Posts by Futuristic

Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 Personally I have to agree with the many others here expressing concern about SSD drive wear. The life span of an SSD depends to much upon how it is used. In some applications they will wear out...

Quote: Originally Posted by Elijahg NAND cells wear out because they have to be zapped with about 10 volts to erase them. Each zap damages them slightly, until eventually, they can no longer be erased or written to reliably. If you only...

Quote: Originally Posted by Elijahg Precisely, which is why I'm trying to disprove the rumour of them being stupid enough to solder flash memory to the mainboard. Soldering NAND flash to the logic board would be like having tyres on...

HP exec: Mediocrity isn't a bug, it's a FEATURE!! Slogan idea: HP: Winning the race to the bottom.

Quote: Originally Posted by BestKeptSecret Finally, maybe it's just me but the moment a reviewer uses something like "meh-sterpiece" in their review, I cannot take the rest of it seriously. It's not what I'd expect a reviewer...

Quote: Originally Posted by mercurysquad I think that's a very myopic view people take. This might be true in the US, but outside of the US the situation is completely different. In India the white MacBook costs $1356 and the MBP...

While I think $49 for a 6' Thunderbolt cable is ridiculous, I also think that Apple is pricing them that way because they can. The prices will come down when more accessory companies make and sell their own, and when peripheral makers...

Quote: Originally Posted by a_greer great point - this is a perfect example of why enterprises dont adopt apple, even if they are better, which fo general business, I argue they are not, in a professional enterprise one needs to know...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kibitzer I rarely log on to FB, and then usually when some family member's posting has been called to my attention. Yesterday my login was greeted by a screen from FB that offered a quick way to recover my...

Quote: Originally Posted by Chris_CA He wrote "psychopath", not "sociopath". Boy, I can't slip anything past you! I was asserting a little poetic license. But, as you called me on it, I did a little research, and...