Tag Archives: computer

Old computer ads — CHIP magazine 2003

Posted on October 17, 2014 by robert

Today I got my hands on a couple of ‘old’ computer magazines, which lay dormant at my parents’ place. They must have been forgotten quite some time ago. I ripped out the obligatory CDs (no complimentary DVDs yet) for proper … Continue reading →

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How long do SSD drives last — not long enough

Posted on May 1, 2014 by robert

Almost exactly 4 years ago I bought a 64GB SSD for my then much younger laptop. It is a “Super Talent FTM64GX25H”. Read transfer rates were about 130MB/s in my machine. How much is to be attributed to the SSD … Continue reading →

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I’m back — Why is buying a new graphics card so difficult?

Posted on July 17, 2012 by robert

My good old Nvidia 7600GT started crapping out. It has crashed my computer several times, leaving semi-permanent artifacts on the screen. I discovered that the heatsink doesn’t touch some of the RAM chips, which might explain just that. Why it … Continue reading →

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