The prices are actually even lower now, for example the Intel 330-series 120GB unit currently costs $100. That puts it at $0.83/GB.
Oh geez. lol. When I bought my SSD, it was for ~$1.2/GB. Since then, I have pretty much stopped looking at other SSDs. It's good that they're still coming down it price.
Yep, SSD prices have dropped significantly these past few months or so. I got my Crucial M4 128GB for $110 a while back and I believe at one point there was a reliable 128GB SSD on sale for around $80-90. They also haven't been a bad option for an upgrade ever since the floods brought up HDD prices.
About a week or two after I purchased my SSD (Mushkin Chronos 120GB @ $100), it went on sale for $90. Now the normal price is $100. It dropped at least $20 in a pretty short time.
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Oh geez. lol. When I bought my SSD, it was for ~$1.2/GB. Since then, I have pretty much stopped looking at other SSDs. It's good that they're still coming down it price.
About a week or two after I purchased my SSD (Mushkin Chronos 120GB @ $100), it went on sale for $90. Now the normal price is $100. It dropped at least $20 in a pretty short time.
I'm getting a SSD soon after i get a couple of fans for my case : D
I just remembered something from a while ago:
Someone was telling me about their "great" (I think, because it was from a long time ago) laptop. The only quotable thing I remember is the "2 hour battery," and I remember that it was running Minecraft on Normal at about ~20 FPS. I was rolling my eyes later on. I don't know how to categorize it exactly, but it's either a high-end netbook or a low-end notebook.
Not a question, but my friend thought that how much RAM you could put in a computer was equivalent to its Operating System bit.
It doesn't affect how much RAM you can put in necessarily, just how much you can use. It's correct depending on the context, since it only applies to Windows. With Windows you can only use up to like 3.5GB(something like that) on a 32 bit version, while the 64 bit versions allow you to go over that but still have their own limits on RAM use.
With Linux I'm not really sure what the RAM limit is, it's too high for any normal person to worry though I would assume.
It doesn't affect how much RAM you can put in necessarily, just how much you can use. It's correct depending on the context, since it only applies to Windows. With Windows you can only use up to like 3.5GB(something like that) on a 32 bit version, while the 64 bit versions allow you to go over that but still have their own limits on RAM use.
With Linux I'm not really sure what the RAM limit is, it's too high for any normal person to worry though I would assume.
i think its some were between a metric ass ton and a metric crap ton.
A few years ago, people would ask me which is better: laptop or desktop. I'd say "desktop," and then they said "No, a laptop is better!" It was just because it was portable, which makes me expect them to have netbooks around now.
To be fair, "better" can be interpreted in different ways. A laptop certainly has the advantage of being portable, however a desktop allows more customization and better performance. For those who travel a lot, a laptop would be "better" for them.
yeah but 50% of them have a laptop that sits in one place for a long time
To be fair, "better" can be interpreted in different ways. A laptop certainly has the advantage of being portable, however a desktop allows more customization and better performance. For those who travel a lot, a laptop would be "better" for them.
While it is nice to have something portable, I'm talking about the failure to understand the topic of hardware and their limitations.
It doesn't affect how much RAM you can put in necessarily, just how much you can use. It's correct depending on the context, since it only applies to Windows. With Windows you can only use up to like 3.5GB(something like that) on a 32 bit version, while the 64 bit versions allow you to go over that but still have their own limits on RAM use.
With Linux I'm not really sure what the RAM limit is, it's too high for any normal person to worry though I would assume.
The bit-type (I still don't know how to say that properly, but I mean how many bits the OS has, 32 vs 64) determines how much memory can be available, and that is the same across all platforms.
32-bit operating systems can have a total of 2^32 bits of memory, which is 4 GB.
A 64-bit operating system can a total of 2^64 bits of memory, which is something like 16,000,000 TB of memory. Maybe my math is a bit off, but it is still super freakin' high.
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The bit-type (I still don't know how to say that properly, but I mean how many bits the OS has, 32 vs 64) determines how much memory can be available, and that is the same across all platforms.
32-bit operating systems can have a total of 2^32 bits of memory, which is 4 GB.
A 64-bit operating system can a total of 2^64 bits of memory, which is something like 16,000,000 TB of memory. Maybe my math is a bit off, but it is still super freakin' high.
According to this page on PAE you can apparently allow a 32 bit OS to use up to 64GB of memory. I myself don't know much about the subject, but I thought BC previously stated that the memory lock on 32 bit systems is a characteristic only found on Windows. He could have been saying something else, but that's how I remember it.
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Nobody's perfect, so neither is Hannah Montana Linux, but it's pretty great.
Quote from BC_Programming on Operating Systems »
They all suck. They just suck differently. Sort of like prostitutes.
i bet some people think this is how a computer is made
I lol'd.
I hate it when a customer comes into the shop asking for a "hard drive" when they really want an SD card reader.
Wait thats not how a computer is made???
custemer"can i get a HDD?"
me-hands over a Hard driving dinosaur
Oh geez. lol. When I bought my SSD, it was for ~$1.2/GB. Since then, I have pretty much stopped looking at other SSDs. It's good that they're still coming down it price.
About a week or two after I purchased my SSD (Mushkin Chronos 120GB @ $100), it went on sale for $90. Now the normal price is $100. It dropped at least $20 in a pretty short time.
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Klipsch ProMedia 2.1Klipsch S4 | RAT 9 | Das KeyboardSomeone was telling me about their "great" (I think, because it was from a long time ago) laptop. The only quotable thing I remember is the "2 hour battery," and I remember that it was running Minecraft on Normal at about ~20 FPS. I was rolling my eyes later on. I don't know how to categorize it exactly, but it's either a high-end netbook or a low-end notebook.
Health: Computers Edition
That woman is creepy.
It doesn't affect how much RAM you can put in necessarily, just how much you can use. It's correct depending on the context, since it only applies to Windows. With Windows you can only use up to like 3.5GB(something like that) on a 32 bit version, while the 64 bit versions allow you to go over that but still have their own limits on RAM use.
With Linux I'm not really sure what the RAM limit is, it's too high for any normal person to worry though I would assume.
A few years ago, people would ask me which is better: laptop or desktop. I'd say "desktop," and then they said "No, a laptop is better!" It was just because it was portable, which makes me expect them to have netbooks around now.
i think this is the 3rd time or so I've had to use this on this thread
While it is nice to have something portable, I'm talking about the failure to understand the topic of hardware and their limitations.
So I teach him how to weld, even though he's done it for 25 years. He doesn't seem too jolly about that ^^
I'm gonna do a book! *press awwww
The bit-type (I still don't know how to say that properly, but I mean how many bits the OS has, 32 vs 64) determines how much memory can be available, and that is the same across all platforms.
32-bit operating systems can have a total of 2^32 bits of memory, which is 4 GB.
A 64-bit operating system can a total of 2^64 bits of memory, which is something like 16,000,000 TB of memory. Maybe my math is a bit off, but it is still super freakin' high.
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Klipsch ProMedia 2.1Klipsch S4 | RAT 9 | Das KeyboardAccording to this page on PAE you can apparently allow a 32 bit OS to use up to 64GB of memory. I myself don't know much about the subject, but I thought BC previously stated that the memory lock on 32 bit systems is a characteristic only found on Windows. He could have been saying something else, but that's how I remember it.