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In the 1970s and 1980s, when microcomputers were first introduced across the world, the computer units themselves were typically in a horizontal orientation, whether in models where the computer was integrated with the keyboard (e.g., Commodore 64) or in models where the computer was a separate unit—typically in a box-like desktop chassis upon which the… Continue reading Graphics card sag is real
As I mentioned in my previous post, I recently upgraded one of my computers. It is based on AMD’s AM4 platform, which means that any CPU (Central Processing Unit) from the AM4 range is physically compatible with the CPU socket on the computer’s motherboard (the main internal component). The first AM4 CPUs were released in… Continue reading Final upgrades for the AM4 platform
Over the last six years, I have been using a Microsoft Windows 10-based computer as a secondary machine for my work. In terms of hardware, it uses AMD’s AM4 platform, and it is a custom-built machine that I assembled from parts. One of the remarkable things about this platform is that AMD has supported several… Continue reading Fixing access to Thunderbird user data after upgrading Microsoft Windows
Some years ago, Intel was the only real choice for a consumer-level CPU for serious productivity work, such as RAW image processing. Over the past year or so, though, AMD has really come to the fore—not necessarily for raw computing power, but for sheer value-for-money combined with good multi-core performance. At this point, Intel CPUs… Continue reading Intel and AMD