Recent content by AbJ32

This does not necessarily create new tiers, though. This card isn't going to create weaker CPUs. If what I have read about the card is correct, it simply allows users who have purchased a lower tier CPU to unlock features on their CPU to move it into a higher tier through whatever mechanism the...

Any body who doesn't buy the highest tier CPUs is already buying hobbled computers. The hardware is the same, but the microcodes which operate the lower end chips simply reduce the clock rate and cache of lower end chips. Physically, the hardware on your low or mid range chip is not any...

This is a prime example of why tech-enthusiast consumers are probably some of the absolute stupidest people in existence. Rather than getting an understanding of the product and what it does, they just assume that it's a way to scam dumb people and demand that it be removed from existence. In...

How many of those people entered the industry in the last handful of years, and did so with no experience (paid or unpaid) and no particularly impressive home projects? I imagine the people who got programming jobs without a degree were able to gain some kind of experience, be it through working...

I feel like too many people are giving that advice, and that it's not really fruitful. Unless he works on a lot of open source projects and has some personal projects to demonstrate his programming abilities to potential employers, he's probably going to struggle getting a job without some sort...

Learn C++, then go to C#.

I started off learning how computers work, and learning some basics of computer architecture, then tried picking up C++. I honestly never got anywhere until I gave up and eventually started over with C#. I really don't feel as though I was able to benefit from starting with C++. A lot of...

To me, it seems like starting learning with a language like Java or C# is the best route. They make it easier for you to learn to solve problems and give you an elementary understanding of control structures and the different data types. From there, it may be wise to move to C++ and learn more...

Anybody who has Windows Vista already and is looking for a way to save money should stick with Vista. If you're going to have to buy a new OS anyways, you might as well go with Windows 7.

It is true, though, as I didn't specify a quantity of the operating system that is the same as Vista, though the majority of it is still largely Vista code. The non-UI related changes in Windows 7 are mostly small ones. Some of the changes I can think of off the top of my head are Multi-Core...

You don't seem to realize that nobody is telling anybody to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7. If they like Windows 7, it's fine and dandy if they upgrade for the new interface. Microsoft hasn't imposed any near-future end of support dates, driver manufacturers are still making Vista drivers...

....I already covered that base with the last sentence in my previous post. Plus, you seem to be forgetting that Windows Server 2003 is, hey presto, 7 years old. It's really not any different when you argue from that angle. Windows XP Professional x64 is a bunch of chunks from an almost 9 year...

You clearly don't have a PhD in English, either. He wasn't stating that the 64-bit Professional edition is 8 years old, but rather that the Windows XP family of operating systems itself is 8 years old. He's saying that an 8 year old operating system (Windows XP) was taken and made into a 64 bit...

And here-in lies the problem. Yes, Macs are safer for a number of reasons. That doesn't, however, mean you can just go run into a mine-field and not expect to be blown up. They also put safety-switches on guns to reduce accidental injuries and deaths, but that doesn't do any good for the guy...

I didn't read much of this thread, because I don't care to, but I'll just throw out some of my thoughts. I'm not too keen on the smug Mac users who think their machines are 'virus proof' or 'reliable'. A computer is only as virus proof or reliable as it's user is, and loading Apple's...