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[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 months ago

Meanwhile, Windows requires you to buy a new license if you change your mouse.

[–] qupada@kbin.run 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Did anyone else notice that in their stock photo they're trying to put the DIMM into the socket backwards?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You want that distinct crunch as you force the RAM in with a mallet

[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 2 months ago

same with the CPU, the last thing you want are straight pins yuck

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 9 points 2 months ago

Every stock photos is like a mini Easter eggs hunt.

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I remember the ‘good old days’ of Sun Fire 10k and similar servers. You could replace entire boards of CPU and RAM and the server would keep on trucking.

[–] DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

IBM System-Z mainframes still support CPU hot-swapping AFAIK.