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CPU upgrades alone are a bad way to increase PC performance

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Hey, thank you soo much for ur review of the “Story of Stuff”, i had tons of disagreements in mind so i wanted to do some research, but u did a lot of that for me haha. One thing im rly curious about, why cant the CPU just be replaced? is it cuz everything else must be reprogrammed to accomodate it?

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Recycling a copy machine in Michigan

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I work for [deleted] in Bloomfield Hills. We are looking to recycle our old Copy Machine. If you could give us some insight on what to do, that would be great. Thanks so much!

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What’s a 386 processor? What does 45nm mean? What is a 775 slot type?

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No one can seem to tell me the difference between the two (45nm and x38)? What do these numbers mean, and are they both just CPU’s of different generations? I can’t seem to see these numbers in any specifications for processors, so how do you know which processors are which? I hope you can help, since no one I know can tell me. It’s important because I want to buy a new motherboard and want to make sure everything is compatible. Also, if you can tell me, what does the 775 number mean? I sent a copy of this to my brother, who knows a lot more about computers than I do.

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Building structure prevents cellphone signals - get an external cellphone antenna

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Found your site when I was checking out the use of those antenna boosters [the reader is referring to my review of cellphone antenna booster stickers]. Myself and my coworkers are in need of some sound advice.

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Do powered cellphone antenna boosters work?

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I’ve read about the “antenna booster sticker” but what about how well expensive antenna boosters work.

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