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If Apple's stock is taking a hit over impossible expectations (like, um, perfection), then something's seriously wrong with the analysts.

I've also, for the most part, have had little trouble finding parts for OEM machines when they're not too new. It's the fact that the expensive parts that I previously mentioned get more and more expensive over time or unrealistically hold their value (as if they were collector's items or a...

For me, by far and away #1, it's grossly overpriced used parts that are OLD. Example 1: Gateway ZX4971 (2011) motherboard - cheapest is $150. Paid $100 for one 3 years ago. Example 2: Dell XPS A2010 (2008) - cheapest power supply is $175, used. Parted 2 of them out since they were at least 6...

My biggest concern is that if an OEM desktop machine's motherboard dies the machine is worthless, especially if it came with Windows 8 (no key sticker) due to the OEM board costing much more than an off-the-shelf board (plus another Windows license or clean reinstall of the original OS if 7)

My Nextbook Flexx 10 has a 32-bit EFI, so no 64-bit Windows even though the Atom Z3735F in the system is 64-bit.

And that's exactly what I'm going to face down the line when motherboards go bad on OEM Windows 8 (and newer) machines. Off-the-shelf motherboard replacements are useless because of this (no key stickers) and so will the $300-400 machines that have them since buying the (overpriced or...

It's stuff like this (like what they did with Windows 8 OEM machines not having key stickers) that is going to make legit motherboard replacements far more expensive, and if it's like a $300-400 machine, too expensive to repair. I used to be able to use off-the-shelf motherboards (not the...

I've been trying to get to the bottom of why this 2 month old HP Pavilion 15-f033wm laptop is locked to 500MHz when charging. Here are the things I've tried so far: Windows 7 and 8.1 (it doesn't downclock in Safe Mode and slowly ramps up to full speed in Win8.1 when unplugged) Multiple...

This is getting even sadder. Was considering a PS4 over an Xbox One from when they were announced, but because XBL's FAR more secure network, I may consider an Xbox One (and forego any way to upgrade the hard drive without instaban).

Didn't really successfully overclock anything until the infamous Athlon XP-M 2400+ that I could get to 2.4GHz on a Zalman 7000AlCu cooler and the E2140 that could run at 3GHz (FSB wall) without even trying. Also successfully overclocked an nVidia Vanta LT to 170/180 (2.1x core/1.8x memory) made...

I miss the good old days. Morgan Webb was HOT. Screen Savers was awesome. Everything about the OLD TechTV was awesome.

A thing of beauty, my friends.

While the amount of storage one can store on something the size of a thumbnail is astounding, having to do it via TLC (unreliable at best) is problematic long-term. First thing I thought is that 28% of the flash (if it's internally 256GB) is overprovisioned just so the flash can write more than...

Wow, total nostalgia. I still remember when I bought my Diamond Speedstar 64 ISA (which I still have) with 1 megabyte of RAM and a Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434. Blew the doors off my previous Trident 8900C (by at least 10x in Windows) way back in 1994. I was just 12 years old at the time and was...

I've got the modular 450W version and it's been good so far (got it in November), here's hoping it'll last at least as long as my Enermax Liberty Eco 400 (5 years old and is currently my spare). Got it based on reviews of it's platform, good capacitors, and $54 (on sale) price tag. It's a good...