Tagged: Hardware

AT&T Uverse not assigning an IP address for your mac?

 

Uverse telecom closet 3iMac wifi assigns it\’s own ip address…: Apple Support Communities. It turns out that the poster solved his own problem. All he had to do is reboot the entire ATT Uverse system and it instantly worked.

The Do’s & Don’t of Tech Support

 

English: Picture of Tesco Tech Support Advisor
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The Dos. This is kind of funny. I wonder if everyone gets stressed about computer people helping them. It must be if people are taking the time to write lists like this.

Hitachi Storage 4 TB drive

 

Hitachi Storage. It is sometimes hard to believe how big storage has become and continues to grow. I remember how thrilled I was with my first 40 MB hard drive.

How to tell if your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor

 

English: E6750 in an Asus P5K motherboard.
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How to tell if your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor. So apparently the only 32 bit processor is the Intel Core Solo, and Intel Core Duo Everything newer is 64 bit.

Intel Core Solo 32 bit
Intel Core Duo 32 bit
Intel Core 2 Duo 64 bit
Intel Quad-Core Xeon 64 bit
Dual-Core Intel Xeon 64 bit
Quad-Core Intel Xeon 64 bit
Core i3 64 bit
Core i5 64 bit
Core i7 64 bit

AT&T was Hacked

 

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AT&T was Hacked. I bet they get hacked often and don’t even realize it. At some point you become so large you can’t manage things properly. I think this is one of the things that we see in wasted government spending, and in large business.

 

MacBook Pro 13 Teardown

MacBook Pro 13. It is fascinating how beautifully Apple equipment is built isn’t it? Even taking them apart shows their great design.

 

USB 3.0 vs FireWire 3200 | TechieSouls – StumbleUpon

 

A 6-circuit FireWire 400 alpha connector
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USB 3.0 vs FireWire 3200 | TechieSouls – StumbleUpon. Nice comparison. I didn’t know about FW 3200 before reading this. I have always liked FireWire for macs, and USB for PCs.