All posts for the day October 17th, 2010

What burn-in is and why you should do it

A friend bought a new computer this month. It arrived sooner than expected, and she called to ask what she should do. I said, among other things, to set it up and leave it powered on continuously for at least 24 hours. A coworker who had never heard that advice asked why. The reason is [...]

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