You know, these articles aren’t hard to write or anything, I just haven’t gotten around to them for a while. As a result, it’s been a year and ten months since part five of this series which, in computer technology, is a geological age… but I will finish this series. Or at least continue, thus ( Read more... )

A late update. By now everyone has had about the new computer geohard has ( Read more... )

As promised, here is the official Part Five of my allegedly ongoing series "The Upgrade Path". A little late. Well, a lot late. Like, almost a year late ( Read more... )

I've previously mentioned my wife's love of shoes. She goes absolutely nuts for shoe-shopping; for fashion in general, really, but the shoes have a special place in her heart. It's one of the few things that ruffles her badass zombie-slayer babe demeanor, and is adorable to watch ( Read more... )

A lot has been happening in the world of computer technology lately, and I mean a hell of a lot. Dual-core AMD CPU's are affordable for the common geek, Intel has decided not to suck anymore, and graphics card performance is going through the roof while the prices drop to not far above lunch money. And I, of course, have been taking advantage of ( Read more... )

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We now resume our scheduled program.

A word of warning - this entry, like the previous one, is quite long and there are more entries to come. I'm covering a lot of ground here, simply because so much has happened in the field of processor design and its related technologies over the last several years. I realize that this is not to everyone's ( Read more... )

So. New computer, and all that. Athlon64 processor at the heart of it.

Why, you ask?

The short answer - AMD processors are better, faster, and generally cheaper than Intel processors.

The long answer is all about how it got to be that way. Here begins Part One of a history lesson. I hope you really really like to read ;-).

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...and the beast is built ( Read more... )