Recent content by Fubarr

So we keep seeing this “you can install 11, but you won’t get security updates” statement. It’s amazing that Microsoft (a place I worked for 6 1/2 years) still can’t sort out messaging like this. I make no warranties, implied or otherwise, but here’s my experience driven take on this mess...

Yeah, except it’s a limited voluntary recall with a bunch of stipulations attached, when it should probably be a mandatory recall with stop-use guidance. I agree with Aris, they have a fundamental design flaw, most likely they are missing appropriate resistance from gate to source and/or have...

Given that there are plenty of dram + SLC cache equipped QLC drives out there (Microcenter’s Inland Platinum line being a good example), nobody should be plunking down money for garbage like this Crucial crap. Micron is pretty foolish for playing games with their brand image. That said...

It’s not a matter of whether they make good or bad products. I’m sure that card is just fine (for all I know it might be a superior implementation compared to other vendors). The issue, in this case, is they are refusing to take proper responsibility for a bad run of PSU’a that have their brand...

Wow, Gigabyte, what are folks doing?! Prior to this whole episode, I had no opinions regarding Gigabyte or it’s products. I sure have an opinion now, after watching Steve’s samples explode, and reading this statement. Gigabyte: exploding power supplies are the kind of thing that tarnishes a...