You’re using your laptop. Maybe you’re doing the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle. You’re well into it… No, wait. You’re trying to get your startup funded. You’re making a presentation to a group of VCs. All the partners are in the room. It was hard to get them there, and some of them don’t… [Read More]
Tech Hall of Shame: Blu-Ray (again)
While I’m waiting for the Dell workstation to arrive, I thought I’d return to the Hall of Shame. I’m sorry, but I just can’t leave Blu-Ray alone. The scenario that most drives me out of my gourd is this: You put in a Blu-Ray disc. The volume jumps to way above the level for a… [Read More]
On-site service
If a personal computer is a computer that you have all to yourself, my first personal computer was a Hewlett-Packard 2114, which was assigned to me in 1970 when I was working at hp. It came with a form of onsite service; if anything broke, I’d either swap the new part in myself or call… [Read More]
Getting more RAM, part 3
With the Lenovo D20 looking like it could be too loud, I reduced the list of possibilities to the hp Z800 and the Dell T7500. The hp workstation wins the design competition: nearly everything snaps together and requires no tools to access – it’s actually a step ahead of the Mac Pro, and the Mac… [Read More]
Computer sound levels
In the last post, I said that having a quiet machine was an objective of mine. Measuring acoustic levels is tricky if you want valid comparisons across manufacturers and models. Fortunately, there is an internationally standardized test procedure for computers and workstations, ISO 9296. Unfortunately, it’s difficult for prospective computer buyers to get the numbers…. [Read More]
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