Recent content by a1r

The physical hard drive won't have a problem assuming it's in good condition, has same interface, etc. If it's running an OEM version of Windows, (and pretty sure it is unless he installed it special), the *license* is going to be tied to the HP motherboard and you may not be able to get it to...

Actually no not all gaming companies purposely over state the minimal requirment for games. Some mean exactly what they say for a good experience and not a crappy marginal one. Oblivion's minimal specifications immediately come to mind. The minimal wasn't good enough to actually enjoy the...

Not necessarily. You should look at the minimal specifications for the game. Usually they mean what they say. The game may not even be multithreaded or only limited multithread support as it's still not a skill that's widely understood. Some games or applications purposely limit the number...

Wonder when OEMs will start to be held legally liable for not patching or issuing workaround advice for their products when they've been notified of security problems, after a suitable time for addressing the problem and releasing said information. In my mind as a computer tech, that's long...

Edge was released unfinished. It's missing extension/plugin support and that's a big thing for a lot of people. MS will add that later they say.

And they fixed the "Unable to Download" error that caused the install to fail on first time install in Windows 10 for those with a new/clean install.

So, what you're saying is... it's testing quality software. Anyone expecting it to NOT look like 8.1 was deluding themselves as Microsoft has repeatedly said they are not abandoning the GUI changes made in 8.1. Anyone expecting a 'technical preview' to be production quality is pretty naive...

How nice of Schmidt to pick our facts for us. Google updated it's infrastructure against casual intrusion and transport inspection. That's nice and dandy. And yet... That information trove Google is sitting on for all its users and their connections is completely wide open to the 3 letter...

@jalek I have a directional high gain yagi antenna and a legal limit NIC that would say otherwise. Just because *you* may not be able to use it beyond your driveway probably speaks more to the limitations of your hardware and knowledge of radio communications than any real limitations on...

Sad thing, the RFI tests don't tell the whole picture. The FCC only demands the device they are sent meet the standards they set for interference in bands it's not allowed. It doesn't have the resources to verify random samples after the FCC grants approval meet the same criteria. The...

"I made a bootable USB with W7 downloaded from Microsoft" With *what* downloaded from Microsoft. Because just saying "W7" doesn't mean anything. If it's an ISO you're SOL because it's going to expect to be an actual DVD running from a physical drive not a UDF written to a virtual device (the...

So Ubisoft calls pirates on pirating, people get upset. Ubisoft lumps people that crack legally owned games to play offline into the pirate category. What else is new? Ubisoft titles suck because of (too many bugs), (abusive drm), etc. Great! You have an opinion. So why are you still...

Sure, disagree all you want. Programmers can and often will, when they don't care about the 'other hardware', specifically target a particular hardware set. If they specifically target Nvidia and optimize their code for running on Nvidia hardware the requirements are going to be much lower and...