in case you were ever curious. Don’t get me wrong–these scores are pathetic, but that T9500 is an actually an upgrade.
MacBook Pro 3,1 (T7500) – 1354 – 2417
iMac 7,1 (T9500) – 1764 – 2967
iMac 11,1 (i5-750) – 1210 – 3411
Category: Computers
Things to keep an eye on…
Time heals all bugs
Home Routing 2017
Having previously explored a full UTM, pfSense, DD-WRT and Tomato, I’m revisiting EdgeOS.
Nvidia drivers for 560ti
Use 314.22. End of story. No more BSOD. No more monitor blanking. No need to tweak TDR. Thanks Reddit!
Why does such an ancient driver offer better, and more stable performance?
“…they develop a unified driver stack (the same driver software runs on all their currently supported cards, back to 400 series). Thus as newer cards benefit from different driver behavior this can adversely affect the performance of older cards that prefer different driver behavior.”
Windows Server 2012 R2 on Mac Pro 1,1
Yes it can be done, but they don’t make it easy.
El Capitan on Mac Pro 1,1
Apple abandoned the Mac Pro 1,1 ages ago, but the hardware is perfectly capable of running El Capitan. With a little help.
VOIP service housekeeping
Pings change. Use Pinginfoview to test multiple VOIP servers at once to determine which one to use. Set it up to test over a day or two to ensure your chosen server reacts well under load.
SATA3 for the frugal
Some important notes about the Dell Perc H200, Windows 8.1 (Server 2012 R2) and cross-flashing to LSI firmware.
Internet surfing 2015
Things that have made life nicer:
Mac process apsd killing your performance?
Here’s the hard-won solution; ensure your mainboard reports a serial number! If it doesn’t, take it to an Apple “genius” and ask they use their blank board serializer on it.
Kudos to Reddit users for sussing this out.