At what point is it time to upgrade your aging desktop? Is it based on financial limitations or performance needs? Does your PC do what you need it to (in a timely manner)? Is it better to build your own box or buy a whitebox machine? And if it is time [...]
Hardware
Aopen’s Pentium M Mac Mini clone - x86 and proud of it!
Published by November 3rd, 2005 in Hardware. 0 CommentsI am so going to buy one as soon as TigerDirect.com gets them in stock. This is the solution I’ve been looking for in my kitchen. In fact, until Aopen came to the rescue, I was on the verge of crossing over to Apple’s dark side. Who knew a little Taiwanese company [...]
It has now been almost 3 weeks since I tore my machine down to upgrade. While in the middle of that operation, and much to my dismay, I found that the video card I had ordered was an AGP card and not PCIX as I had apparently assumed (Doh!). Well, my new MSI [...]
Always read the item specs before you order…
Published by July 28th, 2005 in Hardware and Video Cards. 0 CommentsWell, so much for the Geforce 6800LE idea. I’m sure it would have worked had we read the specs for the cards before we ordered them. Turns out, they only make that card in an AGP form factor (which was clearly stated on the Newegg item page had we taken the time to [...]
Well, the 64 bit processing age is upon us, so I guess it’s finally time to take the plunge. I’ve been holding off in the hopes of jumping to dual core, but when the fair mistress Opportunity knocks on the door, I seem to be too weak to turn her away.
As it happens, Zach [...]