Virtual Computing Paradigm Shift

According to Moore’s Law, the number of transistors on a chip should at least double every 18 months. We have gone in a very brief time from a few thousand transistors to over a billion on a single CPU. This has created some amazing new desktop and server technologies. We can pickup a very capable workstation machine for only a few hundred dollars. This same technology was virtually nonexistant 10 years ago and cost thousands of dollars only a few years ago.

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How To Recycle Your PC

Although dumpster diving is not a typical weekend diversion for me, I managed to acquire an IBM Aptiva that had been disposed of at a construction site in our area. The case was in prestine condition and it booted successfully the first time. Unfortunately, the previous owner had not observed Read more