Five insane upgrades that you should never do

ITworld staff — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:08:21 -0400

Just because you can do something, that doesn't mean you should. That old truism goes double for computers. But some PC geeks are so fanatical about performance, so doggedly determined to push their hardware to extremes, that they'll go to ridiculous lengths to wring a few more clock cycles out of their components or add a little more cool factor to their rig.

Windows XP SP3: Good for many but not for all

jnaze — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:31:34 -0400

Today, we know one thing for certain: if your customers are running certain Hewlett-Packard PCs with an AMD processor, head for the hills. Or, at the very least, don't install the update. Too late? Bummer.