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The parts for Computer #3 arrived earlier this week along with the Raidon ST1000 removable drive bay for my main computer and I lost no time in installing everything. The main job of course was to put together Computer #3 by replacing its ancient Intel D915GAG mainboard with a brand new Intel D2700MUD Atom board…

This week all the parts have arrived for my new computer. I worked on various aspects of it over several nights this week and the assembly was finished last evening. Having elected to build a fresh Windows 8 install, and the Windows 7 image  of my previous computer being on the disk I was putting…

An interesting range of product can be found in Intel’s lineup of Mini-ITX boards with the NM10 chipset. These have an Atom CPU embedded on the board and the price is about the same as a current B75 chipset board like the one I am buying for my new computer. There is quite a lot…

Well doing the specs and it looks like the lowest spec CPU is going to be a Core i3. It looks like SLAT (which Intel calls Extended Page Tables or EPT) is part of VT-x by default now, but I will have to do some more research on that. The cheapest of this CPU is…

OK so now I have decided at last what I am going to do upgrade-wise, and it will be implemented over the rest of this year, I hope. The plan is simply to upgrade in that Foxconn TS001 chassis by replacing the mainboard, CPU and RAM. I will possibly buy a SSD and maybe replace…

While I haven’t yet figured out whether to buy a new computer or whatever, the old one is getting packed to the gills with everything I can do with it to make it more useful. So, today, I decided I could make it dual boot Windows 7 with Windows 8, just until I figure out…

About three weeks ago I wrote that I planned to build up a new computer. Since then a few other options have come to the fore. Windows 8 and the Surface RT slate are being released at the end of October and Windows Phone 8 is being released shortly thereafter. This brings up the options…

With the imminent release of Windows 8 it’s time to look at a new computer, and that will be just three years after putting together the last one. When I rebuilt this computer I expected it to be like its predecessor, perhaps good for five years. That expectation hasn’t been met, but I also want…

Borrowed EOS 450D: About 600 photos a month ago. Must get myself one of these.SX260: 1400 photos so far – 10 weeks so 140/week or about 470/month.A2300: 165 photos so far – 8 weeks so 20/week or about 85/month. The lack of photos on the A2300 is a combination of many factors – chief of…

An interesting piece of news I picked up today was the introduction of the Canon EF-M lens mount and the MILC it was designed to be a part of. The camera is called the EOS M and is quite similar to the Sony Alpha NEX series. Canon has taken a long time to get around…