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Why are we still using CPUs instead of GPUs?

Jul 10, 2011

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Why are my games slower on battery power, even with the power plan set to High Performance?

Dec 23, 2014

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Why do CDs and DVDs fill up from the centre outwards?

Jan 1, 2017

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How can I display the  (U+F8FF, Apple logo) character on Windows?

May 3, 2017

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Can hibernating the computer damage the RAM?

Apr 29, 2015

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Is there still a reason to choose a 10,000 RPM hard drive over an SSD?

Nov 1, 2014

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How does NTFS compression affect performance?

Apr 12, 2012

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Why do computers count from zero?

Apr 5, 2013

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What can I do if my USB flash drive is write-protected or read-only?

Sep 17, 2016

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USB flash drive not working or is appearing as an empty disk drive, Disk Management reports "No Media" with 0 bytes size

Jan 31, 2015

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PBS batch jobs - the qalter command

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How do I repair a corrupted Firefox places.sqlite database?

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Windows 10 64-bit requirements: Does my CPU support CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW and LAHF/SAHF?

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Please explain wasted space on an exFAT formatted external hard drive

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