Tag Archives: hardware

The Growth of Storage

Posted on January 18, 2013 by way0utwest

Over the holidays I had a chat with my son about computers. His laptop died, and he wanted a new one. It isn’t needed for school and my wife and told him he’d need to earn the money for half … Continue reading →

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SSD Lifetimes

Posted on November 18, 2012 by way0utwest

One of the things that has concerned many DBAs looking at SSD drives is the possible limited life of these drives. In the past, many consumer drives have had issues, and can fail without warning. However there are plenty of people … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 First Impressions

Posted on October 24, 2012 by way0utwest

I haven’t worked with Window 8 at all. I’m not a big beta tester, and it’s been a busy few months for me, so I haven’t bothered to mess with any of the previews. My Win 7 desktop works well … Continue reading →

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The Dream Machine

Posted on September 7, 2012 by way0utwest

Hardware is usually important to techies. I see now shortage of discussions and debates about this laptop or that. I see people asking about this machine or that ( the W530 looks niiiiiiiccccceee) and as various Surface tablets are announced, I often find people … Continue reading →

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