Nope, you're absolutely right: matte used to be the default, with an optional $50 "upgrade" for glossy. My 5-year old Powerbook (RIP) was of the default matte variety from its time.
They might be able to get away with obeying the court's decision (provided that is there decision...there's still time for Microsoft to bribe them like they did at ISO for OOXML) for every release of Windows from 7 onward. I somewhat doubt - unless the EU is really that hellbent on punishing Microsoft for all its evil deeds - that the order would be retroactive for all previous versions of the operating system.
...how it is that the courts in America ruled that Microsoft was ok to keep bundling IE with Windows, while Microsoft's hopes in the EU when faced with the same issue is basically nil?
(by the way, this question is half sarcastic, half totally honest)
I find it amusing that, with competition that is still very much alive from other stores like the ones you mentioned, as well as tons of sites on the internet, Best Buy continues to raise their prices.
Newegg here I come!
While I acknowledge your rather paltry attempt at humor to the expense of Georgians everywhere, I would like to kindly remind you that not at all Georgians hold a perennial grudge against Sherman. In fact, a mildly overwhelming percentage of Georgians within the metro counties of the state's capitol do not conform to your somewhat narrow-minded stereotypes. Exhibit A, this very Georgian.
I third this recommendation. I studied in Barcelona as well for an entire summer at the same university. The fresh perspective on more than just computing was, and continues to be, invaluable.
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I wonder if there's a chapter in it titled "first".
...is the day Steve Ballmer stops sweating profusely.
Nope, you're absolutely right: matte used to be the default, with an optional $50 "upgrade" for glossy. My 5-year old Powerbook (RIP) was of the default matte variety from its time.
...it looks like an older generation MacBook Pro with a sticker over its logo.
Plausible deniability?
True, one kinda needs IE so they can go get the browser they actually want. :P
*find: "(provided that is there decision"
*replace: "(provided that is their decision"
I cannot read or write.
They might be able to get away with obeying the court's decision (provided that is there decision...there's still time for Microsoft to bribe them like they did at ISO for OOXML) for every release of Windows from 7 onward. I somewhat doubt - unless the EU is really that hellbent on punishing Microsoft for all its evil deeds - that the order would be retroactive for all previous versions of the operating system.
...how it is that the courts in America ruled that Microsoft was ok to keep bundling IE with Windows, while Microsoft's hopes in the EU when faced with the same issue is basically nil? (by the way, this question is half sarcastic, half totally honest)
I find it amusing that, with competition that is still very much alive from other stores like the ones you mentioned, as well as tons of sites on the internet, Best Buy continues to raise their prices. Newegg here I come!
...what's to stop Best Buy from inflating their already-borderline-ridiculous prices even further?
While I acknowledge your rather paltry attempt at humor to the expense of Georgians everywhere, I would like to kindly remind you that not at all Georgians hold a perennial grudge against Sherman. In fact, a mildly overwhelming percentage of Georgians within the metro counties of the state's capitol do not conform to your somewhat narrow-minded stereotypes. Exhibit A, this very Georgian.
I third this recommendation. I studied in Barcelona as well for an entire summer at the same university. The fresh perspective on more than just computing was, and continues to be, invaluable.