Carolina IT Professionals Group

02/07/2026

12/15/2025

OK... I did not know this. No clue. "But beware: A major drawback of SMR found in testing by ServeTheHome is that using a slow SMR drive in a RAID array can put the entire array's data at risk for longer because it takes far longer for the SMR drive to get integrated into the array. So using SMR drives in a NAS with multiple disks is probably not a good idea."

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11/22/2025

Just pushed win11 on my puter. Revisited Powertoys... They did a great job on it. Get it:

Microsoft PowerToys includes 25+ free Windows utilities including FancyZones, PowerToys Run, Color Picker, PowerRename, and more. Boost productivity for power users on Windows 10/11.

05/21/2025

Me, I prefer Intel... but tasked with helping a relative... what do you think about Ryzen??? The less errors the better!

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05/14/2025

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05/08/2025

Copilot... Stay away... or embrace?

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04/21/2025

Nice customer service...

02/25/2025

Just for fun:

Intel Core i7-14700K vs Intel Core i7-11370H. Benchmark, test, review, comparison and differences between these CPUs in Cinebench 23 and Geekbench 5

02/25/2025

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Windows 11 is already known for its strict hardware requirements, which Microsoft hasn’t let up on since the OS first released back in 2021. The TPM 2.0 security module requirement has disqualified a lot of older PCs from upgrading, but Windows 11 also requires a decent CPU. As of two weeks ago, M...

02/13/2025

Why I never do banking on my phone.

Beware Android users! Google recently removed 17 malicious apps from the Play Store after they were found stealing users’ banking information from the