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That doesn't apply to DDR2 systems in my experience (Intel). For DDR3, I know that's true for anything AMD (so far). Did not try anything Intel yet to see.

Azure is going strong. Office 365 too. It's not about growing your customer count, but transitioning existing ones to a monthly/yearly payment schedule. Recurring revenue is the name of the game, and instead of going Pay2Play with Windows, they did so with the related software. Next step is to...

Too tight!

Wow, I thought the "su7300" was a typo. But no. I've never heard of that one until now, and I do like to research about old school stuff. An Alienware with a Low-Power CPU back in the Core 2 Duo days must've been a recipe for disaster.

Right now I use a Dell Latitude D630. It fits the bill and all, but as soon as I get some cash going I plan on upgrading. I do, however, want to go AMD. So I was wondering what are the good options for AMD on the low/mid/high end for laptops. I tried searching for some, but they don't seem to...

Apple seems to want you to upgrade regularly. Really regularly.

It's LATIN AMERICA. Of course they are. I would be shocked if they weren't. Those brands are not a common sight there at all. I know it's not a cheap car anywhere in the world, but there it's firmly into the "you're obscenely rich!" territory. I recall around 10+. I don't know exactly how...

Yes, I pretty much am. They were making massive inroads from 2010 onwards IIRC. They were selling a lot more before 2016, which was a disaster for everyone, but especially so for the Chinese as the resale value for those vehicles were awful, making whoever was in the market at that time period...

I understand where you're coming from, but if fragmentation is your issue just choose one of the companies that provide Linux software and stick with its offerings. Canonical/Red Hat/SUSE, for example. I personally like Red Hat's approach. It's open, but also professionally developed and...

Oh come on, you're not feeding anyone out of charity. It's just that they are getting the steal of a deal that the first world folks thought they were getting. It's about the division of the damn pie. It was all fine and dandy when you thought you were paying for the crumbs and getting the bulk...

Well, my take on the video has nothing to do with "Navi was designed for PS5". It was therte of course, but there's a lot more to it. His speculation of the planning and applicability of the chiplet design sounds feasible, and amazing. If true, it means AMD basically got everything terrible...

I would rather read, but this guy's accent is entertaining enough for me to watch the video. =D

Logic and reality is for you, me, and the lemmings. Big money wants all of the things we're denied, all in the tune of "getting a whole lot of more for a outrageous amount of less." The difference between we and them is that when we do it, we're lazy. When they do it, they're smart. I would be...

Activating a Microsoft license through the phone takes way more time than that, and that's talking with the damn robot! I personally want Microsoft to change, but they are the ones not interested in solutions, not me. I actually have to come up with them all the time. I've done tons of tweaks...

America doesn't give a flying F for developing nations and hasn't done so for a while. If it's not bombing the hell out of it, it doesn't exist for all intents and purposes, except when described as one of the demographics that is completely screwing the US when they decided to illegally move...

I am not talking about you specifically. But yes, they do lie, cheat and steal, but the margins on those Lenovo laptops are so tasty. That's why those guys I mentioned mock the Chinese - as in regular people they meet that are of Chinese origin or descent - but go out of their way to sell a...

If I had a dollar for every IT guy that I met who hated the Chinese, but was a Lenovo authorized dealer... LOL

Yes. Where I come from, that $55 processor costs a fortune and you'll be GLAD to get your hands on one, let alone have room for improvement on top of that. It becomes second nature to a dregree that I still have fun getting juice out of old/low-end parts, even when I have access to more...

Celeron 300A 2018 Edition?

Yep. But hey, fire the CEO! Windows 10 sucks, MS is doomed! /s Some people here keep touting Linux or whatever. Some are fanboys. Others are being as realistic as anyone who would tout Windows years ago. Things change. MS moved on. We might as well.

Nope, it is... coming. Let's not fool ourselves thinking any side of the political spectrum would stand against such a powerful tool when able to reap its rewards.

The path Windows is following was laid down before Nadella's tenure. If anything, Nadella made Microsoft relevant again with the focus on cloud solutions. Not my cup of tea, but the money is pouring in. They've moved on. It is on life support. Yet, try and bring that up, and you'll be lynched...

Yes, sure, of course! We'll talk about that, mmkay?...later.

Just to let you know, the pair is 10 bucks @ eBay.

Wellllllllllllllll.... that explains the whole NDA thing now, doesn't it? =D

https://newrepublic.com/article/122887/poor-people-dont-have-less-self-control

Just curious, was it a ThinkPad?

I didn't score a thing. It's still there and it'll stay there, all I want is to understand what's going on with it so we can help others that have one of those instead of recycling them. If they are really terrible, so be it, but I am curious to hear what are the common issues with Ryzen laptops...

So, I found a broken HP laptop sporting Ryzen where I work. It's headed to the recycle bin. What I heard is that AMD is crap and the laptop is borked. I have this... compulsion... to fix things =D So I would like to ask if anyone knows of any common issues with those in case I convince them to...

It's the driver for the M.2. Is it a TOSHIBA M.2? I had a Lenovo laptop that I decided to tweak the drivers for and had the same issue. I dug in and found out that I could use drivers for an OCZ drive (OCZ 400 IIRC). I don't have the laptop anymore, but if you're willing to dig let me know and...

PSU seems to be OK, but we'll see. I'll just order the battery and see how it fares out.

This is fucking sick.

That's coming down to every 6 months with Windows as of now. Which is kind of annoying in business environments, but you've got to do what you've got to do.

Nvidia will have a slightly easier time raising prices, but Intel? LOL.

I got one of those as scrap, the VGA connector was wobbly and then no Video. I used a discrete GPU and it seems to be working fine. It's N54L I think. I want to do... something... with it. First, of course, either solder some sort of VGA connection or use a discrete GPU. I would rather solder...

I suggest you read the whole post :) I was talking about Win7 days, circa 2011. Linux was slower than Win7 on all machines I had around. It was surprising. Tried again a few years later. I did get used to Unity, but the machine still felt sluggish. Recently, however, my experience has been...

I play older WoW on private servers, and I have the weird issue that Classic WoW has no audio, but WotLK has. Fedora 29 XFCE. Did anyone ever stumble upon something like that? By the way, I've seen people here try all sorts of distros. I started with Slackware back in 199whatever. Then went...

I am not going to say that Linux is absolutely going to fulfull the needs of everybody because it's just not true. I wish! But no. Still, many people would be surprised if they give it a shot. Don't get me wrong, I run both! No fanatism. Ways to skin a cat and all. We're all crafty guys, and...

Blame China all you want. The math makes perfect sense for the profits of American companies, so there we go. If that weren't the case, they would move manufacturing somewhere else.

In my experience this is not entirely true. Linux is already up to the tasks of many environments. True, some workflows still require Windows, and that's that. But a good amount of businesses I work with could easily run Linux and do everything they need to, and in some cases it would be a lot...