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64 bit computers

January 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment

One of the more anticipated features of Windows 7 is the proclaimed “better” support for and implementation of 64 bit architecture. The 64 bit architecture consists of a 64 bit operating systems (most are 32 bit) and a 64 bit motherboard and of course a 64 bit processor.
These systems will allow users to address more [...]

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Tags: Hardware · Purchasing

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

December 1st, 2009 · Comments Off

Never have I promoted Government “incentives”, after all we all know they are really tax dollars taken from Peter to “help” Paul. With that aside, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 dumps $787 BILLION to “lift” the economy via tax incentives and government spending. Part of the law give the Small Business Administration [...]

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Tags: Hardware · Non-Tech · Purchasing · Soap Box

Vista, Linux and Android

July 8th, 2009 · Comments Off

I have been working on an article to “deal with” the whining of people about Vista. During that process I found various other writers who were in the same boat as I am. Yes, Vista is not perfect, yes Vista is stable, yes I use Vista.
During my research I came across the PC Magazine article [...]

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RAM aka Memory for your computer

September 9th, 2008 · Comments Off

Howdy one and all, welcome back to another fact filled mission. This week we are going to use our James Bond like skills to check out SPECTER. Since we have just finished a series of training article on how to set up Virtual Memory, we need to take the next step and figure out if [...]

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Tags: Hardware · Optimizing · Purchasing · Speeding Up

More Best Buy store woes

February 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off

I thought I had posted an article on this last year, maybe it was in a newsletter. Anyway here is just another reason to buy from local business and not the big box retailers.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070302/171131.shtml

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