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Personal Computer Buying Based on Technical Specifications

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Pentium IV Dual Core Package

Everyone is aware that the fast evolution of technology has led many people to simply buy computers at the cheapest possible price available today. There are some technically conscious people who are quite particular about the technical specifications of most parts of their personal computer such as the processor, video card and memory modules.

But realistically, at the rate that such parts are being introduced in the market and then seen to be obsolete after some days is driving most people crazy with regards to the proper computer to purchase.

Actually, some computers, like the Pentium IV series are still good to go to this day. There is no need to go for such high-end and expensive specifications such as the Pentium Dual Core series if they are not needed. For the people who would buy their own sets today, then it would be feasible, but for people who have barely had a year to fully use and depreciate their own computer sets, it would be best to settle down and consider upgrading only after some years.

At the height that people are becoming cost conscious, the rate at which technology is changing should not be a basis for hooking up with change as well, especially if it is not really needed.

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Technical Aspect of Things

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Understanding Technical Issues

People would often have to cram and do immediate research to get a full understanding of a particular area of concern. People have to resort to doing search queries, resorting to periodical content and even reaching down to known reference books such as an Encyclopedia or the Almanac, to be able to get a full overview of what a particular topic or subject matter is all about.

While such is a given, there are people who can give their two cents worth of opinions and stored knowledge as well. This all stems from these individuals who have put emphasis on certain areas of interest that include electronics, travel and history. Not all people are expected to invest such effort and time since every individual would want to cater to a lot of things with nothing particular to specialize in.

Ideally, such knowledge from people which are tagged geeks at some time would go as far as holding technical information such as content, components and workflow processes. Such areas are not given much attention in the normal phase of life. But such are investments to which one day; such stored and solicited knowledge shall be of big use towards other people and big entities who seek better knowledge as well.

Nano-Wire Based Memory Products to Revolutionize Computer Industry

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If you are a true tech-junkie then you’d have heard about nano-technology and the benefits of these extremely small structures. First of all, products that are based on nano-technology have the advantage of building their traits on the molecular level hence making them more flexible in their applications. Bucky-balls are small spherical structures that have been used from toothpastes to medicated creams that delivers a steady dose of drugs where ever they are applied. Then comes even smaller structures known as nano-wires or extremely small wires that are about 200 NM in diameter that is indeed causing a stir in its potential for applications in the computer memory industry.
Sure, we have 1 gigabyte chips out on the market that are now cheaper than ever but the technology used to produce them has reached its maximum capability and a newer better way of making memory chips in needed if we are to achieve true solid state memory that is void of moving parts which is where most technologies fail in terms of reliability.
Moving parts mean they wear out and hard disks which all computers use as their main data storage method is always prone to fail. Hard disks have gone a long way and they have also broken the terabyte level but with all the moving parts, they are still quite a risk. They are reliable (I have an old Seagate SCSI-1 hard drive that was manufactured in 1996 and still its running strong and true) by all measures but they will and are going to fail as they reach the end of their mechanical parts lives. Bearings, motors and the armature where the drive heads rest on are going to wear out in time and with it comes all the data stored within them.
Solid state memory would have no such moving parts that would wear out and they have the added bonus of having a very small footprint compared to mechanical hard drives (new memory based ultra portable laptops are already on the market). They are also easier to replace and have longer lifespans than other data storage technologies to date and using the newly discovered nano-wires would allow the memory barrier to be pushed more and more allowing more memory capacity onto one chip.
The benefits of such discoveries and breakthroughs might sound too technical but considering the amount of gadgets you lug around with you; your mp3 player, cellular phone, iPods , thumb drives and the many others, they all rely on memory modules for their data storage abilities. Imagine being able to load millions of songs onto a single iPod or better yet, being able to store all the contents of a library onto a set of chips eliminating the use of fragile paper products that decay and lose their integrity over the years, now that’s the future.

Source : PhysOrg.com