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    Why good platforms ignore mac?

    market share by OS and for whatever strange reason Apache is not the king anymore: Developer April 2014 Percent May 2014 Percent Change Apache 361,853,003 37.74% 366,262,346 37.56% -0.18 Microsoft 316,843,695 33.04% 325,854,054 33.41% 0.37 nginx...
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    Discussion about switching from square to widescreen monitors...

    I use a bunch of rdps, vms or otherwise. I think, your issue is the low res monitors. That simple. There are quite a few KBs on this.. Also, mixed resolution monitor farms can wreak havoc on rdp sessions, as the primary monitor res can override the rest, a whole bunch of solutions on that issue...
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    Discussion about switching from square to widescreen monitors...

    My case as well. I use them pivoted 90 degrees in portrait mode. 2x24" replaced four 19". I also have 2x27". The 24" are easier on my eyes. None of mine are 1080 monitors, more or less "real" ones. The 1080s can serve the purpose as well, just more limitations and not so much gain for me. I am...
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    Why good platforms ignore mac?

    The guys are arguing about merits of one repackager of old wares vs another. Let's veer off even further, lets' talk about advantages of QNX, Plan 9 or Be OS - the latter really had a soul and was truly robust. Dumping of Jean-Louis Gassée in favor of technologically clueless but marketing...
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    Why good platforms ignore mac?

    Man, this is brutal and harsh. You are biased, it seems. It would make a great ntpd server for Peet's sake!
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    Why good platforms ignore mac?

    True, if you go piecemeal retail way. If you go to ebay, an HP Znnn or Dell Precision Tnnnn workstations will run you half of that with the full warranty and support. Not every day, but every other day. I would watch for the 48 GB ECC RAM configured ones with 256 GB SSD and I prefer E5-2nnn...
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    Why good platforms ignore mac?

    What "believe" in your sentence above is based upon? There are quite a few reviews out there with the noise numbers in dB. I have 2 NUCs in front of me. Cannot hear them. 2nd and 4th generation. Dell Precision M4700 laptop is the loudest in my office, it may be the culprit . Oh, the Quiet PC...
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    Trading PC FAQ - All You Need to Know...

    You contradict yourself: wouldn't a box loaded with iTunes and other multi-media garbage along with the hoggy Chrome a BS Box? Other than the consistency of your arguments, I fully agree that aging workstation-class boxes offer tremendous value and are superstable money makers.
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    Building a High End Trading PC - Help me out

    You need a super stable computer, as opposed to a super fast computer. And what is "fast"? Depends on the task, the code optimizations, network connection[s]. Price in UPS as well. Most traders over-think this. At the moment I prefer HP Z420 / HP Z620 or/and Dell Precision M-series laptop...
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    Who can beat my Download speed?

    man, I can believe you are a trader, as you are sufficiently crazy.. here is your cell phone solution: GSM or SCDMA Prepaid on major networks
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    Best SSD for Legacy Compatibility?

    Firstly, are any of the laptops have SATA allergies? Secondly, BIOS or whatever is in its place
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    SSD Endurance... FWIW

    Obviously, you made the right choice back then by not being cheap with your tools. There are different tiers out there, like with everything.. Different NANDs, different controllers (very important); going by I/O numbers alone is not prudent. Intel is primus inter pares, of course. Micron...
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    Esignal Outage?

    Dear Subscriber, Our records indicate you were likely unable to access our service on Thursday, February 6, 2014 for some period of time. We had a problem with our entitlement system that controls access to our servers. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this issue and wanted to...
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    Specs for standard trading computer

    Just a few footnotes: that price is Ebay only, retail is closer to $200 - $300 for the junk card. NVS 450 and NVS 510 may be worth a look. The less RAM a card has the more pain he may experience in case of real monitors in Portrait mode, for example. 1080 is not for everybody. Dell Precision...
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    GREAT New Monitor... Planar PXL2790MW!

    Microcenter was offering the HP linked above for $400 for in-store pick-up only a few days ago. I think the deal is off now, but this model is getting discounted every now and then and is superior + lower cost to the Planar
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    Moving on after Zenfire: CQG, TTnet or Rithmic?

    Zero knowledge of Ninja, sorry. Have also CQG Integrated. Rithmic feed is robust, has more redundant features built in, compared to CQG, which is a good service for those who need the additional features.
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    Moving on after Zenfire: CQG, TTnet or Rithmic?

    Rithmic has not let me down in 2 years. I use PhotonTrader + Rithmic. I like the implementation, very redundant. They split the execution network and the signal network, so a lot of times during announcements, if you bracket you shall hear the executions before you see it on the trade matrix...
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    Build Your Own - Step by Step ( i7 2600k)

    Overclocking used to cause a lot of random errors in compilers' output. Every UNIX coder learned this hard way years ago. Regular users would rarely notice this effect though. The only situation when this is funny is when you blame your trading software for giving you different results for...
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    GREAT New Monitor... Planar PXL2790MW!

    And I have been using my battery in Portrait mode exclusively. When you have more than one monitor, and nowadays we have those 16:9 and 16:10 gimmicks, the Portrait mode is equivalent of x2 of old format monitors without the hassle of stands and brackets and the wires. Now.. we have a new...
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    GREAT New Monitor... Planar PXL2790MW!

    I have these, quite good: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/828572-REG/HP_Hewlett_Packard_XW476A8_ABA_ZR2740W_27inch_LED_Backlit.html
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