PC Matic Cybersecurity

The Economics of Gator

By PC Matic Cybersecurity / March 30, 2004 March 30, 2004

A recent article estimated that Gator made $100M in revenue in 2002. That’s a lot of dough. And it got me wondering, how one goes about making $100M in a year. Here’s my back of the napkin math.

February 2004 Newsletter

By PC Matic Cybersecurity / February 15, 2004 February 15, 2004

Test your computer on PC Pitstop’s New Servers
Our Gator Center Reveals the Truth
A Real Big Warning About Unreal Sites!
Tip: Curb System Restore’s Disk Appetite
Dave Methvin Gets a New Writing Gig
Tip: Another Line of Spyware Defense
Free Computer Help At The Pit

Why Defragment Your Hard Drive?

By PC Matic Cybersecurity / January 21, 2004 January 21, 2004

When you first loaded files onto your new hard disk, they weren’t fragmented. Each whole file followed the last in consecutive disk clusters, lowest to highest. Your disk performance was never better.

When you began using those files — changing them, adding and deleting records and files — they were broken into smaller and smaller pieces scattered around the disk. That’s because your system writes each new record into the first empty slot it finds on the disk, even if it’s nowhere near the rest of the file.