Reducing PC Bottlenecks: Processor speed and lots of memory are not always the best solution for making a computer fast.

Most custom computers built through my company are assembled from tried and true components. Every now and then a customer will hit us with a build for a specific application…

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Technology Boom: 1994 to 2004 represented a very fast rate of technology change and we owe it all to the television series Friends

An hour ago I finished watching all ten seasons of the television series Friends. Every night I'd fire up Netflix to see the latest shenanigans and relive that time in…

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Recycling Old Computers: It may not be worth your time to dismantle old PC’s in hopes of getting rich from scrap gold, copper and aluminum.

Crazy Eddy walked into my store last week and took a look at my recycling pile. "I bet you can make a pretty penny on that scrap." Like I do…

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Are PC’s dying? Sales of PC’s have been on a steady decline, but I wouldn’t say PC’s are dying. If anything PC sales are adapting.

I was asked if PC's are going away during an interview last week. After a careful pause I answered "no." PC's are here to stay and if it seems like…

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