that now comes to play is AI, right? So now you you take these AI models and you think AI is scary now. You you you let a quantum computer get a hold of an AI model. Right. And an AI model would be like a like a baby in its arms. I mean, it would just be like so simple and it would be so fast, and it would be so scary because a quantum computer can process that information so much faster and give instantaneous results on all kinds of things, and some things we probably wouldn't want it to be able to do, right? And so AI optimization in quantum computers is a thing coming. You're going to be hearing a lot more about that in the near future, I promise you. Because that is the future. That is what's coming. That's we're on the cusp of it. That's it's happening. And so we talked earlier about SpaceX doing an IPO, right? And again, I'll reiterate, Greg, we are not financial experts. Not financial experts. So we are not giving us financial advice

Quantum IPO Talk And Florida’s Role

SPEAKER_00 30:50

here. But there is another major IPO, right? That's that's coming out. And that is with Honeywell. So it's basically Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum Computing, they formed a merger. And so they use this special technology and quantum computers. They call it trapped ion technology. And it's lasers literally suspending individual atoms in place to use as qubits, the qubits we were just talking about. So I know this is probably going over a lot of people's heads, but it's this is worth reviewing on the podcast. If you want to go there, refreshcomputers.net, click on that podcast link, and you'll be able to review this thing with bullet points, by the way, of what we're talking about, and hopefully it'll be in an order that you'll be able to understand it. So this IPO is going public, right? So it means you know, regular investors investors can now bet on quantum computing. So a reality check here. So quantum isn't replacing your laptop.

SPEAKER_02 31:58

I was just gonna ask, is this something that I'm gonna be looking at in my new Dell here in a couple of years or not really?

SPEAKER_00 32:04

No. Quantum computers, they're not like general purpose computers. So it's not something you're gonna have on your desktop. It's not gonna be a laptop, not yet. Maybe you know, in the future, we will have portable quantum computers. Remember when the computer first came out, it took rooms of equipment. Took up a city block, right? Yeah, to process information. And nobody could ever imagine you could do, you know, a million times more of that than a thing you can hold in your hand, right? And or your watch. Yeah, right. And so you have that now. So I'm not saying that quantum computers will never get to that portable stage because it will. It just will, because again, technology always has a way of outdoing itself, but just not now, not anytime in the near future either, I'm pretty sure. So quantum computers are more, you know, they're specialized tools for very specific, extremely complex problems or solutions to problems. So in quantum computers right now, you know, they still make a lot of errors. So error correction is like the big, the big challenge in quantum computers right now. It can process all this information, but all computers have this thing called error correction. Even your your the normal computers go through this. And how your computer is able to handle the error corrections and how efficient it is that that has a lot to do with how efficient that computer is. And right now, quantum computers are having a little bit of a difficult time doing the error correction part of their processing. So we're looking at probably five to 10 years away, right? But the investment, this IPO, is happening, happening now because whoever gets there first usually wins big, right? So that's why they're they're doing this now. And there's actually a Florida connection to this whole story. It's called Florida Tech out in Melbourne. They're among 14 universities that launched a quantum technology coalition. So there's they what they are doing is researching ways to put this in in the classroom, right? At the college level, technical college level. And so they are working on that, and that's a pretty exciting step because Florida is also positioning itself as a quantum computing hub. So that's even there's even an event called Quantum Beach, right, out there in Melbourne. So you might want to check that out. So Central Florida's tech ecosystem is growing. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 34:32

You look at all of our ties to the space coast and all of that going on, and then you see, like you mentioned, this quantum beach program that's happening there at Florida Tech really, really exploding here in this area.

SPEAKER_00 34:43

Oh, absolutely. So, you know, and the future of computing is just weird, right? And cool and wonderful, and something that we're all going to be paying attention to because we all benefit from it, you know, and we we all, most of us use it today. So the bottom line is uh you don't need to understand really quantum physics, right? To know that it matters. It just does, and it will change medicine, security, AI, and finance just in this next decade coming. So keep an eye out for it.

SPEAKER_02 35:15

You've been listening to Tech Talk right here on WDBO 1073FM and AM580. Hey there, and welcome back to Tech Talk here on WDBO 1073FM and AM580, Orlando's News and Talk. I'm Greg Rhodes here with David Levitt, President and Founder of Refresh Computer Superstore. And you can contact the Refresh Computer Superstore by calling their free tech support hotline at 407-478-8200. You can also check out their website at refreshcomputers.net. And now back to David.

SPEAKER_00 35:57

All right. Thanks, Greg, and thanks everybody for listening to Tech Talk with Refresh Computers. Boy, do we talk about a lot of nerdy stuff today? We talked about SpaceX's IPO that's coming out, and we talked about why it's a good idea to consider refresh computers for that next computer you might need at your home or office. And if you missed anything, you can always go to the website, refreshcomputers.net, click on that podcast link at the top of the page, and you can listen to this show in its entirety, along with bullet points of all the things that we discussed on today's show. And better yet, go to the bottom of the page at refreshcomputers.net, put in your email address. We don't ask for anything else, just your email address, no name, no phone number, nothing like that, just your email, and click submit, and you will get an email notification every time a new show is ready to be listened to on from WDBO in our podcast. And you'll also be able to receive an email that comes out about once a week, usually Monday mornings at 7 a.m., with the latest and greatest products that we got in at Refresh Computers. So you can check those out as well. We're not going to bombard you with a gazillion emails, I promise. Maybe two or three a week. That's all you're going to get from us. And you can opt out anytime if you decide that you want to do that.

Speed Up Windows With Storage Sense

SPEAKER_00 37:22

So in this segment, we want to talk about speeding up your computer. There's a really cool tool that you can use, and a lot of people aren't aware of it. So it's a Windows tool and it's called Storage Sense. So what you can do, it's very simple to do. So Windows 11 has it built in. And it automatically cleans up junk files. And I tell you, this is a very useful tool, especially if your computer is running slow. You want to make sure this is on and leave it on all the time because it'll automatically just clean up these junk files that happen. You know, when you download a new program, you go to a new website, when you do stuff like that, there's always clutter left over on your computer. Temporary files, temporary files and stuff like that that you just don't need. And these things aggregate aggregate over time and slow down your computer. So you want to keep those cleaned up. So use storage sense. And to do that, it's very simple. You go to your system settings, go to settings, just type in settings on the bottom left-hand corner of your screen or in the middle of wherever your search is for your windows, type and then type in settings, go to system, and then from there you can go to storage, and then there you will see storage sense. So turn it on and set it to run automatically. You can have it run automatically every week, every month, but set it to run automatically right there and leave it on. So it deletes all the temporary files, all your Windows update files, because you know when you get a new Windows update, a lot of times, guess what? Microsoft leaves behind some stuff on your computer. The residuals, yeah. The residual stuff you just don't need there anymore. And so it gets rid of all that stuff cleanly, also. So it also empties your recycle bin automatically. So keep that in mind. So if you put stuff in your trash bin or your recycle bin, thinking, oh, it's there, I can get it if I need it later. Well, if you turn on storage sense, no. Change that practice anyway.

SPEAKER_02 39:23

So you shouldn't be leaving things in your recycle bin.

SPEAKER_00 39:26

It'll take it out of your recycle bin. So this alone can free up, you know, it can several gigabytes on most computers, and it's free and it's built right in.

SPEAKER_02 39:36

That's that was something I was gonna ask about. I've used uh programs like C Cleaner in the past and things like that. Those this would replace that completely.

SPEAKER_00 39:43

It would. This is a take on that. It's like Microsoft finally doing what you know, things like C Cleaner has been doing that even when I use C Cleaner, and I used it quite extensively before, I don't anymore because I use storage sense. But even when I used it, I always had the thought this should be like inherent in Windows to do something like this to help clean up your computer. And it does. So, anyhow, so if your computer's running a little slow, this Windows tip just might speed it up a little bit before you would even have to call us or

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SPEAKER_00 40:18

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