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12-18-2005 22:37 EST |
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Main Workstation Upgrade - After numerous problems with my
main workstation, I did a hardware upgrade. It's been long overdue,
though I wanted to wait until tax season. It consists of an AMD
Athlon 64 3000+, MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum motherboard, 1GB PC3200 DDR
SDRAM, and an nVidia GeForce 6600 PCIe w/256MB DDR3 SDRAM. The setup
page will be updated shortly, as I will test my old main workstation
to see if the hardware is OK. If it is, I will swap it out with my
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12-13-2005 16:07 EST |
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Intel Clock Rates Rearranged - Intel clock rates have been
further broken down into each Pentium chip type. Previously, all
Pentium, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, and Itanium processors
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12-4-2005 14:00 EST |
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Changed Network Adapters - The Netgear FA310TX 10/100 adapter
that was in my secondary workstation kept losing the network. As a
result, I replaced it, along with the NIC in my main workstation,
with Intel 82557 10/100 adapters. The setup page has been updated to
reflect these changes. |
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7-10-2005 17:33 EST |
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Two Laptops Added to Setup - I have decided to add my two
laptops to my
setup
page. Pictures and benchmarks should be added soon. |
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6-8-2005 13:12 EST |
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Apple Switches to Intel Processors - As you may be aware, Apple
announced its intention to switch to Intel processors by 2007. From
what I have read, IBM was slow to produce its G5 processor, among
other problems. There are also several inquiries as to why Apple did
not pick AMD. My opinion is that it would be wise for Apple to use
both processors in future systems. Perhaps Apple will also reconsider
using the PowerPC processors sometime in the future. Apple systems
running with a choice of any of these processors could make for a
really nice lineup of offerings. |
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4-10-2005 12:30 EST |
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New Printer and Fuser - I replaced my old Laserjet IID about a
month ago with a used Apple Laserwriter 8500. Though intended for
Mac setups, it has PC support as well. It is currently accessed via
an ethernet connection. The printer supports 11x17 paper, prints 20
ppm, and has 48MB RAM. The fuser was bad, so I recently ordered a
replacement on E-Bay. |
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4-2-2005 10:43 EST |
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Replaced Video Card - The MSI GeForce4 Ti4600 that was in my
main workstation took a dump. I replaced it with a LeadTek GeForce
Ti4600. |
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Updated Wintune Results - I finally posted updated results for
my main workstation with the LeadTek GeForce4 Ti4600. Unforunately,
I did not get around to it when I had the MSI Ti4600. |
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Also, I have posted updated results for the secondary workstation, as
the video card was changed from an ATI Radeon 7000 to the old 3Dfx V5
5500 AGP I had in my main workstation. The ATI Radeon 7000
benchmarked better because it was designed later and could handle the
higher resolutions. However, I have always benchmarked at 1280x1024
graphics. |
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2-8-2005 22:16 EST |
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A Small Change - I changed out the one IBM Ultrastar DCAS 34330
4.3GB drive in my secondary workstation with another IBM Ultrastar
DGHS-09Y 9.1GB drive. |
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