Category Archives: Dell

Choosing a Mobile Workstation

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Glenn Berry

I get a lot of e-mail and Twitter requests for advice about what laptop someone should buy. I don’t mind this too much (I actually sort of like it, to be honest), but it probably makes some sense to summarize … Continue reading →

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Dell 12th Generation Server Cheat Sheet

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Glenn Berry

Over the past several months, Dell has been rolling out a number of new 12th generation servers that all use the new 32nm Intel Xeon E5 series processor (aka Sandy Bridge-EP). These new servers all have much higher memory density … Continue reading →

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Checking Your Main BIOS Version

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Glenn Berry

As some of you may know, I spent four years in the U.S. Marine Corps back during the Reagan administration. I started out as an 0311 Basic Rifleman (aka Grunt) for a couple of years, and then became an 1811 … Continue reading →

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Urgent BIOS Update for Dell PowerEdge R810, R910 and M910 Servers

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Glenn Berry

If you have an 11th generation Dell PowerEdge R810 , PowerEdge R910 server, or a PowerEdge M910 blade server, there is a pretty recent (April 9, 2012) Urgent update to version 2.7.0 for the main system BIOS. Here is Dell’s … Continue reading →

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