Recent content by cemkaner

Some of my grad students liked Chrome, including students who were sophisticated about software security. However, I have concerns about Google's and Facebook's use of customer / user / third-party-but-surveilled-anyway data and their history with courts and the regulatory agencies gives me...

I never buy refurbs. I buy current-generation systems with more memory/better video than I need today, expecting that it will be "good enough" 3 years from now. Computers are my primary tools--I use good tools. In 1970's, I was a doctoral student. Used computers for my lab's research, personal...

@countryBoy641 I've been buying computers (and pushing their limits) since the late 1970's. Some decades (including this one), I prefer Dell over other MS-Windows machines. I always buy directly from Dell. I think the critical question is what warranty you bought with the computer. If you...