MemTest86 already has a rowhammer test, not sure how it compares to blacksmith but some sticks I have do fail that test and can only be mitigated by setting tREFI extremely low (while also taking a large performance hit).
Most of the higher end hynix/micron/samsung sticks I've tried do not fail at JEDEC or XMP after 7+ passes.
Sandy-E to Haswell-E i7's do not officially support 128gb, though there have been reports of it working.
Broadwell-E i7's now officially support 128gb.
All the Xeon equivalents (e5-1650/60,80, etc) support 256-768gb depending on the model, if paired with a consumer board that limit is usually 64-128gb.
1. Apples EULA does not allow OSX on non-apple hardware.
2. Some major updates can break customizations and require some modifications (bootloaders, etc) to be re-installed
I have no problem helping a friend set up a Hackintosh when they want to save a few thousand dollars (I have set up a few already) with the understanding that they need to backup before doing any system updates and expect things to break after updating.
While Hackintosh's work well for personal use as long as you are somewhat techy and pick the hardware carefully, (putting aside the EULA issue) it does not make sense for anything large scale.
That is your experience. A properly set up Hackintosh (with a custom DSDT and the proper kexts as needed) can be as reliable as a genuine Mac.
Regarding Windows machines, I've had desktops that would be used for months at a time (mostly rendering) without a restart and never crash.
A pretty good way to test for reliability is to let Prime95 and Memtest86 run for a week or so and see if it fails somewhere along the line (obviously proper cooling is a must), many consumer machines will fail this test.
Any time I buy a used board I check the board carefully for any kind of modification or odd looking solder joints and re-flash the bios/uefi with the latest version.
Of course something could still be modified, but so could a board direct from amazon or newegg I suppose.
I'm not sure why they even considered P4's, the pre-prescott P4's don't even have Speedstep. That means they run full voltage/speed all the time which is terribly inefficient.
Core 2 Duos are much more energy efficient, they are not in short supply by any means and cost about the same used ($2-3).
Core 2 Duos and Pentium Dual Cores under 3ghz are fairly energy efficient chips (~65w) and they use Speedstep, etc to keep power consumption low at idle.
Of course newer dual cores and more modern chipsets will use less power overall, although for less demanding uses (web, word processing) I'm not sure if there would be a huge difference.
You can undo in Android, just not with the stock keyboard. Try out A.I.type Keyboard. It may not be the best solution as it should be built in, but it does work.
Interesting, but it seems like it is dropping frames all over the place. I suppose it would be good enough for presentations but not for movie or game use.
I suppose with later iterations it could improve, but I would rather just plug the HDMI directly into the laptop and use a wireless keyboard/mouse if needed.
On another note, I find it hard to believe that Apple still hasn't fixed the color space issues on OS X (it only occurs if you use a different profile other than SRGB). It is clearly visible throughout the video showing the purple menu bar highlight when it should be blue.
If you are using Windows you might want to give Pale Moon a try, on my system it is much smoother than the official Firefox/Aurora/Nightly.
Pale Moon feels as smooth as the official Firefox does under OS X, for whatever reason the official Firefox for Windows feels terrible on my system (clean profile of course).
Exactly. I have a 64gb SD card and a dedicated battery charger with three extra batteries.
As lame as it might seem I just keep a spare battery with me at all times when the unexpected happens and I'm out later than usual or just use my phone too much.
I guess a case with a battery built in work work just as well, but I'm not willing to add the extra bulk.
Most of the higher end hynix/micron/samsung sticks I've tried do not fail at JEDEC or XMP after 7+ passes.