February 2013 – Ian Paullin

February 22, 2013

Apple's regression from the desktop

I consider myself nowadays to be desktop OS (operating system) agnostic. I’ve used numerous operating systems and I enjoy trying them all out. I like some more than others of course. I recently tried re-installing the latest Mac OS X version 10.8 (Mountain Lion) on a Mac Mini; an experience that was less than awful for an Apple product. Initially,...

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February 4, 2013

Backup master class: no attendance required

In October of last year, I ranted about Joel Hruska’s article at ExtremeTech about his “Backup Master Class” article on RAID. After reading the whole series of articles I realize Joel was expanding on his recent data loss experience. Now his articles have given me context. While I heavily criticized his article about RAID, his overall attempt at awareness to...

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February 1, 2013

The PC is not over; it's just changing very, very slowly

For the past year, I’ve been reading numerous opinions of how the PC is over. My first PC experience was well over twenty-five years ago so today I find the supposed demise of the PC extremely hyperbolic. I find tablets and smartphones as specialized extensions of PCs so you’ll excuse me if I don’t buy the hype. Of course what...

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Monthly Archive: February, 2013

Apple's regression from the desktop

Backup master class: no attendance required

The PC is not over; it's just changing very, very slowly