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Question from Milo: I really like your site, Rick. It’s easy to tell that you put a lot of work into it.
I’ve been following you for several months now and I always learn something every time I visit your blog.
I hope you don’t mind but I finally have a question of my own that I need to ask you.
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Question from Glenda: I know this might be a dumb question but I’m really ignorant about things like this.
My son wants a gaming computer for his birthday but I want to get him a computer that he can use for schoolwork too.
My question is will a gaming PC do other things besides just play games? [Read more…]
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Question from Adrian: My dad is planning to buy me a new gaming PC to replace the one I got several years ago for my 11th birthday.
While I was researching the machines that are available today I saw that some of the more expensive ones are called workstations instead of gaming PCs.
I had never heard of the term workstation before. I’m almost shamed to ask about them because I like to think I’m pretty up-to-speed about tech things.
Anyway, here are my questions: [Read more…]
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Question from Rita.: My son has been wanting a nice gaming computer and I’m planning to buy him one for his 12th birthday.
I looked at the gaming computers on Amazon and virtually every computer that came up runs Windows. It was the same thing at Best Buy.
My son has been playing around with Linux for a while and he really likes it. That’s why I’m trying to find a gaming PC with Linux on it.
My question is why aren’t there any gaming computers that run Linux? And if there are some, can you recommend one? [Read more…]
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Question from Adrien: I have a three year old custom-built desktop computer that’s in need of some upgrades.
I plan to replace the motherboard in a year or so but right now I can only afford to add an SSD and (hopefully) max out the RAM.
I know which SSD I need to buy but I’m not sure how much RAM I can add.
Can you tell me how much RAM can be installed on a 3 year old Gigabyte motherboard? [Read more…]