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Diggin' out by Jason Fox — 12:39 PM on September 5, 2009 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	63
So that's why it only costs $29 by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:01 PM on August 31, 2009 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	94
Trying out Windows 7's XP Mode by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:04 PM on May 11, 2009 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	90
The case for a secondary motherboard OS by Geoff Gasior — 10:08 PM on March 26, 2009 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	47
Thoughts on the Windows 7 beta by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:44 PM on January 13, 2009 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	111
Windows 7, or Vista Second Edition? by Matt Butrovich — 8:25 PM on October 30, 2008 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	214
Slow Vista SP1 file copies: no fix yet! by Scott Wasson — 12:21 PM on April 29, 2008 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	26
Vista SP1 nuked my network file copies by Scott Wasson — 8:55 PM on April 3, 2008 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	45
The Vista nerd rage feedback loop by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:46 PM on October 1, 2007 Ask anyone in the techie community about Windows Vista, and they'll tell you the same thing:... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	371

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UberGerbil

Actual video of the read/write heads moving across the platter: https://i.imgur.com/2PdqbPR.gif

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emvath79

If these things turn out to be super reliable, will they be too legit to quit? +21

chuckula

Hard drives with friggin' laser beams. +15

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HAMR head sharks with frickin' laser beams! +15

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