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by TravisT
Tue May 17, 2011 8:29 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Solar Activity and the Safety of your Backups
Replies: 16
Views: 10256

Re: Solar Activity and the Safety of your Backups

I know Google still uses tape to backup their servers for disaster recovery . I was reading about it in regards to how quickly data on different medias can degrade and how tape is the longest lasting media compared to hard drives, cds, dvds and flash drives. I need to work on my backup system as rig...
by TravisT
Tue May 17, 2011 8:20 am
Forum: Notebook Systems
Topic: More heat over time?
Replies: 14
Views: 18428

Re: More heat over time?

I have a Macbook Pro that is about 4 years old and it gets really hot. It's average temperature is about 50 degree celsius but if I run Skype or other video software like YouTube, it will get really hot. I installed a fan control software that monitors the temps and I can increase the fan speed if I...
by TravisT
Tue May 17, 2011 8:11 am
Forum: Notebook Systems
Topic: Silent notebook including silent keyboard
Replies: 4
Views: 11754

Re: Silent notebook including silent keyboard

I think the biggest noise and most annoying is the keyboard. I would go to a large computer store and try all the keyboards out. I know my Macbook Pro chiclet keyboard is noisy. I haven't tried the newer Apple bluetooth keyboard yet. My iPad is really silent and I think if she could get used to the ...
by TravisT
Tue May 17, 2011 8:03 am
Forum: Notebook Systems
Topic: laptop with good screens?
Replies: 16
Views: 20802

Re: laptop with good screens?

Is the new Macbook Pro IPS screen the same technology as the Apple LED Cinema Display? I do like the new Retina Displays for the iPhone 4. Apparently they are going to be putting them in the next iPads in 2012. Hopefully they'll also put them in the Macbook Pros next year too. I've heard rumors that...