I would never want my bios to be updated through windows. That is a recipe for disaster.
Could not agree more. To actually update the BIOS on my Z170M motherboard all I did was download the latest update, put the update file on a UBS stick, inset the USB stick if you have not already done so and boot into the BIOS screen. From the BIOS screen just select the update from the menu and you are done. What I have described here will work for MS Windows and any Linux distribution.
Updating your device drivers is totally different since that is an issue with the operating system and this is why in Linux I do have a tenancy not to bother since most devices just work although they may not be to a purest's reasoning. Still I do have excellent snappy graphics that do the job perfectly for me.
You must be pretty thick if it took you two days to do that. It's a piece of piss. Linux could've taken Microsoft to the cleaners had the holy warriors been prepared to work together but instead we have fragmentation, drivers that break from version to version and now systemd. I used to love using Linux but I got sick of trying to get it to do what I want. I probably could figure out but I can't be arsed to spend hours or days dicking about with something that should just work.
Well my experience is completely the opposite of yours. I actually run Fedora 23 and everything just works. I have not had to fiddle with drivers for years and as for systemd it has never caused me problems and I have been using it for years. Oh and my desktop has the latest Intel Skylake chip-set and the performance is quite impressive. I even have 5 year and 7 year old laptops which also run Fedora 23 and I they have been running Fedora from the time I purchased them. If anything I have found that the installer for Fedora has been getting so much easier to use over the years to the point were you really need to have an IQ over 50 to be able to use it.
Most Linux distributions are variants of Redhat and Debian and it is really rare to fiddle with drivers these days. Although if you like Microsoft's latests offering, since that is basically what you are implying then please go back an enjoy it.
A systemd hater, well I would love to know why this is a bad application since most arguments I have seen against it are almost laughable. "Just cause!" does not cut it since that is so childish.
Not sure where those headlines come from since I have built a desktop based on the Skylake chipset which for me is 4 Core i7-6700, M170 motherboard and 16GB DDR4 memory. I actually run Fedora 23 KDE spin and the performance is impressive compared to my five year i7 gaming laptop which can get so hot (this was the case from initial purchase as well) you can barely touch the area near the exhaust vent.
What is even more impressive is that when using the motherboard's (GX-Z170M-D3H) on-board HDMI graphics I will only be consuming less than 40W of power (includes PSU, case, SSD and a 3TB 7200rpm HDD) even when using the web or when idle. Even running some heavy loads the maximum power consumed has been around 120W with the cpu cores rarely going above 60C although most of the time the cpu core temperature is a few degrees lower than room temperature which for me is 22C Of course once you add a powerful graphics card you can kiss goodbye low power usage.
When building my desktop I did not have to do anything unusual to boot the Fedora installer (plug in USB key and boot) so the only way Microsoft could lock out alternative OS's is to use secure boot which can quite easily be over-ridden. I am well aware that Microsoft (rapidly puts on tin-foil hat) would like to lockout any other OS on any hardware that is capable of running their operating system but the latest Intel chip-set does not do this.
I use an SSD for my Fedora 23 installation. Actually it is a bit of a waste since a fully optioned up Fedora 23 distribution takes up approximately 7GB and that includes/boot, / (includes/usr) and/var (I allow 30GB). Even if you add swap (my PC has 16GB of memory) I am hardly using the SSD. Still after all is said booting through to me actually doing something takes less then 40 seconds and that does include authentication.
I have not used a Microsoft Operating system in my house for over seven years so it is rather pointless for me to dual boot. I can fire up a virtual machine but even then I can't see the point since I can do everything I want and more under a Linux distribution.
For those who think "Well what about gaming?". My answer is I have a PS3 and PS4 connected to the two HDMI ports on my IPS monitor (my PC is on the D-SUB port) and can switch within a second to the appropriate machine and back again without drooping signal. I can even get games for Linux (see Steam) if I want although that may not be a bad idea considering I am hardly using my SSD.
I wonder if the "Microsoft Tax" has something to to do with the number of users who have a desktop and/or laptop PC who actually use a Microsoft operating system.:-)
I actually have my PS4 and PS3 hooked up to the HDMI ports on my IPS monitor. The Witcher 3 via my PS4 looks very impressive and is great to play on "Blood and Broken Bones!" difficulty (hard but fair). Of course I can actually play Demon Souls (PS3) and Bloodborne (PS4) which you can't play on PC if ever. My monitor's DVI-D port is connected to the video out of my PC which runs Fedora 23.
"Elite Dangerous" is available for the PS4 as is "Divinity: Original Sin" which also runs under Linux as well. "Mass Effect 3" is available for the PS3. So even though I run a pure Linux desktop I can still play all of the games you mentioned. It normally takes about a second to switch between my PC, PS3 and PS4 input ports. Sure I may not be able to play all of them natively under Linux but I personally don't care since I have never been really that interested in PC gaming.
My biggest issue with The Witcher 3" is forcing my self to have meals and to have a reasonable night's sleep. This game is like playing an interactive movie were your choices affect the outcome of the current quest which in-turn can have an impact on the overall story. Even the voice acting is great and at times you have that wonderful touch of the "Game of Thrones". Of course this is all my opinion and some will agree whilst others disagree.
Not sure about MS Windows 10 or 8, 8.1, 7 and Vista but I have a Z170M-D3H with the latest base firmware (very easy to upgrade from USB stick) and Fedora 23 runs fine. Basically I have an i7-6700, 16GB DDR4, 120GB SSD, 3TB HDD and a 24"IPS monitor. As for the graphics card I actually use the mother board's since I am not really a PC gamer preferring console gaming instead. Takes about a second to switch between my PC my PS4 or my PS3
Keep in mind that the motherboard I mentioned requires the Skylake chip-set so your older CPU's won't work. You may be able to reuse your DDR3 memory but I would recommend DDR4. Also if you are into over-clocking you will want the "k" series CPU's which will require an additional heat sink and for some that means water cooling.
The Skylake series does support MS Windows which should come as no surprise however I would definitely upgrade the BIOS first, which is basically 1) Get the zip file. 2) Unzip and put the BIOS file on a USB stick. 3) From the BIOS menu run the update. Then and only then install MS Windows. Of course you will have to get the graphics drivers for your MS Windows version but that should not be difficult. The only thing I had to do for Fedora 23 was upgrade the motherboard BIOS since the video used to drop out (loss of signal), everything else just works.
Some power consumption specs you may be interested in (remember I am running Fedora 23):
- On idle or surfing the web (not Youtube) I get 40W for the PC and 20W for the monitor.
- If I use YouTube you can add an extra 10W.
- Play a video I get 60W for the PC.
- Video manipulation (ie. Handbreak) I get 120W for 80% usage and my CPU temperature may peak at 70C and average about 60C and that is using the basic heat sink. Most of the time my CPU temperature is around 20C.
- I have even ran my CPU's to 100% although my context switching was only a few thousand and my CPU temperature was around 50C with an overall power consumption of less than 100W.
All in all a nice system and very responsive under KDE although I am quite sure some gaming elites would sneer at it since I am not into over-clocking. Still if I stick a decent graphics card such as a GTX960 I would have a pretty powerful gaming rig. Contrary to what some people believe Linux does have quite a few native games some free (of course) and some very recent games that you will pay for. Look on Steam and you will see well over a thousand.
No matter how powerful a gaming rig you build there will always be someone who will build a more powerful one and usually within an hour after you have built yours.
Actually a DOoS is only going to affect on-line multi-player and digital downloads or people who really, really need to update their console. If connection is slow well how about a single player game or actually go and talk to your family and friends.
Oh my the old hoary "rootkitting people's PCs" from over 10 years ago that was done by BMG even though Sony was in the process of acquiring them. As for removing features. Yes they did remove the "Other OS" feature over security concerns in the PS3 with an optional update, but lets be honest here how many people used that?
This is actually solved by SteamVR - you set up an arbitrary shape space boundary that you can see inside the VR so that you dont bump into stuff;)
You are quite right, until someone in your house be it dog, cat, child, friend or wife/husband walks in and collects a flailing arm or leg.
What I originally said was not that far from what will eventually happen. Lets put it this way do you honestly think everyone who uses a VR headset in a room will confine themselves to an arbitrary shaped boundary. Most would but you only need someone to get carried away and if there is an injury you are guaranteed to have litigation. You only need to look at some of the Wii mote HDTV destructions to see what I mean and that was just standing.
I have nothing against VR headsets but for safety it is best to sit down. Allowing movement is risky since you are always going to have some idiot who gets carried away.
Surprisingly I actually use NSA software on my PC. It's called SELinux and it is fully open source which means that it is very difficult to install a back-door into it without someone blowing the whistle.
Why do I use this software? Well if it is good enough for the NSA who don't like being spied on then it is good enough for me. Of course SELinux won't prevent spying on any data that leaves my computer so encryption is essential for sensitive data.
Now I manage a windows environment. It's all 2012R2 and with server manager, core/minimal, DSC, and powershell. I honestly really enjoy it and find it to be a perfectly fine solution.
Seriously. If half the whiners would just learn Powershell and try managing some actual, modern Windows servers, I'm sure they'd go, "Huh! Whaddaya know." In some sense, modern Windows Server is kind of like C#, in that Microsoft learned from the competition, took its ideas, polished them up, and put its own spin on them. Nothing really wrong with that, if your chief concern is getting work done and not just arguing on the interwebs.
Why would I want to learn Powershell if I am managing thousands of Linux and Unix machines? If you are managing MS Windows machines you would have to be very lazy not to learn Powershell. I think the most appropriate words here are "Horses for Courses".
They could make a killing selling support for a Linux distribution . Lots of IT people are locked into Microsoft as a vendor and this would give them a good option.
Microsoft selling Linux certification? Well if it wasn't for two three letter acronyms with those being Fear Uncertainty Doubt and Embrace Extend Extinguish I would think that Microsoft is now being the good guy.
I can understand Microsoft providing and selling certification for an OS that is to work with their OS and products which is a common business practice. In fact Redhat requires Microsoft certification for their products to work with Redhat Linux as well. See the following here . Take a look at the blog links for Microsoft and Redhat in the provided URL.
> The fans on the Intel coolers are quiet under common loads
Depends on what you consider to be "quiet". If you work in a silent room they are noticably louder than a good after market cooler.
Quiet is fairly subjective although I do agree that too much fan noise can be rather annoying but then again keyboard noise can be distracting as well. For me not having a case that is like a mini discotheque is more important.:-)
I think the the "K" version of the 6700 is the overclocked version so it does not come with a cooler as most overclockers will buy a 3rd party one. The poster had the non "K" version which is not meant to be overclocked.
The Intel core i7 6700k is rated at 4GHz and you can overclock to 4.2GHz. What is important is to use a compatible mother board and associated memory (eg 3800 or better DDR4) which is going to cost, but if you have the money then that is not a problem. Of course if money is no object then how about an Intel 8 core i7 (3.0 to 3.5GHz) which has 16 threads compared to 8 threads the 4 core i7 6700k has and is only 2 to 2.5 times dearer.
As technical people we should all know that raw GHz is not necessarily the definitive way of determining processor performance there are many other factors to be taken into account. Looking at benchmarks may not be the best way in choosing a processor/mother board/memory configuration, you really have to do some homework and understand the results before deciding what is best for you.
Intel coolers are more than adequate unless you are going crazy with overclocking
Or if you want to use passive or liquid cooling, or if you just want to put some bling in your PC case...not that there's anything wrong with overclocking. Many Intel CPUs explicitly support it.
True, Intel coolers are more than adequate for normal operations although there is nothing inherently wrong with overclocking within the design constraints of the processor. However you really do need to ask yourself. "Why do I want to over clock?" Be careful how you answer this since If it's for bragging rights predominately then you are not using the PC and it's resources properly.
I think it is better to decide on what your "real" requirements are and then design a PC build around that with hopefully room for some upgrades in the future.
I have never seen an i7 6700k (4.0GHz to 4.2GHz) ship with a cooler. The i7 6700 (3.4GHz) has a cooler, however it is a basic Intel fan one which in most cases will do the job. What is important here is that you need a compatible mother board and associated memory if you are going to design and build the core of your PC properly. Next comes peripherals such as storage, graphics card, monitor, wireless or LAN connection as well as a keyboard and mouse, not forgetting the case and power supply of course.
What is important in any PC design is knowing what you want which will (or should) dictate the required components. Of course knowing your budget constants is important although for some that may not be an issue.
The bottom line is "homework" --> Knowledge and repeat as often as you like until it all sinks in. Don't like that well you can buy pre-built PC's for a price.
A private entitey gaining ownership over what is currently public could be looked on as theft from the public.
There are surprisingly few things owned in space by the public or anyone else. If some crazy dude with a bunch of robots can keep the rest of humanity from doing anything with the Moon other than look at it, then he effectively owns it even if no one else agrees.
Note really a nuclear warhead is surprisingly easy and relatively cheap to build and deploy than it would cost a crazy dude with a bunch of robots trying to prevent a determined government from taking dibs on our Moon.
While I don't have any issue with "Whoever discovers and get their first gets to claim it as their own". The problem you are going to have is do you mine and keep the resultant products in space for future use or send them back to our planet? Sending the results of mining back to our plant is very problematic, send too little and the cost is prohibitive, send too much and you may have a huge glowing hole with quite a few ICBMS being sent back at as payment.:-)
That web was quite useful since I do live in Australia. I did take a look at a few builds however I can build an i7-6700 with Z170M-D3H motherboard, 16GB DDR4 (2800), 120GB SSD, WD 3TB BLACK HDD, 500W Case, Wireless with a reasonable 1080p 27" monitor as well as a reasonable keyboard and mouse for under the AU1500.00. Of course I did not include a graphics card or more expensive monitor since that could easily add over a $1000 or more to the mix.
Still that site http://www.itwarehouse.com.au/... is a good starting point and would be excellent for for people living in Australia that just want a reasonable PC without going to the trouble of building one. It is also better then going to a department store. For those that want to build you can always try http://www.msy.com.au/home.php which is great for parts.
The only good way to get what you want is to build one.
It's also a good exercise.
Fully agree, however building your own PC requires you to have some technical skill.
If you want something that is fairly future proof decide on your motherboard and it's features first - don't do this on the cheap although there is probably little need to to spend too much either. Obviously some home work is essential here and that means using the web to browse forums and get technical specifications.
Once you decide on your motherboard decide on your processor that is compatible with that motherboard. Next you need to decide on your RAM size and if you are going to go for DDR3 or DDR4. Again check your motherboard support and this is the reason why I said don't scrimp on this.
Now you are ready to decide on your disks and I do suggest a 60GB or 120GB (preferred) or 240GB SSD for your system disk and a 3.5" 7200rpm or better HDD in a size that you require and is within your budget for your main storage. Getting two or more HHD's is fine but this begs the question do you really need it? The same goes for large capacity SSD's and of course these are not cheap.
At this stage we can decide on a few extra things although you should have decided earlier such as a monitor, wireless card/dongle, keyboard and mouse as well as a case with a power supply that has at the very least 20% or more power to support all your parts. Bright lights and discotheque for your case is optional and surprisingly inexpensive although IMHO very distracting.
Anyone that has read this far will notice that I have not mentioned a graphics card. Some mother boards do have a graphics card which will support 1080p and even some 4k monitors so you may not need a separate graphics card for general computer use. Buying a graphics card depends on what monitor you want and your motherboard (yep I'm back there again) support and this can really blow out your budget so be aware. If you are into serious gaming then a good keyboard and mouse are essential so it is not a good idea to cheap out on these.
Now for the operating system. That is entirely up to you, Linux distributions are free and can pretty much do most things people want although that is subjective. Microsoft OS's are not free although some people are fine with a green parrot and peg leg with rum optional, although in this case it does help ease your conscience.
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I would never want my bios to be updated through windows. That is a recipe for disaster.
Could not agree more. To actually update the BIOS on my Z170M motherboard all I did was download the latest update, put the update file on a UBS stick, inset the USB stick if you have not already done so and boot into the BIOS screen. From the BIOS screen just select the update from the menu and you are done. What I have described here will work for MS Windows and any Linux distribution.
Updating your device drivers is totally different since that is an issue with the operating system and this is why in Linux I do have a tenancy not to bother since most devices just work although they may not be to a purest's reasoning. Still I do have excellent snappy graphics that do the job perfectly for me.
You must be pretty thick if it took you two days to do that. It's a piece of piss. Linux could've taken Microsoft to the cleaners had the holy warriors been prepared to work together but instead we have fragmentation, drivers that break from version to version and now systemd. I used to love using Linux but I got sick of trying to get it to do what I want. I probably could figure out but I can't be arsed to spend hours or days dicking about with something that should just work.
Well my experience is completely the opposite of yours. I actually run Fedora 23 and everything just works. I have not had to fiddle with drivers for years and as for systemd it has never caused me problems and I have been using it for years. Oh and my desktop has the latest Intel Skylake chip-set and the performance is quite impressive. I even have 5 year and 7 year old laptops which also run Fedora 23 and I they have been running Fedora from the time I purchased them. If anything I have found that the installer for Fedora has been getting so much easier to use over the years to the point were you really need to have an IQ over 50 to be able to use it.
Most Linux distributions are variants of Redhat and Debian and it is really rare to fiddle with drivers these days. Although if you like Microsoft's latests offering, since that is basically what you are implying then please go back an enjoy it.
A systemd hater, well I would love to know why this is a bad application since most arguments I have seen against it are almost laughable. "Just cause!" does not cut it since that is so childish.
Not sure where those headlines come from since I have built a desktop based on the Skylake chipset which for me is 4 Core i7-6700, M170 motherboard and 16GB DDR4 memory. I actually run Fedora 23 KDE spin and the performance is impressive compared to my five year i7 gaming laptop which can get so hot (this was the case from initial purchase as well) you can barely touch the area near the exhaust vent.
What is even more impressive is that when using the motherboard's (GX-Z170M-D3H) on-board HDMI graphics I will only be consuming less than 40W of power (includes PSU, case, SSD and a 3TB 7200rpm HDD) even when using the web or when idle. Even running some heavy loads the maximum power consumed has been around 120W with the cpu cores rarely going above 60C although most of the time the cpu core temperature is a few degrees lower than room temperature which for me is 22C Of course once you add a powerful graphics card you can kiss goodbye low power usage.
When building my desktop I did not have to do anything unusual to boot the Fedora installer (plug in USB key and boot) so the only way Microsoft could lock out alternative OS's is to use secure boot which can quite easily be over-ridden. I am well aware that Microsoft (rapidly puts on tin-foil hat) would like to lockout any other OS on any hardware that is capable of running their operating system but the latest Intel chip-set does not do this.
I use an SSD for my Fedora 23 installation. Actually it is a bit of a waste since a fully optioned up Fedora 23 distribution takes up approximately 7GB and that includes /boot, / (includes /usr) and /var (I allow 30GB). Even if you add swap (my PC has 16GB of memory) I am hardly using the SSD. Still after all is said booting through to me actually doing something takes less then 40 seconds and that does include authentication.
I have not used a Microsoft Operating system in my house for over seven years so it is rather pointless for me to dual boot. I can fire up a virtual machine but even then I can't see the point since I can do everything I want and more under a Linux distribution.
For those who think "Well what about gaming?". My answer is I have a PS3 and PS4 connected to the two HDMI ports on my IPS monitor (my PC is on the D-SUB port) and can switch within a second to the appropriate machine and back again without drooping signal. I can even get games for Linux (see Steam) if I want although that may not be a bad idea considering I am hardly using my SSD.
I wonder if the "Microsoft Tax" has something to to do with the number of users who have a desktop and/or laptop PC who actually use a Microsoft operating system. :-)
I actually have my PS4 and PS3 hooked up to the HDMI ports on my IPS monitor. The Witcher 3 via my PS4 looks very impressive and is great to play on "Blood and Broken Bones!" difficulty (hard but fair). Of course I can actually play Demon Souls (PS3) and Bloodborne (PS4) which you can't play on PC if ever. My monitor's DVI-D port is connected to the video out of my PC which runs Fedora 23.
"Elite Dangerous" is available for the PS4 as is "Divinity: Original Sin" which also runs under Linux as well. "Mass Effect 3" is available for the PS3. So even though I run a pure Linux desktop I can still play all of the games you mentioned. It normally takes about a second to switch between my PC, PS3 and PS4 input ports. Sure I may not be able to play all of them natively under Linux but I personally don't care since I have never been really that interested in PC gaming.
My biggest issue with The Witcher 3" is forcing my self to have meals and to have a reasonable night's sleep. This game is like playing an interactive movie were your choices affect the outcome of the current quest which in-turn can have an impact on the overall story. Even the voice acting is great and at times you have that wonderful touch of the "Game of Thrones". Of course this is all my opinion and some will agree whilst others disagree.
Not sure about MS Windows 10 or 8, 8.1, 7 and Vista but I have a Z170M-D3H with the latest base firmware (very easy to upgrade from USB stick) and Fedora 23 runs fine. Basically I have an i7-6700, 16GB DDR4, 120GB SSD, 3TB HDD and a 24"IPS monitor. As for the graphics card I actually use the mother board's since I am not really a PC gamer preferring console gaming instead. Takes about a second to switch between my PC my PS4 or my PS3
Keep in mind that the motherboard I mentioned requires the Skylake chip-set so your older CPU's won't work. You may be able to reuse your DDR3 memory but I would recommend DDR4. Also if you are into over-clocking you will want the "k" series CPU's which will require an additional heat sink and for some that means water cooling.
The Skylake series does support MS Windows which should come as no surprise however I would definitely upgrade the BIOS first, which is basically 1) Get the zip file. 2) Unzip and put the BIOS file on a USB stick. 3) From the BIOS menu run the update. Then and only then install MS Windows. Of course you will have to get the graphics drivers for your MS Windows version but that should not be difficult. The only thing I had to do for Fedora 23 was upgrade the motherboard BIOS since the video used to drop out (loss of signal), everything else just works.
Some power consumption specs you may be interested in (remember I am running Fedora 23):
- On idle or surfing the web (not Youtube) I get 40W for the PC and 20W for the monitor.
- If I use YouTube you can add an extra 10W.
- Play a video I get 60W for the PC.
- Video manipulation (ie. Handbreak) I get 120W for 80% usage and my CPU temperature may peak at 70C and average about 60C and that is using the basic heat sink. Most of the time my CPU temperature is around 20C.
- I have even ran my CPU's to 100% although my context switching was only a few thousand and my CPU temperature was around 50C with an overall power consumption of less than 100W.
All in all a nice system and very responsive under KDE although I am quite sure some gaming elites would sneer at it since I am not into over-clocking. Still if I stick a decent graphics card such as a GTX960 I would have a pretty powerful gaming rig. Contrary to what some people believe Linux does have quite a few native games some free (of course) and some very recent games that you will pay for. Look on Steam and you will see well over a thousand.
No matter how powerful a gaming rig you build there will always be someone who will build a more powerful one and usually within an hour after you have built yours.
Actually a DOoS is only going to affect on-line multi-player and digital downloads or people who really, really need to update their console. If connection is slow well how about a single player game or actually go and talk to your family and friends.
Oh my the old hoary "rootkitting people's PCs" from over 10 years ago that was done by BMG even though Sony was in the process of acquiring them. As for removing features. Yes they did remove the "Other OS" feature over security concerns in the PS3 with an optional update, but lets be honest here how many people used that?
Ok I get it, you hate Sony for no valid reason.
Pissy little 13 year olds that are angry that mommy did not buy them an Xbox one yet.
that is all these groups are.
Actually it could be because their mummy did buy them an XB1 instead of a PS4. Ducks for cover behind a chest high wall. :-)
I am not a physiologist but they are either doing it to stroke their egos or Just Cause. ;-)
This is actually solved by SteamVR - you set up an arbitrary shape space boundary that you can see inside the VR so that you dont bump into stuff ;)
You are quite right, until someone in your house be it dog, cat, child, friend or wife/husband walks in and collects a flailing arm or leg.
What I originally said was not that far from what will eventually happen. Lets put it this way do you honestly think everyone who uses a VR headset in a room will confine themselves to an arbitrary shaped boundary. Most would but you only need someone to get carried away and if there is an injury you are guaranteed to have litigation. You only need to look at some of the Wii mote HDTV destructions to see what I mean and that was just standing.
I have nothing against VR headsets but for safety it is best to sit down. Allowing movement is risky since you are always going to have some idiot who gets carried away.
Litigation hell here we come :-)
Surprisingly I actually use NSA software on my PC. It's called SELinux and it is fully open source which means that it is very difficult to install a back-door into it without someone blowing the whistle.
Why do I use this software? Well if it is good enough for the NSA who don't like being spied on then it is good enough for me. Of course SELinux won't prevent spying on any data that leaves my computer so encryption is essential for sensitive data.
Now I manage a windows environment. It's all 2012R2 and with server manager, core/minimal, DSC, and powershell. I honestly really enjoy it and find it to be a perfectly fine solution.
Seriously. If half the whiners would just learn Powershell and try managing some actual, modern Windows servers, I'm sure they'd go, "Huh! Whaddaya know." In some sense, modern Windows Server is kind of like C#, in that Microsoft learned from the competition, took its ideas, polished them up, and put its own spin on them. Nothing really wrong with that, if your chief concern is getting work done and not just arguing on the interwebs.
Why would I want to learn Powershell if I am managing thousands of Linux and Unix machines? If you are managing MS Windows machines you would have to be very lazy not to learn Powershell. I think the most appropriate words here are "Horses for Courses".
They could make a killing selling support for a Linux distribution . Lots of IT people are locked into Microsoft as a vendor and this would give them a good option.
Microsoft selling Linux certification? Well if it wasn't for two three letter acronyms with those being Fear Uncertainty Doubt and Embrace Extend Extinguish I would think that Microsoft is now being the good guy.
I can understand Microsoft providing and selling certification for an OS that is to work with their OS and products which is a common business practice. In fact Redhat requires Microsoft certification for their products to work with Redhat Linux as well. See the following here . Take a look at the blog links for Microsoft and Redhat in the provided URL.
> The fans on the Intel coolers are quiet under common loads Depends on what you consider to be "quiet". If you work in a silent room they are noticably louder than a good after market cooler.
Quiet is fairly subjective although I do agree that too much fan noise can be rather annoying but then again keyboard noise can be distracting as well. For me not having a case that is like a mini discotheque is more important. :-)
I think the the "K" version of the 6700 is the overclocked version so it does not come with a cooler as most overclockers will buy a 3rd party one. The poster had the non "K" version which is not meant to be overclocked.
The Intel core i7 6700k is rated at 4GHz and you can overclock to 4.2GHz. What is important is to use a compatible mother board and associated memory (eg 3800 or better DDR4) which is going to cost, but if you have the money then that is not a problem. Of course if money is no object then how about an Intel 8 core i7 (3.0 to 3.5GHz) which has 16 threads compared to 8 threads the 4 core i7 6700k has and is only 2 to 2.5 times dearer.
As technical people we should all know that raw GHz is not necessarily the definitive way of determining processor performance there are many other factors to be taken into account. Looking at benchmarks may not be the best way in choosing a processor/mother board/memory configuration, you really have to do some homework and understand the results before deciding what is best for you.
Intel coolers are more than adequate unless you are going crazy with overclocking
Or if you want to use passive or liquid cooling, or if you just want to put some bling in your PC case...not that there's anything wrong with overclocking. Many Intel CPUs explicitly support it.
True, Intel coolers are more than adequate for normal operations although there is nothing inherently wrong with overclocking within the design constraints of the processor. However you really do need to ask yourself. "Why do I want to over clock?" Be careful how you answer this since If it's for bragging rights predominately then you are not using the PC and it's resources properly.
I think it is better to decide on what your "real" requirements are and then design a PC build around that with hopefully room for some upgrades in the future.
I have never seen an i7 6700k (4.0GHz to 4.2GHz) ship with a cooler. The i7 6700 (3.4GHz) has a cooler, however it is a basic Intel fan one which in most cases will do the job. What is important here is that you need a compatible mother board and associated memory if you are going to design and build the core of your PC properly. Next comes peripherals such as storage, graphics card, monitor, wireless or LAN connection as well as a keyboard and mouse, not forgetting the case and power supply of course.
What is important in any PC design is knowing what you want which will (or should) dictate the required components. Of course knowing your budget constants is important although for some that may not be an issue.
The bottom line is "homework" --> Knowledge and repeat as often as you like until it all sinks in. Don't like that well you can buy pre-built PC's for a price.
Well on Fedora 23 I have had Chrome "Version 47.0.2526.73 (64-bit)" for a day although that was when I did an update.
A private entitey gaining ownership over what is currently public could be looked on as theft from the public.
There are surprisingly few things owned in space by the public or anyone else. If some crazy dude with a bunch of robots can keep the rest of humanity from doing anything with the Moon other than look at it, then he effectively owns it even if no one else agrees.
Note really a nuclear warhead is surprisingly easy and relatively cheap to build and deploy than it would cost a crazy dude with a bunch of robots trying to prevent a determined government from taking dibs on our Moon.
While I don't have any issue with "Whoever discovers and get their first gets to claim it as their own". The problem you are going to have is do you mine and keep the resultant products in space for future use or send them back to our planet? Sending the results of mining back to our plant is very problematic, send too little and the cost is prohibitive, send too much and you may have a huge glowing hole with quite a few ICBMS being sent back at as payment. :-)
That web was quite useful since I do live in Australia. I did take a look at a few builds however I can build an i7-6700 with Z170M-D3H motherboard, 16GB DDR4 (2800), 120GB SSD, WD 3TB BLACK HDD, 500W Case, Wireless with a reasonable 1080p 27" monitor as well as a reasonable keyboard and mouse for under the AU1500.00. Of course I did not include a graphics card or more expensive monitor since that could easily add over a $1000 or more to the mix.
Still that site http://www.itwarehouse.com.au/... is a good starting point and would be excellent for for people living in Australia that just want a reasonable PC without going to the trouble of building one. It is also better then going to a department store. For those that want to build you can always try http://www.msy.com.au/home.php which is great for parts.
The only good way to get what you want is to build one.
It's also a good exercise.
Fully agree, however building your own PC requires you to have some technical skill.
If you want something that is fairly future proof decide on your motherboard and it's features first - don't do this on the cheap although there is probably little need to to spend too much either. Obviously some home work is essential here and that means using the web to browse forums and get technical specifications.
Once you decide on your motherboard decide on your processor that is compatible with that motherboard. Next you need to decide on your RAM size and if you are going to go for DDR3 or DDR4. Again check your motherboard support and this is the reason why I said don't scrimp on this.
Now you are ready to decide on your disks and I do suggest a 60GB or 120GB (preferred) or 240GB SSD for your system disk and a 3.5" 7200rpm or better HDD in a size that you require and is within your budget for your main storage. Getting two or more HHD's is fine but this begs the question do you really need it? The same goes for large capacity SSD's and of course these are not cheap.
At this stage we can decide on a few extra things although you should have decided earlier such as a monitor, wireless card/dongle, keyboard and mouse as well as a case with a power supply that has at the very least 20% or more power to support all your parts. Bright lights and discotheque for your case is optional and surprisingly inexpensive although IMHO very distracting.
Anyone that has read this far will notice that I have not mentioned a graphics card. Some mother boards do have a graphics card which will support 1080p and even some 4k monitors so you may not need a separate graphics card for general computer use. Buying a graphics card depends on what monitor you want and your motherboard (yep I'm back there again) support and this can really blow out your budget so be aware. If you are into serious gaming then a good keyboard and mouse are essential so it is not a good idea to cheap out on these.
Now for the operating system. That is entirely up to you, Linux distributions are free and can pretty much do most things people want although that is subjective. Microsoft OS's are not free although some people are fine with a green parrot and peg leg with rum optional, although in this case it does help ease your conscience.