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  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Computer Cases.
    I appreciate having the differing failure models. Every once in a while I see an SSD switch over to read-only mode but most of the...
  • J
    jtr1962 replied to the thread Computer Cases.
    Color me surprised. It's been 14 or 15 years I think since I last bought a spinning drive. Their fragility is a show stopper. Kick the...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop Boot Drive Swap Fails.
    For future reference, if you ever need to delete and/or recreate your recovery partition on a Windows system, you have to work from...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Computer Cases.
    I put a 3.5" drive in every bigger-than-ITX desktop I assemble. Usually it's just a little guy. It's easy enough to add $35 to the cost...
  • J
    jtr1962 replied to the thread Computer Cases.
    Realistically though how many people use mechanical drives these days? SSDs are under $50/TB and few people need more than 2TB of...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Computer Cases.
    I've been looking at Computex coverage of new chassis designs and dear god I hate everything I see. Seems like 90% of new designs are...
  • Santilli
    Santilli replied to the thread question Which Tablets.
    SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab S7 FE 5G 2021 (64GB, 4GB) 12.4” Android Tablet, All Day Battery, Snapdragon 750 5G/LTE/WiFi (GSM Unlocked for AT&T...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.
    Dad's only 54. He turns 55 in about a month. He is the one that's too young for this to be happening to him. But that's life with...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    I can't tell if you're too young for your dad to be having these problems or if I've been too lucky to have never had them.
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.
    Dad’s doing okay and as long as they continue to take things seriously he should get better just fine. He’s in good spirits, too, so I’m...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken reacted to Mercutio's post in the thread Something Random with Angry Angry.
    My quasi-partner's new place has 5Gbit synchronous fiber according to their bill but the ONT the ISP provided only has 1Gbit ports on...
  • Chewy509
    Chewy509 replied to the thread Something Random.
    Yep, absolutely brilliant story telling.
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    My quasi-partner's new place has 5Gbit synchronous fiber according to their bill but the ONT the ISP provided only has 1Gbit ports on...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.
    Looks like the products do exist, at least in the form of a Pulse 8 CEC Injector. Unfortunately, they don't work with high bandwidth...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.
    My guess is that once the Xbox exits the market and Microsoft fully recommits to the PC, they'll sell a kit (a la their old Media Center...
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