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A tribute to my under-appreciated home file servers I spend an almost embarrassing amount of time in front of my desktop PC. It's my workhorse, and the system that I endeavor to... |
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Getting to grips with thumb drive encryption Join us in welcoming Matt Trinca, the newest addition to TR's roster of bloggers. I recently found myself in the market for a new thumb drive.... |
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The great upgrade: Tales from the ancient past Our current contest challenges readers to relate their first PC upgrade experiences for a chance to win a copy... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics Motherboards Storage |
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New Intel RST drivers hit performance scaling ceiling I was quite excited when Intel released its latest storage controller drivers last week. We knew these drivers were coming, and I'd been... |
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What do you want to see in our new storage test suite? The number of new hard drives, SSDs, and other interesting storage devices due out this year is staggering. Heck, even what's coming in just... |
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Diggin' out So, yeah. I've been living with Mac OS X 10.6—aka Snow Leopard—for a week now. The short review is this: If you're not reviewing (or... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Mac |
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So that's why it only costs $29 Last Saturday, I decided to head down to my local Apple reseller and grab a copy of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The new... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Mac |
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Trying out Windows 7's XP Mode Late last month, Microsoft revealed plans to offer a free Windows XP virtualization solution to users of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate. In a... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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The case for a secondary motherboard OS It seems like every year, someone thinks that Linux is on the verge of making real inroads on the desktop. And every year, the... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards Operating systems |
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RAID 1 for the time-challenged It happens to the best of us. We spend hours putting together a new PC, mounting a nice aftermarket heatsink, making sure all the cables... |
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Thoughts on the Windows 7 beta I've already written at length about my (generally positive) appraisal of Windows Vista, yet I'm still eagerly looking forward to Windows 7. While I find... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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Windows 7, or Vista Second Edition? As an early adopter, I'm a bit used to being burned by my purchases. Formats die, product availability and support are usually low, and the... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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How do you back up your gigs of goodies? In the wake of my post about data recovery services, an old buddy of mine from college, Dave Kirby, wrote me with a question about... |
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Seeking a good hard drive recovery service A friend of mine emailed me recently with a question that I can't answer. He has a friend whose hard drive has croaked, possibly... |
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Slow Vista SP1 file copies: no fix yet! After my post about slow file copies with Windows Vista SP1, some of you offered potential fixes and asked for an update once the... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Networking |
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Epilogue on three 75GXP failures Years ago I sought advice from a trusted and knowledgeable friend about what components to use in my first home-built PC. Everything worked... Type: Blog post Tags: Storage Miscellaneous |
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Vista SP1 nuked my network file copies Recently, I built a storage server for my LAN and migrated all of my important documents over to it. Even more recently, I built myself... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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Hit by the Red Ring of Death After more than a year and a half of hosting epic table tennis battles and endless laps around the Nurburgring, my Xbox 360 finally succumbed... Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles |
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| I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there's MORE than enough demand for 24" 2560x1600 screens. | +47 |