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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:27 pm
by GORDON
GORDON wrote:Shit, I just realized I'll have to get a DX10 video card. I bet they're still really expensive.
AHA.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2114753,00.asp
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:51 pm
by TheCatt
Like the ones I posted a few posts ago.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:18 pm
by GORDON
Oh, I didn't even see thta post.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:52 pm
by Leisher
Got a copy of Vista Ultimate today (work paid for it).
Interesting to note, prices were down on most Vista products. Vista Business was down to $199 and Vista Ultimate is down to $249.
I'll be setting up my dual boot system this weekend and installing my 8800GTX video card.
Giggity.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:19 pm
by TheCatt
I'm not sure how I feel about the new Windows Explorer yet.
I love the compactness of the menuing and navigating.
I hate the compactness of the menuing and navigating.
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:37 pm
by GORDON
Only 244 copies of Vista sold in China in the first 2 weeks.
http://www.newlaunches.com/archive....ina.php
Wow!
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:41 am
by DoctorChaos
That's 244 sources of pirated software.
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:03 pm
by TheCatt
Dell brings back XP
Starting immediately, Dell said, it is adding XP Home and Professional as options on four Inspiron laptop models and two Dimension desktops.
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:52 am
by GORDON
Holy crap. This would be Microsoft's Playstation 3.......... if they still weren't almost guaranteed to win with Vista by slowly infiltrating the user base of the average consumers who buy their computers at Radio Shack and Best Buy and just don't know any better.
XP will lose by attrition.
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:38 am
by TPRJones
I'm surprised Dell can do that. I'd have figured they had some sort of deal with Microsoft for cheap Vista that wouldn't allow for backsliding to XP. Interesting.
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:02 pm
by Paul
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:07 pm
by Leisher
A quote from Catt's linked article:
[/quote]Microsoft product manager Michael Burk said in a statement: "Dell is responding appropriately to a small minority of customers that had this specific request. But, as they have said before, the vast majority of consumers want the latest and greatest technology, and that includes Windows Vista."[quote]
Uhm...no. 95 and XP flew off shelves when they were released. The story might have been similar for 98? I know Server 2003 is getting great reviews.
But when a product is a complete mess and the developer totally lost focus from the consumer's perspective, don't sit there and tell us that we can't wait to buy your piece of shit. IT departments across the country are avoiding Vista and telling their employees to avoid Vista. The media is bashing Vista.
At what point do you think people aren't hearing the message?
PC sales must just be down because of Bush/global warming.
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:26 pm
by TPRJones
So if Vista is causing a drop in PC sales, is that's what's killing AMD? Or is Intel gaining market share?
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:07 pm
by TheCatt
TPRJones wrote:So if Vista is causing a drop in PC sales, is that's what's killing AMD? Or is Intel gaining market share?
Price war with Intel combined with far inferior chips, especially in the growth market of laptops.
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:05 pm
by TheCatt
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:38 pm
by GORDON
Hilarious.... their little "which is better?" graph doesn't let us know which one runs apps faster. And what is the purpose of an OS, again? Oh yeah, an interface for running apps.
And Vista is better because it has a weather "widget?" Last time the weather showed up on my PC it was because spyware installed itself on my system. Microsoft is now immitating that which they allowed and could not stop.
I think Microsoft is forcing Dell to hype Vista in exchange for allowing them to continue selling XP.
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:28 pm
by TheCatt
I think it's win-win for Dell.
N00bs get the OS MS wants them to get from Dell.
Real users get the OS they want from Dell.
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:43 am
by GORDON
No matter who wins, we lose.
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:07 pm
by GORDON
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:15 pm
by GORDON