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Reply to Speaking of Windows 8 in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Well I tried 8 on the machine. It runs really fast on the notebook. Problem was the product key is being used on another machine so we had to put 7 back on the notebook. This time I used a barebones copy of 7, activated the copy with the COA on the notebook so it's all legit and legal, and installed drivers. Guess what? It's running quicker than it was. I'm happy so far. Wish we could have keep 8 on the machine. None of us can afford a windows 8 license at this time.

Reply to Speaking of Windows 8 in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I don't think it's the hard drive. I really think it's that crappy CPU. I have a decent video card so it runs Areo just fine. It just seems the system lags.

Reply to Speaking of Windows 8 in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

@Gaspershooters - I can't update the hardware, with the exception of installing a SSD. It's a laptop. @Roloccolor - No money for a SSD at this time. Windows Areo is turned on, transparency is turned off, drop shadows turned off, using the default skin, turned the color to black. GFX card is the Radeon 7310M, it is built in to the CPU, it has 384 MB to work with. Plays Command and Conquer really well. Hard drive is a Seagate. 320 GB, 5400 RPM, 8 MB cache.

Speaking of Windows 8 in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Would it make my friends system run any faster? It have Windows 7 on it right now with just about everything turned off or disabled and it still acts like a dinosaur. Keep in mind this is on a fresh install of 7, no malware or viruses. I think the CPU is to blame here. Web pages take forever to load, programs take forever to execute. System in question: AMD E1-1200 Dual Core APU with Radeon 7130 graphics, 1.4 GHz 4 GB DDR3 memory 320 GB hard drive

Reply to Will Chrome become the Ultimate Cookie? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Try using Pale Moon with a 1.4 GHz CPU. You will see a difference.

Reply to Will Chrome become the Ultimate Cookie? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I'm going to have to agree with Phoon on that one. Firefox still has a huge memory leak problem.

Reply to Will Chrome become the Ultimate Cookie? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I have Pale Moon installed. It has the same issues.

Reply to Will Chrome become the Ultimate Cookie? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I have no choice but to run Chrome on one of the computers in the house. The APU just can't handle processing with any other browser. And it's dual core. Low end AMD at its best I guess. Even IE has issues.

Reply to Laptop cooling issues in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

You know I was looking for some serious help. Guess I should have known better.

Reply to Laptop cooling issues in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Still working on this machine. One of the USB ports is really loose. Not so loose that I can't use it, but pretty loose. Is there any easy fixes?

Reply to "new" iPhones in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I'm happy with my Motorola RAZR HD. Great phone.

Reply to Laptop cooling issues in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="5" id="3393665"]Typically, the working temp range on Intel chipsets ends at 100C(at which temperatures, cpu's should last a decade plus). If you're busting 200F in an air conditioned environment with the laptop positioned for full ventilation access, it's time to do some corrective work and clean that sucker out. 180F under load is a pretty typical result for a laptop. That said, four tabs in chrome and a music player doesn't seem like it should co

Reply to Laptop cooling issues in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Here is a shot of the system temps. Anyone know if this is normal or if this model has issues?

Reply to Laptop cooling issues in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Yeah I'm not a novice. Thought about tearing the notebook down. Fan seems to be running just fine. I wonder if I need to add new thermal paste. Any other thoughts?

Laptop cooling issues in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Thought I would ask about a few issues I had with a laptop I am working with. This notebook is always hot to the touch around the left palm rest. Just warm I guess, not blazing hot. CPU is located under the keyboard towards the top on the left side. The CPU is a Intel Core i3 dual core CPU with hyper threading, 2.4 GHz and speedstep. I have a program that monitors the CPU temp. It runs around 126F when i

Reply to Lumia 920–Best Smartphone I Have Owned in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I tried a Windows phone. Traded it for what I have now. Just didn't like it. Lack of apps. The interface didn't work like a Android phone.

Reply to Technological singularity around the corner? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="jackswift85" reply="52" id="3385666"]I dunno, connecting our minds to the "cloud" through some kind of augmentation seems pretty far fetched in 25 years. 200 maybe, although that far ahead who knows what the world will look like.[/quote] You assume humans will still be around in 200 years.

Reply to Torn between two lovers; Help! in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I would say go with AMD. Just like Doortech I like AMD over Intel as well.

Reply to Patch Tuesday: 7 ‘Critical’ Patches for IE. in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Do I still need the updayes if I don't ever use IE and have Windows Defender disabled?

Reply to Technological singularity around the corner? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="45" id="3379766"]Do you have a cell phone? You are already partially plugged in.[/quote] Not really. I can turn off the cell phone. It's not emmbedded in my body. I don't store any data on any cloud.

Reply to Technological singularity around the corner? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Brad, with all due respect, I simply don't see the human race plugging ourselves into the cloud. Too many bad things could happen. Think about Star Trek. No one was plugged into the cloud on the show. Besides there are some really good advantages to keeping ourselves out of the cloud. Reproduction urges is high on the list.

Reply to Technological singularity around the corner? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="23" id="3379448"]logic. It doesn't mean what you seem to think it means.[/quote] Actually I have a very good grasp of the meaning of logic. I choose to live in the real world. What you purpose has a very very small chance of happening.

Reply to Technological singularity around the corner? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="20" id="3379351"]Over time, more and more of what we think of as "ourselves" won't be contained in our "meat" or processed via our neocortex. It'll happen so gradually that we won't think anything of it.[/quote] Not logical. Will never happen.

Reply to What's up next for Microsoft? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Good luck putting any nails in XPs coffin. I think that OS will refuse to die.

Reply to What's up next for Microsoft? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Wonder what Windows 9 will look like. Microsoft should learn from thier mistakes and get rid of the Metro UI and go back to the traditional start menu. Or at least offer the traditional start menu as an option at install.