I run all OSes, Linux, Mac, Windows, and I set Bing as my default browser where ever I can.
I can accept when Microsoft does something well (I also have a Zune HD). Bing is a great search engine, I find for specific queries, especially academic searches, it provides more accurate, as well as seperated results. Go ahead, type in "Honda Civic", and watch how it divides it based on more specific topics related to the car.
The mighty Google has stagnated on its search engine like MS did on IE6 for too long, I'm glad to see some competition, and glad to see Microsoft trying again (as they are with IE8/9 and Windows 7).
The Mac is that expensive whore that comes in dressed fancy and sexy - But doesn't do some stuff
The Windows is the cheap whore that may not be great looking - But she'll do anything, easily, and knows how
Linux is the Nerdy one that will do anything, but is inexperienced and shy, requiring you to teach her how to do things.
Another reason to avoid Apple's ecosystem. Sure, I hope these thieves do get caught, and it would be fine if that happened. But the fact that they could have the ability to do that because they control the whole product is quite disconcerting.
The simple way to tell is by the USB ports, Card Readers, and Chrome Trim.
The 40 GB model was the first one to not have BC, and it was the first one to also receive an RSX reduction to 65nm, along with the cosmetic stripping.
Non-BC 40/80/160 US models can be identified by the following: -2 USB ports instead of 4 -A matte silver trim near the disc drive and on the bottom, as opposed to shiny chrome -No card readers.
Also, the non-BC models have less ventilation under the right hand side overhang (where it looks like the UFO landed on the square), most likely due to them running cooler with the new RSX.
Perhaps the initial machine was on sale. They already had a stock of machines of that configuration, preloaded, overstocked perhaps, and therefore, only that configuration was on sale. Any change in that configuration brings it back to regular retail price.
Otherwise, when you click "customize" on some sites, a few specs are stealthily upgraded.
I've found that to be true. Where I live, the summer months bring terrible thunderstorms. If there's ever that lightning strike that causes the lights to flicker, the internet always "goes down". Every time, it's always been fixed by unplugging and re-plugging the power to the router.
And the shittiest graphics chip in it's price class! Not to mention specs well below PCs in the same price range. Sure, it has bt and runs OS X, but I can do without both. (And bluetooth is an inexpensive upgrade to PC laptops anyway).
I don't care what anybody tells me, but an operating system should never need more than a $500 desktop to run this day and age. If $500 can run Xp perfectly, it should at least be able to do the same basics Xp can do perfectly, maybe not the flashy new Vista features, but email and internet shouldn't be slowed on the same machine by a new OS.
I was also very disappointed with Crossover on OS X. I couln't get anything that wasn't on the "supported" list to run, whatsoever, they all seemed to exit with some kind of an error. Unfortunately, IE6 isn't really what I needed on my Mac, so I headed to VMWare Fusion and Unity mode.
I use Vista Ultimate 64 on my "production" rig. It has a Core 2 Duo, 2 gigs of RAM, 320 GB H?DD, and ATI Radeon x1950 PRO. It's a fairly powerful machine, and I can say for certain Vista not only feels more stable and faster than Xp did, but it feels a whole lot nicer and elegant when I do my work, and I could NEVER run Xp on that machine again.
I don't get much use out of laptops, besides sitting in my living room in front of my new Bravia in the morning before I leave for work, or in general when I want to get out of my office to chat with freinds on one of my messenger apps, or perhaps check my email when I'm out and about. So when I wanted a laptop, I got a Pentium III 850 MHz Dell Latitude C800. With 2 batteries, I clock about 8 hours. With 256 MB of Ram, Xp runs very nicely on this machine (only 10 gig HDD though, but it's enough). I use Office 2007, AIM, WLM, Internet and Mail on this machine. Xp runs very well, and I could do without constant updates to the OS, as most of my apps will be supported on this OS through 2014, when security updates end. By then, I'll most likely have splurged on a new notebook, (as well as a new desktop). When that happens, it will probably still run Xp, just older software, and become a last resort. (Unless by then a Linux distro will ever boot on it).
1. Good luck with CS3 on Leopard or Linux too.
2. Probably rare. I've instaled Vista on tons of machines, never saw it, so your case is very isolated.
3. Again, maybe you, but overall I've yet to BSOD on Vista.
4. Yessir, I'm hoping this is fixed in SP1
5. I deal with large files (well to me, as large as 20GB at a time), and Vista generally handles them better than Xp or any OS X, although about on par with most linux distros I've used.
6. BLING? I think it's just enough ellegance (spelling?), It's not the overkill that was OS X 10.0-10.3, and it sure as hell doesn't have as much useless "for show" garbage as compiz.
7. I'll give you that, although on my new widescreen, it's almost a moot point.
Your last sentence proves you're just looking for every little issue, and are really a mac fanboy. I could pull a LONG list of still unfixed issues in leopard, and even tiger, but maybe I'm just able to realize every OS will have it's issues.
... You'd think by now, instead of fighting all of these legal battles, they'd stop the throttling, instead of opening themselves to more costly law suits.
Unfortunately, DK is irrelevant. Most of the premium content on the web, which makes up for 90% of what average Joe's access is designed/run by large corporations. These corporations know not to isolate a large market share, therefore, those sites that don't work with IE only kill themselves, because the main services work fine with Joe's PC, so he sees the others as inferior.
Since when is $230(1.15x)-$300(1.5x), nearly double $200?
I'm not defending Microsoft or Intel, since they wanted to make a greedy business plan out of the cause, which is despicable, but lets not let the fanboys exaggerate such numbers here.
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And enjoy horrendously poorer video quality.
I run all OSes, Linux, Mac, Windows, and I set Bing as my default browser where ever I can. I can accept when Microsoft does something well (I also have a Zune HD). Bing is a great search engine, I find for specific queries, especially academic searches, it provides more accurate, as well as seperated results. Go ahead, type in "Honda Civic", and watch how it divides it based on more specific topics related to the car. The mighty Google has stagnated on its search engine like MS did on IE6 for too long, I'm glad to see some competition, and glad to see Microsoft trying again (as they are with IE8/9 and Windows 7).
The Mac is that expensive whore that comes in dressed fancy and sexy - But doesn't do some stuff The Windows is the cheap whore that may not be great looking - But she'll do anything, easily, and knows how Linux is the Nerdy one that will do anything, but is inexperienced and shy, requiring you to teach her how to do things.
Another reason to avoid Apple's ecosystem. Sure, I hope these thieves do get caught, and it would be fine if that happened. But the fact that they could have the ability to do that because they control the whole product is quite disconcerting.
Only if the thieves are too dumb to turn off location services.
The simple way to tell is by the USB ports, Card Readers, and Chrome Trim.
The 40 GB model was the first one to not have BC, and it was the first one to also receive an RSX reduction to 65nm, along with the cosmetic stripping.
Non-BC 40/80/160 US models can be identified by the following:
-2 USB ports instead of 4
-A matte silver trim near the disc drive and on the bottom, as opposed to shiny chrome
-No card readers.
Also, the non-BC models have less ventilation under the right hand side overhang (where it looks like the UFO landed on the square), most likely due to them running cooler with the new RSX.
Perhaps the initial machine was on sale. They already had a stock of machines of that configuration, preloaded, overstocked perhaps, and therefore, only that configuration was on sale. Any change in that configuration brings it back to regular retail price. Otherwise, when you click "customize" on some sites, a few specs are stealthily upgraded.
I've found that to be true. Where I live, the summer months bring terrible thunderstorms. If there's ever that lightning strike that causes the lights to flicker, the internet always "goes down". Every time, it's always been fixed by unplugging and re-plugging the power to the router.
BitDefender's free version doesn't have realtime protection either.
And the shittiest graphics chip in it's price class! Not to mention specs well below PCs in the same price range. Sure, it has bt and runs OS X, but I can do without both. (And bluetooth is an inexpensive upgrade to PC laptops anyway).
I don't care what anybody tells me, but an operating system should never need more than a $500 desktop to run this day and age. If $500 can run Xp perfectly, it should at least be able to do the same basics Xp can do perfectly, maybe not the flashy new Vista features, but email and internet shouldn't be slowed on the same machine by a new OS.
I was also very disappointed with Crossover on OS X. I couln't get anything that wasn't on the "supported" list to run, whatsoever, they all seemed to exit with some kind of an error. Unfortunately, IE6 isn't really what I needed on my Mac, so I headed to VMWare Fusion and Unity mode.
I use Vista Ultimate 64 on my "production" rig. It has a Core 2 Duo, 2 gigs of RAM, 320 GB H?DD, and ATI Radeon x1950 PRO. It's a fairly powerful machine, and I can say for certain Vista not only feels more stable and faster than Xp did, but it feels a whole lot nicer and elegant when I do my work, and I could NEVER run Xp on that machine again. I don't get much use out of laptops, besides sitting in my living room in front of my new Bravia in the morning before I leave for work, or in general when I want to get out of my office to chat with freinds on one of my messenger apps, or perhaps check my email when I'm out and about. So when I wanted a laptop, I got a Pentium III 850 MHz Dell Latitude C800. With 2 batteries, I clock about 8 hours. With 256 MB of Ram, Xp runs very nicely on this machine (only 10 gig HDD though, but it's enough). I use Office 2007, AIM, WLM, Internet and Mail on this machine. Xp runs very well, and I could do without constant updates to the OS, as most of my apps will be supported on this OS through 2014, when security updates end. By then, I'll most likely have splurged on a new notebook, (as well as a new desktop). When that happens, it will probably still run Xp, just older software, and become a last resort. (Unless by then a Linux distro will ever boot on it).
1. Good luck with CS3 on Leopard or Linux too. 2. Probably rare. I've instaled Vista on tons of machines, never saw it, so your case is very isolated. 3. Again, maybe you, but overall I've yet to BSOD on Vista. 4. Yessir, I'm hoping this is fixed in SP1 5. I deal with large files (well to me, as large as 20GB at a time), and Vista generally handles them better than Xp or any OS X, although about on par with most linux distros I've used. 6. BLING? I think it's just enough ellegance (spelling?), It's not the overkill that was OS X 10.0-10.3, and it sure as hell doesn't have as much useless "for show" garbage as compiz. 7. I'll give you that, although on my new widescreen, it's almost a moot point. Your last sentence proves you're just looking for every little issue, and are really a mac fanboy. I could pull a LONG list of still unfixed issues in leopard, and even tiger, but maybe I'm just able to realize every OS will have it's issues.
Nowhere on Comcast's site, does it say "Unlimited". That was taken off years ago.
... You'd think by now, instead of fighting all of these legal battles, they'd stop the throttling, instead of opening themselves to more costly law suits.
Unfortunately, DK is irrelevant. Most of the premium content on the web, which makes up for 90% of what average Joe's access is designed/run by large corporations. These corporations know not to isolate a large market share, therefore, those sites that don't work with IE only kill themselves, because the main services work fine with Joe's PC, so he sees the others as inferior.
Since when is $230(1.15x)-$300(1.5x), nearly double $200? I'm not defending Microsoft or Intel, since they wanted to make a greedy business plan out of the cause, which is despicable, but lets not let the fanboys exaggerate such numbers here.