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    Lowest idle power graphics option

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    Lowest idle power graphics option

    So, how much power is required to run the on chip GPU in an i5? How is it compared to a low end discrete or maybe onboard graphics? I've never really seen anything detailing the low end of the graphics spectrum. In the case of a small PC server, I really only need text console at most and...
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    Lowest idle power graphics option

    What is the lowest idle power graphics option? The idea here is that I am interested in a low power PC based server, but nearly every MB has built in graphics or the CPU has built in graphics. Can an add-in card be used to disable the onboard graphics option and lower the power requirements...
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    Workstation Shootout: Nvidia Quadro 5000 Vs. ATI FirePro V8800

    Wow - This has got to be a major driver issue. I must agree with others... I had an older AMD motherboard and constantly had problems with ATI card compatibility due to driver issues. I Switched to nVidia and haven't been back since. AMD handed nVidia a $1 billion dollar smack down that has...
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    HP Settles Kickbacks Case for $55,000,000

    HP used to be the absolute cream of the hardware crop. Top notch equipment, top notch quality. The have not devolved into something barely better than Packard-Bell. Heck, they haven't even updated their calculator designs since I was in college 30 years ago! How come no one makes a cool...
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    Study: A Look At Hard Drive Reliability In Russia

    I wonder if the the prevalence of Seagate drives in servers didn't affect the failure statistics. I suspect that many failures are simply not reported. The fact that Seagate dominates in high capacity servers means that it is much more likely to be reported and that advanced data recovery is...
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    Caption Contest: Gates and Jobs Do Dinner

    Steve: I thought Tiger's wife was going to hit ME with that club, but it flew right past my head and she just NAILED Tiger! I bet he was doin' 40 down the drive!
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    Caption Contest: Gates and Jobs Do Dinner

    You should have seen it Steve, I paid this Chinese guy $20 bucks to setup an entire store with nothing but Windows RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from the Linux conference!
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    Caption Contest: Gates and Jobs Do Dinner

    Ha, yours may be long, but mine is the size of an oil can!
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    Part 2: 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?

    BENCHMARK: DIRECT DRAWING TO VISIBLE DEVICE Text: 9004 chars/sec Line: 8151 lines/sec Polygon: 1899 polygons/sec Rectangle: 225 rects/sec Arc/Ellipse: 2573 ellipses/sec Blitting: 703 operations/sec Stretching: 135 operations/sec Splines/Bézier: 6498 splines/sec Score: 412 AMD 2400+...
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    Caption Contest: What is Steve Jobs Thinking?

    God, I've really got to quit eating burritos on conference days! Maybe if I look busy, they won't think it was me.
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    Caption Contest: What is Steve Jobs Thinking?

    Man, I gotta take an iCrap!
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    Caption Contest: What is Steve Jobs Thinking?

    Do you know how I got this face? Ha - I could'a been a great Joker.
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    Caption Contest: What is Steve Jobs Thinking?

    Things to do: 1. Release iPad 2. Give Conference 3. Fire the Jerk that didn't see the Fujitsu trademark. I mean, who the hell is Fujitsu? I always get what I want...hehe, like those back dated stock options.... Oops, I hope this mike isn't live!.
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    Caption Contest: What is Steve Jobs Thinking?

    What do you mean I can't change my name to "i Am"?