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Ryzen was a big step in the right direction, where AMD CPU's could compete with Intel's CPU's on a more level basis. It's no surprise that the increase in AMD's share of the market came with the introduction of Ryzen. Prior to this, CPU's on the AM3 platform were rather underwhelming when it...

Yes. I tried every combination of resetting available on the phone, from network reset, to factory reset, and no bueno. I ended up paying the buyout, and getting a Samsung S24, my cell phone bill being the same (minus having paid the buyout fee, but also getting some money back in the way of...

Update... Trying the Android 15 Beta didn't fix things, although the phone did feel a bit more responsive after it. None of the reputable local 3rd party repair centers said that they could work on it, or even open it up, that they could only send it to Google, and have them take a look...

At this point, I'm mulling over trying the Android 15 Beta. The Google rep emphatically said something on the order of "No! Don't do it!" but at this point, what difference does it make? Another chat from this morning with Google gave the same response, where the only other option they'd...

I'm not sure if the Pro models are affected. For that matter, I'm not sure if all regular 7's are affected either, but looking at the rather angry discussions, this has been going on all April, as the updates were released on a rolling basis. My update occurred later than the others.

It seems that it's specific to Pixel 7's. I really don't want to give up this phone, since it has been great for me. I may try to "sidegrade" the phone using the Android tool kit, to see if I can restore the firmware to back to an older version. I'll wait for a few days, though, to see if...

I just got the kiss of death after my Pixel 7 received an "update" from Google. The phone was working perfectly fine this morning until the "update," after which there's no cell phone reception at all. Apparently, according to some of the forums, the cursed update kills the internal antenna...

This is dead-on. End users cannot purchase Enterprise licenses, since only businesses or academic entities are allowed to buy them via subscription. As an academic user, I have Enterprise licenses for all of my lab's computers, and they all have to be authenticated through the central server...

Back in the CentOS days, I ran KDE for 5.x since it was exactly as I wanted it to be, having come up on Red Hat and later, Fedora. I even used it during my CentOS 6.x days, but once I switched to 7.x, it seems that they really dumbed down the interface to the point where it became an...

Aw heck, it's an honor to finally know someone who made that video. I remember seeing that video decades ago, and getting a good chuckle out of it. I only wish that they would have done that for real to some of the cheaters in the Team Fortress Classic community. It would have done me a lot...

If you think you'll get significantly better performance out of the RTX 4070, and if the bang / buck is worth it, then you can't really go wrong with it. You should be getting about a 50% boost in overall performance. There will still be a decent market for that used 6750 XT, and you'll be...

Brother RHL-L2320D arrived yesterday, and it works beautifully with either the starter toner cartridge, or the 3rd party cartridge I bought off eBay. The 3rd party cartridge is about 90% as dark as the OEM toner, which is good enough for my grunt work printing. Not bad for 70 bucks...

My HP Officejet 7000 just bit the dust for good. I've been using it for over 8 years now for my dojo, and it was used by the previous owner for several years as well. I was only using it to print 8.5" x 11" rank certificates for my dojo, and have long switched to greyscale only. The third...

Those who do take those jobs with their heads in the clouds find out quickly, that they'll hit the bottom pretty quickly. A minimum wage fast food job isn't what it used to be. Before the craziness had set in, a fast food employee would typically be given an assignment for the day, whether it...

I've finished converting almost all of my computers to use SSD only. The main PC at home (for gaming, as well as work) now has a Crucial MX500 2 TB SSD drive, using the SATA ports as its only hard drive. The main work PC has a 2 TB Intel M2 SSD drive. The secondary work PC has a 1 TB Kodak...