Have you not heard of Intel's Haswell-E Core i7 CPUs and the X99 chipset recently?

6+ GHz will all eight cores... Eight-core Core i7-5960X overclocked to 6GHz+ with all cores active | KitGuru
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The funny part is that any program that checks for Windows 95/98 is probably not going to work well (or as intended) on Windows 8, let alone the upcoming 10. So it really wouldn't matter much.

Always a good reminder, badrobot. :smile:

For home I just back up my data on an external drive, then take it into work (my simple disaster recovery plan).

For work, I back up my data on a...

In the link I provided above. That footprint probably doesn't include the paging/swap file which could be double your memory size and take up a majority of the 20-30 GB you're talking about. The...

Did you use the pre-fab install or do your own install of Windows 7? If you just left it there, perhaps that's one of the reasons you don't like 7: big builders use an image to install Windows with a...

Third-party & Microsoft certified drivers, and better DirectX integration. That's the majority of the difference. ;)

The others differences are nominal, which include a newer revision of the...

What I hope, as well as many enthusiasts hope, is that Windows 9 will include both a desktop GUI and a touch GUI instead of a blending of both. I hope no qualms over updating the Aero UI...

Just a note about that: Windows 7 is the predominant OS for the business world. Just like XP was predominant until 7 was in full swing. Businesses have a trend of skipping OS versions, and most...

Thanks everyone. :)

I'm a distance from the Poconos (which is NW of here). I'm in the middle of the state, right where Penn State is.

Anything is possible, but I highly doubt that. If Microsoft wants to shoot itself in the foot (wouldn't be the first time), they can do this and lose a huge portion of the market to pirated,...

As an IT guy, I'd like to see better business support. Specifically, built-in, well-documented features such as...



Automated install tools. I'm tired of the after-thought crap Microsoft...

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