Recent content by 2DMaximus

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    Anything special about foil stickes on HDDs?

    I have a Macbook Pro that is 5 years old and it's Apple Care has run out. Apple says they'll fix everything in it for $375 if I have all the original parts in it. A couple of years ago I replaced the HDD. I disassembled the broken HDD a couple of years ago and removed the foil sticker. I still...
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    Is Windows 10 buggy for anyone else?

    I recently bought a Sager np9752 Laptop and I'm trying to determine if my issues are hardware related or just Windows 10 software related. I'm usually Mac OS user and this is my first time dealing with Windows so I'm not really sure what I should expect. Help would be appreciated! The first...
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    Question Windows on Mac (Boot Camp) verses PC

    I've been a mac user for the past 5 years but I recently went ahead and bought a Sager NP9752. I'm going to be back in school taking programming courses that require a Windows OS. I've had the Sager with Windows 10 for 2 days so far and I've been having a lot of problems: - I hate the trackpad...
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    What can a USB Recovery disc do?

    I've been using mac for a long time and I don't have much experience with PC or Windows. I recently switched to PC and bought a computer with Windows 10 Pro installed. It comes with a "64-Bit USB Recovery Media". Is this just the entire operating system on a USB drive? Can I completely wipe my...
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    OS on Raid 0 m.2 SSD vs. m.2 PCIe

    Alright I figured it all out. Running an M.2 PCIe Raid 0 setup would be a lot faster than running an M.2 SSD Raid 0 setup. If you look at the non-raid 0 Read/Write speeds of a single Samsung Evo M.2 256gb SSD vs a single 256gb M.2 PCIe, you get this: Single Samsung Evo M.2 256gb SSD: Sequential...
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    OS on Raid 0 m.2 SSD vs. m.2 PCIe

    I'm thinking about buying a Sager NP9773-S Laptop. Would the Operating System run faster and smoother on Raid 0 m.2 SSDs or running on an m.2 PCIe? I can't decide which configuration would be faster. Are the differences in speed negligible? Even if they are negligible, does anyone know which...