This is from Dell, who has close ties to MS, including the much litigated preferential treatment.
Not to mention, Dell's whole Ebusiness endeavors run on IIS, and Windows platforms as a concession to MS. They are a "reference site" for Microsoft's Ebusiness solutions.
I have a suggestion for people buying for geeks... DONT BUY US TECHNOLOGY. I know, it sounds counter intuitive. The fact is, we know a lot more about it than most other people buying for us. Most times people have tried to buy me hardware, or tech, it was either the wrong thing, wrong size, or just didn't work. SO, if you want to buy tech, get an EXACT description of it first. However, if you decided to ignore my sage advice, Here are the things every geek wantes this year: * Portable MP3 players. We gotta have `em. * Better digital cameras * CD writers * Always need more hard disk space... Outsude of technology, there are some things even geeks enjoy: * Books. Obviously. * Gift certificates. Being such practical minded people, geeks take NO offense at being given a gift certificate. Its practical, safe, and thoughtful. Expecially to Best Buy, where we can get what we want. We're going to be spending there anyway. * Junk food. (really.) *Imported, Italian motorcycles.
So I get into my cab to take me out to the pub the other night, and I just get settled in the back seat, arranging my darts in their cases with my new tips, when the driver pipes up and says: "You know anyone who's had that laser surgery on their eyes?" and I admitted I did not. "Well, I had it Tuesday." I replied with a squeamish "Oh... uhhh.. how was it?" "Well, the right eye is great, but I really cant see so well in the left one. All the lights look like starbursts, and I think I need to have another session to take a little more off." (They try to under-laser the first time, becasue you can can always take a little more off, but you cant really add more on.) I thought this might have been the worst cabbie I have ever been in, but I realized one of my regular drivers didnt even HAVE a left eye, and felt a little better.
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I think they were just really, really ticked that the film "U-571" was so terribly bad...
This is from Dell, who has close ties to MS, including the much litigated preferential treatment. Not to mention, Dell's whole Ebusiness endeavors run on IIS, and Windows platforms as a concession to MS. They are a "reference site" for Microsoft's Ebusiness solutions.
I have a suggestion for people buying for geeks... DONT BUY US TECHNOLOGY. I know, it sounds counter intuitive. The fact is, we know a lot more about it than most other people buying for us. Most times people have tried to buy me hardware, or tech, it was either the wrong thing, wrong size, or just didn't work. SO, if you want to buy tech, get an EXACT description of it first. However, if you decided to ignore my sage advice, Here are the things every geek wantes this year: * Portable MP3 players. We gotta have `em. * Better digital cameras * CD writers * Always need more hard disk space... Outsude of technology, there are some things even geeks enjoy: * Books. Obviously. * Gift certificates. Being such practical minded people, geeks take NO offense at being given a gift certificate. Its practical, safe, and thoughtful. Expecially to Best Buy, where we can get what we want. We're going to be spending there anyway. * Junk food. (really.) *Imported, Italian motorcycles.
So I get into my cab to take me out to the pub the other night, and I just get settled in the back seat, arranging my darts in their cases with my new tips, when the driver pipes up and says: "You know anyone who's had that laser surgery on their eyes?" and I admitted I did not. "Well, I had it Tuesday." I replied with a squeamish "Oh... uhhh.. how was it?" "Well, the right eye is great, but I really cant see so well in the left one. All the lights look like starbursts, and I think I need to have another session to take a little more off." (They try to under-laser the first time, becasue you can can always take a little more off, but you cant really add more on.) I thought this might have been the worst cabbie I have ever been in, but I realized one of my regular drivers didnt even HAVE a left eye, and felt a little better.