The intel 520s are very good. Intel doesn't inflate specs - they produce specs that match typical, real time performance. In my experience, Intel SSDs are every bit as capable for daily use as other drives.
Get an iPhone? All kidding aside, figure out why the text keeps failing. I'd start parsing logs or ask my carrier if I had texts failing to send more than very rarely.
Because there are far more elegant ways to do it. I can search just as fast on iOS as you can with a button, but a button has zero capability to be upgraded or enhanced. They made the right move.
The primary limit in terms of voltage is the dielectric strength of the gate oxide. Assuming you are below that threshold, then the primary problem is heat.
The second set of values are within the ATX spec. Anything running of off 12V can handle 12.34V with no issues. Instead of waiting for more components to die, why don't you try a new power supply and see what happens?
Get a wall meter and measure it. There is no reason to engage in pointless debate. They cost $20 and you can use it for many other applications to test power usage.
Yes, 100MB would be incredibly restricting based on my usage. My average use over the last 12 months is 2.1GB. I frequently listen to Pandora and I upload a ton of pictures of my daughter. I do most of that on wifi as well, so it would probably be 5x if it was all on the cell network.
That's a good point. I was stuck on the MAC address because it happened immediately following that change. The computer has been stable for 2 years and it just made sense that the most frequent setting change would have caused the problem, but maybe not.
Last night I actually got the...