Winamp Antitrust Case against MS
Winamp has a very valid antitrust case against MS. They may just rise … Actually, it seems that all of the stuff “killed off” by...
Author : John-Erik
Tyan vs Supermicro
My concerns with the Tyan over the Supermicro is manifold: First, the AMD chipsets are (arguably) less stable than the Intel. Second, the AMD processors...
Socket Change Required for Heat
The dual core processors will pretty much require for heat reasons DDR2 memory, so that will involve a socket change. And there have been dual...
C++ Used for Performance
C and what came after it, C++ (++ is the increment operator in C++, so as a joke they called the upgraded version of C...
Best Cases for the Money
Best cases for the money are still steel, especially the new Antec SX’s. Money no object there’s no question it’s still steel also: the Supermicro...
PCI-Express: First looks and the future
PC expansion slots have come a long way since the old eight bit ISA slots, and now we’re going to take a look at their...
Benefits of 2 CPUs
Not quite, but you’re right it’s not a 100% boost (linear scaling) in most cases. However, even Notepad is multithreaded, as are any reasonably complex...
Which Drive Array?
I’m choosing between two drive arrays. LSI MegaRAID SATA150-6 6 port SATA RAID card and 5 Hitachi 250 GB SATA drives – $1038.98 Promise SX6000...
No more CPU Pins
Sure, besides the number of contacts, the pins now move to the socket rather than the CPU, meaning there are no pins to break when...
Linux isn't that hard
Linux isn’t that hard. Grab and old desktop and play around with it if you can. I’d suggest Debian – it has more of a...
64-bit CPU FAQ
To avoid having to answer any more questions on the new features the Athlon 64/Opteron and Intel Pentium 4 Prescot, I’ve made this little FAQ...
Run everything stock
Yeah – don’t do the softmod. While it works most of the time, sometimes the reason a part is a Pro versus an XT or...
MCE 2005
MCE 2005 should be in retail channels early next year, and since it just launched today there are a few reviews … it’s actually quite...
When to use DVD for backup
If you’re backing up individual pieces of data that will remain unchanged for long periods of time then CD or DVD is for you. If...
1TB RAID 5 Array
Alright, my new server will have a 1 TB RAID 5 array. Every computer I have will push backups to it. By your logic, to...