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AMD Ryzen: Third Architecture is the Charm

January 11, 2017 by Rich Stroffolino 1 Comment

AMD Ryzen: Third Architecture is the Charm

As a jaded AMD fanboy, I’m not only getting on the hype train, I’m the conductor taking tickets from everyone else. I will shovel hype coal into the hype train, and send it hurtling down the hype tracks with all available speed. For once in the last seven years or so, it looks like AMD is going to be able to toe-to-toe with the best chips Intel has to offer, and might even come out on top.

Filed Under: Favorites Tagged With: AMD, cpu, Desktop, Intel

Microsoft’s New CEO

February 7, 2014 by Tom Hollingsworth Leave a Comment

Marco Arment of Marco.org comments: A lot of people who know relatively little about Microsoft are commenting about new CEO Satya Nadella, and I’ll gladly join that list. Nadella comes from Microsoft’s enterprise and cloud services division, which suggests that these are likely to become Microsoft’s focal areas going forward. I’ve seen two main opinions […]

Filed Under: All, Favorites Tagged With: @MarcoArment, Desktop, Microsoft

The Mac 30 years on

January 30, 2014 by Tom Hollingsworth Leave a Comment

Ray Lucchesi from RayOnStorage Blog comments: I have to admit it. I have been a Mac and Apple bigot since 1984. I saw the commercial for the Mac and just had to have one. I saw the Lisa, a Mac precursor at a conference in town and was very impressed. At the time, we were […]

Filed Under: All, Favorites Tagged With: @RayLucchesi, Apple, Desktop, Macintosh

The VDI Landscape is Shifting in Microsoft’s Favor

October 24, 2013 by Tom Hollingsworth Leave a Comment

Scott Lowe writing for CIOscape comments: A little over a year ago, Wikibon predicted the following regarding the most likely future of the Hyper-V and vSphere:“…believe that VMware’s greatest risk is in the SMB [and] midmarket. Although VMware has attempted to do better in this space, this has been an underserved area and often goes […]

Filed Under: All, Favorites Tagged With: @OtherScottLowe, Desktop, Microsoft, Scott Lowe, VDI

Windows 8.1 and the “New” Interface

September 18, 2013 by Tom Hollingsworth Leave a Comment

Christ Evans from Architecting IT comments: I’ve just installed Windows 8.1 in a test VM to give it a whirl.  This is supposed to be the version with the return of the start button, but I think in fact Microsoft have just made things even more confusing. I’m an outspoken critic of the train wreck […]

Filed Under: All, Favorites Tagged With: @ChrisMEvans, Chris Evans, Desktop, Windows 8

Dropbox’s Datastore API Takes Aim at iCloud

July 26, 2013 by Stephen Foskett Leave a Comment

Josh Centers writing for TidBITS: Apple News for the Rest of Us comments: Dropbox is beefing up its developer APIs to enable Dropbox-savvy apps to improve syncing and integration. But will the new Datastore API be able to replace Apple’s beleaguered iCloud syncing? We talked to two prominent Mac and iOS developers to find out. […]

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Cloud computing, Desktop, Dropbox, iCloud, Josh Centers

The PC Calamity

July 19, 2013 by Stephen Foskett Leave a Comment

Horace Dediu from asymco comments: As Intel has improved its products, their demand has decreased. Enormous efforts put into improvements are neither valued nor absorbed. The problem is not with the processors themselves but with the systems within which they are built. PC sales fell again last quarter and the contraction is likely to continue. […]

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Desktop

Microsoft releases new OWA apps for iPhone, iPad

July 17, 2013 by Stephen Foskett Leave a Comment

Paul Robichaux from Paul’s Down-Home Page comments: Well, this is gonna be fun: Microsoft just released a new native mail/calendar/contacts app (which they’re calling “OWA”) for the iPhone and iPad. A few quick notes:   Read more at: Microsoft releases new OWA apps for iPhone, iPad

Filed Under: All Tagged With: @paulrobichaux, Desktop, email, Outlook, Paul Robichaux

Intel’s Thunderbolt 2: Everything You Need to Know

June 13, 2013 by Stephen Foskett Leave a Comment

Anand Lal Shimpi from AnandTech comments on a new I/O design: Today, Thunderbolt exists as four 10Gbps channels – two upstream and two downstream. Each channel however is fully independent. Although PCIe and DisplayPort are muxed from the cable perspective, you can only send one or the other over each channel. That limits max performance […]

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Anand Shimpi, Anandtech, Desktop, Intel, Thunderbolt

Your Tier 1 Support is in the Wrong Place

May 16, 2013 by Stephen Foskett Leave a Comment

We’ve been enjoying Jennelle Crothers’  commentary for a while. Here she is talking tech (support): Lots of us started there. Depending on the size of the company you work for, you might still be doing some of it.   Classic Tier 1 support calls are often things like password changes, mouse and keyboard issues, other […]

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Desktop, Janelle Crothers, support

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