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IBM renews its emphasis on PCs

IBM renews its emphasis on PCsIt's been a whileSince I worked on a IBM PC, but I remember one of the things I didn't like was all the parts were proprietary. This is a mistake and they need to get over it. It makes the PC expensive and difficult to...

Tags: Desktops, BIOS, OPEN SOURCE, IBM Corp., PC, Sony Vaio, IBM PC, mobo, Linux, Compaq Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2003-11-19

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Grab yourself a 64GB solid-state drive for $99

Grab yourself a 64GB solid-state drive for $99Comments are lousyI looked through some of the comments at the Newegg site and they are pretty uniformly negative. Apparently the drive has a lot of problems.hoops?The only hoops I ever run into are the norm: you must have bought it in...

Tags: UPC, original

Discussion threads 2008-09-18

First true 3-D processor runs in labs

First true 3-D processor runs in labsYes, but will it make it out of the labs?Sounds cool - but will we really see this come to be? Or will it become yet another good idea, forgotten?I like the ideal of a 3D chipI like the idea of a 3D chip..,...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, 3D, chip, true 3-D processor, processor

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PC

The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PCThe cost of the OS is the issueWhen I bought my current system, 5 years ago, it was cheaper to buy a prebuilt system then build it myself if I wanted Windows.If I had wanted Linux, then it would have...

Tags: Desktops, Memory, Operating systems, PC, RAM, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

(The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)

(The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)$2000 build-it-yourself PCGreat article would do it if I didn't already have a pretty good PC. How about a build-it-yourself gaming laptop?RE: (The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)I have a similar system with only 4Gb of cheaper ram , 2 Tb...

Tags: Corporate communications, Games, Desktops, PC, video, game

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

OEM licensing confusion starts at Microsoft.com

OEM licensing confusion starts at Microsoft.comKind ofone of the reasons MS can cut Dell or large OEMs such a price cut is the OS is tied to the hardware. It lives and dies there, so obsolescence and the next sale of course is built into the hardware. So...

Tags: Operating systems, OEM, Windows 7 Home, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, PC

Discussion threads 2008-09-08

Possible AMD Q4/08 desktop processor roadmap surfaces

Possible AMD Q4/08 desktop processor roadmap surfacesUntil AMD can develop a product...that will perform as well as Intel's offering their roadmap doesn't really matter. They will be struggling in the market day after day. They can only keep market share by pricing wars with Intel. This will prevent them from...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., roadmap surface, AMD Q4/08, Intel Corp., processor, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Dell repair adventure, day 5

Dell repair adventure, day 5No Backup!I find it hard to believe that a IT consultant, one that finds it necessary to attend conferences does not have a backup options in place. A) Is the writer a independent contractor? I guess that I need more information about the writers...

Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Vertical line issue also plagues some iMacs

Vertical line issue also plagues some iMacsWhat part is breaking?The video chip on the mobo or the LCD?Good spooky story timingMy four year old Dell LCD monitor (1704FPTT) began displaying a vertical yellow line, or two, recently. Mine is still sporadic, but I'm sure it will stay or get...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Apple Store, Dual-Core box, Apple Inc., line issue, monitor, LCD

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Surviving a lightning strike: Shock and awe

Surviving a lightning strike: Shock and awe.....So what, you lost some electronics and doo dads. You and your's are alive, that's what is important. The electronics can be replaced, repaired and data recovered from back-ups I know you have them. The fact that you consider losing your electronics harmful is...

Tags: Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, security system, lightning strike, electronics, strike

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

What was the cause of the last PC failure you came across?

What was the cause of the last PC failure you came across?The good old HDWhich is emulating a drum machine is my favorite and only means of failure I've ever encountered..Nearly all hardware failures...I come across could have been prevented by a quality UPS. I venture to say most failures...

Tags: BIOS, Desktops, Cheap Power Supplies, last PC failure, PC failure, PC, motherboard

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Multi-core Intel chips to be used in handhelds and supercomputers?

Multi-core Intel chips to be used in handhelds and supercomputers?Wow, good news!First off, great article. Enjoyed reading it.Secondly, I have a system that is about three years old in general. Well, the box and mobo. A wonderful DouCore 3.0Mhz machine for testing purposes. I am running, at the time, an...

Tags: Semiconductors, FSB, Multi-core Intel chip, Multi-Core Intel, Larrabee, processor, NVidia Corp., chip, supercomputer, multi-core, handheld

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Early look at AMD's Socket G34

Early look at AMD's Socket G34Server or Desktop?So, should I hold off buying an AM2+ MoBo because of G34? or is this going to be a server thing instead of a Desktop?Not worth the wait.Well it's hard to say. If you hold off for said Socket/Processor then you might...

Tags: Desktops, AMD Socket G34, AMD Socket, desktop, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., server

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Demystifying BIOS updates - The DOs and DO NOTs

Demystifying BIOS updates - The DOs and DO NOTsSome of this advice is overly-cautious ...[i]When there’s a darn good reason for doing the update (as a rule I find that if I buy a cutting-edge board then there can be a lot of BIOS updates released over a short period...

Tags: BIOS, BIOS update, motherboard

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Is there really a market for an open source router?

Is there really a market for an open source router?Certainly isAs someone who installed Tomato on an old Linksys router, I think there is a market for this. Myself and others like me have looked on places like Craigslist to find the particular models that the open source firmware will...

Tags: Routers & switches, NETWORKING, Home networking, ShadeTree, Linkys Routers, open source, open source router, router, DD-WRT Firmware

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Improving Windows Vista's reliability

Improving Windows Vista's reliabilityThank you AKH...... for telling the Vista bashing universer what the rest of us already knew. The naysayers bleat loud and long about how much Vista "suxors" but the rest of us just keep on using it, crash free and stable.Yep, it does "just work."One flaw...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Improving Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMac

Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMacOnly an Apple ....... fanboy would consider running an overclocked laptop CPU in their desktop a good thing. My God you guys are starved for technology.RE: Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMacLOL! The Vista thing is going fine. And I wouldn't own...

Tags: Desktops, Semiconductors, BIOS, Network technology, Processors, Apple Inc., chip, Intel Corp., newest chip, Apple iMac, Apple Macintosh, CPU

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

It's official: XP SP3 has RTM'd

It's official: XP SP3 has RTM'dRTM does not mean availability...What does RTM translate to nowadays anyway? Looking at the Vista RTM it's taken 4 months for SP1 availability, and that's required a multitude of pre-requisites, a whole list of itmes that won't work, and numerous installation woes reported. It's STILl...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, XP SP3, Microsoft Windows XP, RTM'd, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-04-21

Examining Intel's Skulltrail platform - and Skulltrail "on the cheap"

On Saturday an old friend got in touch with me.  He's found himself due to being unexpectedly made redundant moving from being an amateur video editor into doing this for a living.  He's now finding that he's getting more and more work in but that his current hardware platform is...

Tags: Board, Quad-core, Memory, Motherboard, Intel Corp., Skulltrail, Intel D5400XS, Corporate Governance, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-10

Why obsess over how old hardware runs new OSes?

Why obsess over how old hardware runs new OSes?SupportMicrosoft will me dropping support for XP soon. That's why you cannot stay there. No more security updates no more corks for the holes in the swiss cheese. As the hackers find the exploits you will be forever exposed...

Tags: Operating systems, New Hardware, hardware, old hardware run, hardware run, operating system, new OSe

Discussion threads 2008-03-05