Recent content by Fabe

I expect the writers manufacturers use to create CD/DVD original music etc are the ticket. When you research and read about 100,000 MTBF before a failure on a commercial product that equates to 11.41 years. They must have meant "beers" and not years. :roll: The reports on the Toshiba's are...

I have owned an original Iomega ZIPCD 650 and I got just a little more than four years out of it. Not bad. Then I went to a Toshiba SD-R5372 and it died in a little more than two years. Just lovely those one year warranties 8O Forgetting about the published MTBF hours (possible advertising...

Call me a lerker who basically just stops and reads here. 8O I do however miss Mod Mike. I was nice to see CPU architectures described in the Forum. In fact, it was quite educational too. For Christmas (dear Santa) I would like to see a debate about what AMD will do next to counter Conroe...

I think the nail was hit on the head with the mentioning of software developments and particularly compilers that can do independent thread control with user controlled s/w switches. I have looked at Microsoft's website to see if multicore developments are in line with the same. This wasn't a...

I have read here the 939 socket is obsolete. There is a difference between 'dated in technology' and obsolete. Obsolete to me means there are no more fab parts/boards in production and you have to rely on NOS (new old stock) for fresh parts. This happens. To declare a product line as...