HP Announces Their New Line of Windows 8 PCs

In a press release today, HP outlined a rather extensive list of Windows 8 driven machines. Included are several varieties each of consumer notebooks, consumer desktops and of course business PCs.

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Back To School 2012! Save 10%

ETC is having a great back to school sale. 10% off of all items, plus a 128GB Zoom SSD for just $104.95. Just in time for school.

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DDR vs. DDR2: Speed and Access Time

DDR SDRAM can be considered one of the driving factors behind the increase of computing speed. One might think that DDR2 is innately superior to DDR, but this is a common misconception. The real performance issues are largely a matter of clock rate performance.

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Great discussion on SSD’s happening over at CNET

Discussion on Storage forum at CNET: Is there a solid-state drive (SSD) in your future computer?

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The Layman’s Guide to Diagnosing and Fixing a Slow Windows Computer. Part Three – Adding Memory to Your Computer

Your computer’s memory, usually known as RAM (Random Access Memory), determines how fast your PC can “think” and how many things it can think about at one time. Most people when buying or building a new PC use the old rule of thumb, buy the maximum amount of memory that they can afford and is [...]

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