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Report: Leaving the PC On Loses Money
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Report: Leaving the PC On Loses Money. PC Money Report Environment. A report by 1E says that businesses and general consumers save money by shutting down the PC when not in use. Unfortunately, tech-savvy consumers know better.. A report by 1E says that businesses...
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System Builder Marathon (Media PCs): Day 1
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from one of the new media PC motherboards, without adding a graphics card. Simply put, this story picks up that thread and runs as far with it as it can. That’s because the best way to save money on PC component costs is to lean on the motherboard to provide...
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Motherboard And Memory
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slot on a motherboard since I scored my first motherboard with a VESA local bus slot. (Oh yeah, those were the days). Now for the first time in years, I had to factor expansion slots into my motherboard selection to make sure that all my peripherals would fit....
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10 Reasons I Spent $3,000 on a MacBook Pro
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from the same sources whether you buy a computer from Apple, HP, Dell, or any other vendor. This article was written on a 17" MacBook Pro running Windows Vista Ultimate, with a Fujitsu 320 GB HDD, an Nvidia 9400-based motherboard, an Nvidia 9600M GT GPU, a...
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Everyday Tech Myths
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back when you had to plug cache memory into motherboards and practically nothing was integrated, I knew a PC technician who admitted to having run a couple of motherboards through the dishwasher after having spilled coffee or soft drinks on them. The boards...
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IBM, Nvidia In Line To Buy AMD
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years now, few dared to openly criticize the so-called "Chipzilla", with the company’s policy of keeping the same socket, but shunning the upgrade option (e.g. you cannot put a new CPU on an older motherboard, due to "some XY incompatibility"). There are...
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Interview, Continued
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a screen? Kevin Bailey: Our potential customers are laptop users who want to save time - either on the phone or waiting for the screen to arrive - money and hassle. Also, those who want to deal with a customer service representative that specializes exclusively...
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What's Upgradeable, What's Not?
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it comes to replacing notebook components (and may exclude the possibility of upgrade altogether). This explains why some upgrades can be almost impossible. Try finding a suitable motherboard replacement for your prized possession. Actually, don't bother. If...
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Test Platform
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media types and formats. Are they worth your time and money?. We took advantage of a newly-commissioned test system on which we ran all tests. Timings obtained are of course a function of the underlying processor, memory, motherboard, DVD drive and other...
