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Richard Morgan

I’ve just finished reading the latest two books from Richard Morgan, Broken Angels and Market Forces. With these two books is now pretty much on my default for consistent quality buy list, along with...

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Remote desktop faster than Local

I happened to have two IBM WinXP laptops on my desktop tonight as I was installing the NX client on one of these machine before my brother goes to China at the end of the week. Anyway, I had a remote...

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Hyper-Threading stats

An interesting set of stats pulled from: Mac Forums – Pentium M and Yonah Processors in Upcoming Macs? With HT enabled, I can run two copies of the job, but they each take 3 CPU hours (and the two...

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On desktops. OSX and NX. Thinkpads vs iBooks.

Back in June I decided I’d try out NX and my MiniMac as a possible active working desktop solution. The genesis for this was mainly based on my decision back in March that iBooks were the best portable...

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Opteron performance

This article “No More Apple Mysteries, Part Two” at Anandtech is a second focus on the PowerPC. Of greater interest to me was the numbers between the Intel and AMD processors. At the moment I’ve been...

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Opteron vs. Xeon

A simple Opteron vs. Xeon benchmark using slamd comparing a dual core Sun v20z and an IBM x345. Result: Opteron server is 1.6x faster then Xeon server. Turning additional cores on and Opteron server is...

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Tablet Comparison

I’ve put together a quick comparison tablet for the tablets I’m considering at the moment. IBM x41t LifeBook – T4020 PORTEGE M400 X30 Model 18666SM LBT4020-AA001E0C1 PPM40A-00F00G CPU Pentium M 758 LV...

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Four CMSs – short review

I had a look at four CMSs yesterday for a small brochure site. Here is a quick review: Typo3 – complex and powerful. Installation process on Debian takes a bit to figure but is straightforward once...

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AnandTech gives an indepth look at the Quad Core Intel Clovertown

AnandTech: Quad Core Intel Xeon 53xx Clovertown This means that we have to subtract about 13% of the performance figures if we want to keep the TDP the same, and in that case some of the “compelling...

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The Everun – One of the best replacement for a Pocket PC

The Everun, a little PC to take everywhere – Mobility Site: The Everun is a compact 5 inches UMPC. One of the best replacement for a Pocket PC in the market. The inclusion on it of a HSDPA option is a...

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