Recent content by george_osborne

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    Intel Core i7-8700 Review: Stock Cooler Falls Flat

    For only ~$50 more I will always go with the unlocked processor. Better base frequency, better turbo and the ability to overclock (if so desired).
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    AMD Ryzen 2 vs. Intel Coffee Lake: What's the Best CPU Platform?

    A thought on threading from a retired software engineer about hyper-threading only helps in certain scenarios. Your application has to be written and compiled to take advantage of this feature in some form. First, you have to code in such a way as to actually use threads but, just being...
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    Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Scandal: Everything We Know So Far

    When Obama used Facebook as a data source to create voter profiles, he was called a genius. When a conservative company does it, it's a crime. Hypocrisy anyone???
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    First Coffee Lake Mobile Core i9, i7 Laptops Tested: Gaming & Battery Life

    A lot of apples to oranges here. The Aorus has a 1080 vs 1070 in the and 32GB vs 16GB. The PCie SSD may also be faster than the others, no mention of read/write speeds. You would expect better graphics and overall performance with that hardware edge, but then you get what you pay for and the...