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Firefox 28

Years and years now... what would IE be had there never been Mozilla or Firefox?
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- Post #43
- Dec 13, 2013
- Forum: Windows
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Amd apu love....

Kill-A-Watt - may not accurately calculate the RMS of the current consumption for fast-changing loads.
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- Post #47
- Jan 2, 2013
- Forum: Computer Building
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Which AMD APU to get?

AMD = value. Good enough. Without AMD, what would Intel charge for PC CPUs?
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- Post #10
- Jan 2, 2013
- Forum: Laptops
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Need suggestions on repurposing old pc or building new HTPC from scratch

Old PC usually too noisy/big. I'm happy with mini-ITX chassis + Gigabyte E350 motherboard. Does HD1080 well with integral graphics.
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- Post #2
- Dec 31, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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Which AMD APU to get?

wee bit Intel-centric?
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- Post #8
- Dec 31, 2012
- Forum: Laptops
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Want to setup a home server system

try the on-line demos for Synology and QNAP. I suggest the DS212j
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- Post #21
- Dec 28, 2012
- Forum: Laptops
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Corsair Carbide 300R - mini ITX mb

I was wondering about the discussions above re putting a mini-ITX into an mATX case. I/O shield question. I guess you're saying that mini-ITX and mATX and ATX all have the same format of I/O shield?
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- Post #17
- Dec 23, 2012
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Obtaining a universal reference frame using time.

Universal time reference per today's scientists, is the instant of the Big Bang, is is not? (until that theory is superseded).
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- Post #4
- Dec 21, 2012
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Corsair Carbide 300R - mini ITX mb

and the I/O connector inset for mini-ITX?
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- Post #15
- Dec 21, 2012
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Tiny PC to run info monitors

No Windows. Does run a generic Linux in same vein as Ubuntu. Challenge is theater mode web browser.
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- Post #10
- Dec 16, 2012
- Forum: Laptops
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backup image of new machine 13 discs? HD?

Geesh, most everyone images to a spare drive or an external USB or eSATA drive. Not a good idea to use DVDs. Acronis is what I've used for years. Better yet, get a cheap drive and CLONE your disk. That way, all you do is boot the spare disk. Conversely, Imaging is a PITA to recover.
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- Post #3
- Dec 5, 2012
- Forum: Laptops
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my company is obsessed with buying old hardware

My employer buys PC/laptops - depreciates them to $0 in 3 years. Then they refuse to allow employees to install a newer OS, or replace a disk drive, etc. They incorrectly reason that the IT tech support costs are too high - the flaw being the disruption to my customer-facing work is far, far...
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- Post #13
- Dec 4, 2012
- Forum: Laptops
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Where is HP now, on a reliability scale?

bought 4 or so HP printers over the years. Steady decline. Last straw on the last one was crappy software plus falls-apart-if-you-look-at-it plastic. Epson 630 - been really good. Very happy. Good software. Everything HP was in the early days - pre-Bangalore.
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- Post #14
- Dec 2, 2012
- Forum: Laptops
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Whats a reliable laptop brand nowadays?

A friend just bought a Toshiba laptop at (barf) Best Buy. Came with Win 8. First time I've had a chance to play with Win 8 on a PC for a few private hours. I says hours, plural, to allow time to get past the initial "it's different" reaction. Sadly, Win 8 on a laptop (PC too?) is just totally...
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- Post #6
- Dec 1, 2012
- Forum: Laptops
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Where is HP now, on a reliability scale?

HP - Printers, PCs Just say No.
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- Post #9
- Dec 1, 2012
- Forum: Laptops

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