IMO the best that can happen is that when a process shrink will be available, within the same TDP they may increase clocks a bit In previous years what the console makers have done is (a.) reduce the cost of the console, (b.) reduce the size of the console or both when a die-shrink is available. Pe...

They won't build its successor for about 7 years. Unlike previous X-Boxes and PlayStations, now that both of them are using (almost) off the shelf PC hardware, there is no reason why they cant keep on "upgrading" the same console. e.g. PS 4.5 identical except the APU, games made after the "NEW" con...

I don't see any problem with the temps of the HDDs in our review. Anything less than 50C is perfectly fine, there's bazillions of HDDs which do fine for years of 24/7 at >50C. Besides, all of the higher temps were only seen when the CPU was under ridiculously high load -- which rarely happens in a ...

There are very few good points with this case/PSU. Hot swappable bays being the primary, being relatively quiet the second. Apart from this systems totally bizarre design and exceptionally poor PSU efficiency it seems to do it intended job reasonably well, but nowhere near well enough for me to recc...

Since we are keen in low consumption around here, maybe some could recommend lower idle commotion, on laser printer models? Mine has a physical on/off switch easily accessible on the side. Spends 99%+ of its time turned off, not just for power reasons but because it has a very fast spinning 80mm fa...

Reading this thread I realized I still had a Nec Superscript 870 that I got new in 98 in the basement. I haven't used it since at least 03, if not earlier, so it has been sitting for at least 10 years. Fired it up and while it made a rather worrying smell, it printed just fine. I'm pretty sure it's...

There are only 2 things that I dislike about the Model S

Its £60,000 more than I can afford.

The fake grill on the front, there is no need for it at all and IMO it spoils the look of the car.


Andy

Colour lasers cost a lot more to run than their mono brethren, so consider whether you actually need to print colour. A couple of things that I have discovered over the years: Brother printers are (generally) reliable and cost effective. EOL (models that are about to be replaced) printers are often ...

The Model S is about TWICE as efficient as a Prius, and the *conservative* 0-60MPH acceleration time of the standard version is 5.6s, and the performance version (again very conservatively) goes 0-60MPH in 4.4s. The Cg of the Model S is ~16" above the ground - it handles *very* well. It is also pos...

So why didn't you complain when Mettyx did it? I cant say that I actually spotted any "racism" from Mettyx in the post that you linked to. I as you will see posted several times and as such I would have read Mettyx's posts, I have no particular interest in re-reading the entire thread to look for "...

Islam isn't "barbaric". The conflicts with Islam are caused in part by mass immigration and in part by Israeli-Muslim conflicts, in which there simply is not a "good" side. Islam has a rich history. If robbed of their heritage, what would guide and direct Muslims? I'm for leaving them alone, strivi...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk

Not what you were expecting, feel free to deliver "bitches".!


Andy

Ditto that.... Having been job skipping/hunting for much longer than I wanted to be (years FFS (@&^!"£$)@:), not months or weeks). I suggest that you stick with the damned job that you have and swap jobs in a few year when the "boom years" return, and even further into the future consider the recess...

Consider this post deleted. I totally got the wrong end of the tree (let alone the stick).


Andy

FYI my latest car cost me £360 (because I am skint ATM). This is one area where it will take years, or more likely decades for dirt cheap electric/hybrid vehicles to trickle down to very low price-points and still be usable without costing a fortune to fix. EV/hybrid (depending on miles driven etc) ...

http://ourhistory-hayes.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/tory-repatriation-leaflet-1964.html Lambeth, south London, 1964. Racism is thankfully not tolerated as it was in the past, but that very same message is still being widely used today without any racist language or connotations because the same problem ...

No RAID, just plain drives connected to the Intel onboard controller. And TLER is actually other way around - a TLER enabled drive (good for RAID) gives up the recovery process in time up to 7 seconds maximum, after that the RAID controller takes over. A normal drive (Green, Blue, Black) with no TL...

Somehow i doubt that the 3TB Red has 8s spindown, unless they are not reflected in SMART data. My four WD30EFRX has following SMART data (runtime / power cycle count / power-off retract count / load & unload cycle count: Are you using any of these drives in a RAID array, if so are you using a hardw...

I was already planning on getting 4x 4TB Red drives as I no longer trust Seagate's reliability (and their lame 2-year warranty), and the 4TB Hitachi's are only available in 7,200rpm flavour and I know to not be particularly quiet. Now I have seen the relative noise and vibration levels via SPCR this...

Nowhere in the Quran does it actually say anything about women having to cover up. If anything it's pretty much the same as Christianity: both men and women should dress modestly. I state men as well and in fact in some arab countries it is illegal for men to wear shorts in public. In early Christi...

We're saying you're racists. And liars. Because you are. Nothing to do with Islam but your fantasies about Islam which are something else. Are you seriously accusing me of being a racist because I don't like religion in any form, but dislike Islam the most (for a great many obvious and factually co...

I just came across this article, unbelievable. It really seems to me like there are no public intellectuals in UK, it's not rocket science to predict what the results will be if you allow the existence of oxymoronic faith schools of any type, there is a reason why there is only one science in the w...

If you don't mind me asking, how come things in UK went so horribly wrong like this: The simple answer I give as 2 points. The "British" people are generally welcoming and generally don't make much of a fuss over many matters including sadly this point (British history explains a great deal of this...

Remember when anytime you point out the savage, primitive and barbaric nature of all Islamic countries, you substantiate it with facts and statistics, and point out how the Islamic brain rot is different than other superstition-induced brain rots like Christianity, the first thing that pops out of ...

Finding Control Panel the first few times was great.... I found myself praying to Microsoft Bob for guidance My single favourite thing about W8 is when I figured out that by far the easiest way to get into the control panel is to search for "con", shortly followed by changing the retarded layout ba...

I use none. Usually know where my stuff is

Same here, I need to search for something a handful of times a year, and when I do I use the search facility built into W7, never failed, no need to install more software onto my PC.


Andy

I'm not saying secure boot is a bad thing. Its just that as most PC's sold with 8 pre-installed will have it enabled, people need to be aware that it will prevent them from installing other OS's such as Windows 7, Vista, XP, and Linux. Took me quite a while fiddling in the BIOS of my sisters brand ...

Purchase start8???? Classic shell is free. If you do not like it, try http://www.iobit.com/iobitstartmenu8.php Free and tested by myself, found no problems in several Win8 machines. But it's your money, decide yourself. I have been using "Classic Shell" since Vista came along and got rid of the "up...

For your information, I have used every version of Windows from 2.1 and I'm using Windows 7 (work) and Windows 8 (home) everyday. I believe I am quite entitled to compare them. Indeed you are. I have not mentioned anything about its interface. If you insist in this way, I must add that I don't real...

My impression after installing Windows 8 on 2 desktops and 2 laptops is that Windows 8 is worth installing if one can afford it. It's a more stable and snappier Windows 7 with a few useful additional features, e.g., bookmark synchronisation between Windows 8 computers, more embedded anti-virus prog...