Category: IBM PC

Mason’s First Computer

Although I knew there would come a day when Mason would want his own computer, I didn’t realize was that he would be six-years-old when that day came. This has been in the works for a while, but things really kicked into gear Christmas Morning. One of Mason’s more expensive presents this year was a Leap Frog brand (I think) learning laptop that plays cartridge-based educational games. It’s not *really* a laptop — it just looks like one. The screen is black and white and only about three inches in size. Mason took one look at it and cast it… (read more)

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Response to Five PC Gaming Myths

ExtremeTech.com ran an article today titled Five PC Gaming Myths. This article was so poorly thought out, I felt strongly compelled to write a response. With that, below are the five myths along with select quotes from the article, along with my own comments and responses. Myth #1: PC gaming is way too expensive In an attempt to debunk this first myth, the author points out that gaming machines can be bought for “under $1,500.” I don’t know about you, but right off the bat, $1,500 sounds pretty expensive to me. The author justifies the price by stating that “computers… (read more)

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Bloody Knuckles, Bruised Egos

I’m always looking for little projects to do on my days off. One of the things I’ve been meaning to do is get my old 486 computer back up and running once again. The 486 processor was replaced by the Pentium in the mid 1990’s. When I started at Best Buy in the fall of 1994 all we sold were 486 computers, and when I left in the spring of 1995 all the computers we had were Pentium based. Of course those were first generation Pentiums — we’ve seen P2, P3 and P4 chips since then. The average person off… (read more)

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