Thursday, January 27, 2005

Basics of RAID

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A couple of the recent Tech Tips have made mention of RAID, but the level of detail required in those tips didn’t shed much light on what RAID actually is. The number of e-mail responses and comments in the Readers Digress section was convincing enough that an introduction to the basics of RAID would be an appropriate Tech Tip, so here it is.

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Thursday, January 20, 2005

Bluetooth Basics

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Bluetooth technology is nothing new, but in many respects it still seems to be more of a buzz word rather than a well understood, commonly accepted technology.  You see advertisements for Bluetooth enabled cell phones, PDAs, and laptops, and a search of the Computer Geeks website shows all sorts of different devices taking advantage of this wireless standard.  But, what is it?

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Thursday, January 13, 2005

5 Simple Steps to a Quieter PC

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No one wants their computer to be loud, but in order to keep components running at safe temperatures, cooling fans can wind up making the system sound like a blow dryer.  In a busy office environment some noise may go unnoticed, but as computers find their way into more rooms of the home, near silence is essential.  A computer sitting in the living room for use with a home theater system has to be quiet so that it doesn’t interfere with the enjoyment of music or movies, for example.

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Thursday, January 06, 2005

Hard Drives: ATA versus SATA

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The performance of computer systems has been steadily increasing as faster processors, memory, and video cards are continuously being developed.  The one key component that is often neglected when looking at improving the performance of a computer system is the hard drive. Hard drive manufacturers have been constantly evolving the basic hard drive used in modern computer systems for the last 25 years, and the last few years have seen some exciting developments from faster spindle speeds, larger caches, better reliability, and increased data transmission speeds.

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