Cnet investigated some computer wise tales, myths, conventional wisdom, or whatever else you want to call it. The one I take the most issue with is the 15-second rule. They asked Geek Squad, and, as a long, long-ago Best Bait-n-Switch employee, the answer they gave to the 15-second rule is, well, what I would expect.
All posts tagged video memory
The 15-second rule and other (non) myths
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 21, 2010
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2010/12/the-15-second-rule-and-other-non-myths/
Using video memory as a ramdisk in Linux
An old idea hit me again recently: Why can’t you use the memory that’s sitting unused on your video card (unless you’re playing Doom) as a ramdisk? It turns out you can, just not if you’re using Windows. Some Linux people have been doing <a href="http://hedera.linuxnews.pl/_news/2002/09/03/_long/1445.html">it</a> for two years.<p>
Posted by Dave Farquhar on October 12, 2007
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2007/10/using-video-memory-as-a-ramdisk-in-linux/
Caveats with LCD flat-panel monitors
I just took a phone call from someone who bought an LCD flat-panel and couldn’t figure out why it looked so great in the store but was purely horrible on his PC at home.
He ran into a bunch of problems that some might instinctively avoid but to others would be much less than obvious.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 22, 2005
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2005/05/caveats-with-lcd-flat-panel-monitors/
Straight talk on cheap laptops
I’ve been getting lots of traffic ever since we started talking about the Sotec 3120x laptop here last week. It looks like an era of inexpensive laptops is about to arrive, because the Sotec isn’t your only choice.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 10, 2002
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2002/12/straight-talk-on-cheap-laptops/
Another RISC platform for Linux
Vintage workstations. I’ve read two articles this past week about running Linux or another free Unix on vintage hardware.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 24, 2002
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2002/02/another-risc-platform-for-linux/