Quoting is fucked on here but I digress:
1. Fortis was simply pointing out that SSDs weren't designed to withstand more force, but rather to provide faster read/write speeds (even though they do, given its in the name, solid state = no moving parts = faster and harder to break)
2. The problem I have with Alienware's RAM section is that he doesnt even mention DDR4. DDR4 is the standard nowadays. Given its only gotten that way over the past few years yes I would say if you were to look at every system currently in the world most would use DDR3. Its still an older less efficient RAM type and most people reading this thread (which seems to be intended to help someone build a PC) would be using DDR4 anyways.
3. In terms of cable types for disk drives, I dont think there is any reason to mention types like IDE (like you said is old or SCSI (because we are talking about your normal everyday home computers here not servers). In this instance the only thing you need to know is SATA. Everything else is useless and unnecessary information.
4.Um, nope. Not every processor w/ integrated graphics is an APU. That is purely a marketing term for AMDs CPUs with integrated graphics. They are still called CPUs. Intel CPUs w/ intrgrated graphics are not APUs.
5. This just seems unnecessarily nit picky. Snow Leopard is a version of the OS, which was what fortis was pointing out. not the name of the OS itself (that being OSX/MacOS) though I would say most people just say Mac.
6. It is both right to say that its 1000 or 1024. It depends.
It is easier for manufacturers to use the base 10 system because that is easier for people to understand. (so 1 KB = 1000 bytes and etc.
But computers use binary (base 2 system). So technically the more correct way to put it would be 1 MB = 1024 bytes and so on. Ive always learned it in the base 2 system, but thats just because of the field im in.
If you want to be even more correct in the base 2 system it is kibibtye, mebibyte, gibibyte, tebibyte, but even in the base 2 system most people sill still use base 10 terms (so 1024 gigabytes for example rather than 1024 gibibytes). Again, thats just for convenience, its easier to pronounce the SI terms anyways.
But yes for most people they will use the base 10 numbering system because thats easier for people to understand.
No offense to you but I thought Fortis brought up some good corrections and this response to it just seemed nitpicky and not needed. This thread is to help people who dont understand computers not start a dick measuring contest on who knows more about computers than the other person. Fortis was pointing out incorrect things its unnecessary to start an argument about it. There were things wrong the orignal thread and even some unnecessary extra info the regular person doesnt need to know.
Another typo id like to point out from the original thread is that it says 1 GB = 1000 GB rather than 1000 MB. Also games dont stop at 8 GB. In fact most AAA titles in recent years are around 100 GB.