Lots will buy a 360 and a couple of games instead (especially if there is a price drop or redesign, say the new 360 full version (not core) for $300 or so).
I'm waiting on a price drop on the 360 to get one, but now I'll have to wait until next year. There's no way Microsoft will drop the price now. Why bother when they've got a $1-200 lead? At the most they'll bundle PGR3 and a 6 month live sub for a christmas special.
Again, this was the impression I got from my experiance. The oem I worked for actually did ship cd's (which consisted of norton ghost and an image file.) I know some oems as far back as the win98 days did and still do the whole partition scheme, but at the time, eMachines did not. Thats right I said it, eMachines. And no, I wasn't trying to paint a huge conspiracy theory out of nothing, I was simply stating my experiance, and the second hand I got from coworkers. This was well before the whole "Geek Squad" days, and every BB tech I spoke with was just some kid that got a crappy retail job. From the posts I've seen on here from BB employees, it appears things may have changed (and they must pay a hell of a lot more, since most are quite defensive...). But with the crap they pulled at the 360 launch, and the way the salespeople treat customers, it's hard not to believe in a little conspiracy.
"Alcohol and tobacco are only legal because they're already legal, and there are (as already has been demonstrated) social, economic and political consequences for changing our stance on these."
And drugs like opium, cocaine, marijuana, etc. were all "already legal". It's all in the perspective.
"Most stores have a large collection of discs already, if they need a model we have a system in place to order them directly from the manufacturer."
I can testify to that large collection. Not a day went by in the three months I did support for one of the big oems, that I didn't talk to at least three people who were told by Best Buy to call us for their recovery discs. When we told the customer that all of our machines shipped with these discs, they'd start on about how Best Buy tacked on a $20 "optimization" onto their new pc...
From what I could gather, this "optimization" consisted solely of installing several incompatible versions of security software, cd burning software, and crap like weatherbug. Oh, and snagging the recovery cd's. My first day on the phones, I thought it was coincidence, until I mentioned it to a more senior tech.
"Oh, yeah, they take 'em. It's their policy or somethin'"
It still took a couple weeks before I believed it, but soon my script was,
"Do you have the CD's that came with your PC?"
"No, it didn't come with any..."
"So you got it at Best Buy then?"
"OMG, How'd you know?"
And since the item was now an "open box" refunds went right out (unless you were willing to make a big enough scene, I heard a few going on over the phone that made me cringe).
Long rant short, after talking with several people I worked with, my experiance was not unique. Basically, BB was trying it's damndest to make sure the customer came back for an expensive service call. Whether or not this is still common practice, I don't know as it's been a few years. I also stopped shopping there for anything about the time I had 20 different associates tell me how much they loved not working on commision in one visit.
"The Steve Lightspeed character is a little bigger than life," said Mr. Jones, who often sports a baseball jersey emblazoned with "Lightspeed" in capital letters. "I heard people say we once raced helicopters down the Las Vegas strip."
The kid maybe? I'm not saying that it would'nt be the driver's fault, just that kids seem to have this "I can do whatever I want, the world will adjust to me" attitude these days. In my day (goddamm I am old...), playing in the street, we saw a car, we fucking moved...
Weird, 10 years ago I remember saying, "What the fuck am I gonna do with a Gig..." My friend told me then, and it still applies now, no matter what the storage limit is, "Fill it up with useless shit."
No, the primary use of broadband is to download questionable or large files fast. Everything I actually do with the web would be fine on 56k, but when the next ubuntu hits, and I'm in the mood for some apt-get action, only cable will do. Most people are just becoming used to it. They get it at home because ebay is so much faster at work. Or when they were in the dorms, the latest cam divxs were so much easier to get.
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I'm waiting on a price drop on the 360 to get one, but now I'll have to wait until next year. There's no way Microsoft will drop the price now. Why bother when they've got a $1-200 lead? At the most they'll bundle PGR3 and a 6 month live sub for a christmas special.
And when they said they didn't work on commission, it really was true...
The sky is Blue.
Because not a day goes by, that I too look for new ways to be productive at work...
And lo, stuff started working correctly, out of the box, with no makefiles involved. And it was good.
Again, this was the impression I got from my experiance. The oem I worked for actually did ship cd's (which consisted of norton ghost and an image file.) I know some oems as far back as the win98 days did and still do the whole partition scheme, but at the time, eMachines did not. Thats right I said it, eMachines. And no, I wasn't trying to paint a huge conspiracy theory out of nothing, I was simply stating my experiance, and the second hand I got from coworkers. This was well before the whole "Geek Squad" days, and every BB tech I spoke with was just some kid that got a crappy retail job. From the posts I've seen on here from BB employees, it appears things may have changed (and they must pay a hell of a lot more, since most are quite defensive...). But with the crap they pulled at the 360 launch, and the way the salespeople treat customers, it's hard not to believe in a little conspiracy.
And drugs like opium, cocaine, marijuana, etc. were all "already legal". It's all in the perspective.
No, he writes career software. I guess for those who can't get one in the real world...
"FEMA are organizing evacuation flights." You should see them about a week from Thursday.
I can testify to that large collection. Not a day went by in the three months I did support for one of the big oems, that I didn't talk to at least three people who were told by Best Buy to call us for their recovery discs. When we told the customer that all of our machines shipped with these discs, they'd start on about how Best Buy tacked on a $20 "optimization" onto their new pc...
From what I could gather, this "optimization" consisted solely of installing several incompatible versions of security software, cd burning software, and crap like weatherbug. Oh, and snagging the recovery cd's. My first day on the phones, I thought it was coincidence, until I mentioned it to a more senior tech.
"Oh, yeah, they take 'em. It's their policy or somethin'"
It still took a couple weeks before I believed it, but soon my script was,
"Do you have the CD's that came with your PC?"
"No, it didn't come with any..."
"So you got it at Best Buy then?"
"OMG, How'd you know?"
And since the item was now an "open box" refunds went right out (unless you were willing to make a big enough scene, I heard a few going on over the phone that made me cringe).
Long rant short, after talking with several people I worked with, my experiance was not unique. Basically, BB was trying it's damndest to make sure the customer came back for an expensive service call. Whether or not this is still common practice, I don't know as it's been a few years. I also stopped shopping there for anything about the time I had 20 different associates tell me how much they loved not working on commision in one visit.
"The Steve Lightspeed character is a little bigger than life," said Mr. Jones, who often sports a baseball jersey emblazoned with "Lightspeed" in capital letters. "I heard people say we once raced helicopters down the Las Vegas strip."
Way to keep it on the down-low, dude.
Funny, Bush doesn't look like someone living through Hell...
The kid maybe? I'm not saying that it would'nt be the driver's fault, just that kids seem to have this "I can do whatever I want, the world will adjust to me" attitude these days. In my day (goddamm I am old...), playing in the street, we saw a car, we fucking moved...
And when they are, what card carrying NRApublican will defend me when I shoot one down for infringing upon my civil liberties?
And those annoying banner ads will require a click too...
Thank god.
And now that I have been modded a troll, my (unspoken) point is proven. Some haven't...
"Help me take back Slashdot. When did 'News for Nerds' become 'FUD and Conspiracy Theories for Extremist Nutjobs'?"
When? Day one. Some of us have grown up a bit since then though...
Well, it was at least a Thursday, I'll tell you that...
Sure the driver might support it, but wouldn't you want to actually run Xorg?
Yeah. I want to see Sony come up with an online gaming service that doesn't let you play online. Cause that's extreme, or something.
In other words, leave the animated GIFs of the company logo, but keep the code.
Weird, 10 years ago I remember saying, "What the fuck am I gonna do with a Gig..." My friend told me then, and it still applies now, no matter what the storage limit is, "Fill it up with useless shit."
No, the primary use of broadband is to download questionable or large files fast. Everything I actually do with the web would be fine on 56k, but when the next ubuntu hits, and I'm in the mood for some apt-get action, only cable will do. Most people are just becoming used to it. They get it at home because ebay is so much faster at work. Or when they were in the dorms, the latest cam divxs were so much easier to get.
I think that if parents can't understand the ratings on the entertainment they buy for their kids, hearing it from hookers isn't going to help.