While I generally agree with you, I don't necessarily think that Microsoft is in any meaningful way an "American" company. They're obviously not bound by American law, they don't pay taxes in America, and although their headquarters is in America, they don't really seem to be beholden to the United States in any way.
Microsoft, like any number of other corporations, is transnational. Governments do not rule them. I wish that were not the case, but there you have it...
I'd be pretty disappointed if I ordered more than two RAM sticks per year and paid more than some yahoo with a browser buying the "home" SKU.
But your argument isn't totally ridiculous. I bet you're exactly right. I'd sure be holding their feet to the fire to get better than the home price...
I wish that were the case. My company's been buying Dell OptiPlex 260's. Then we started getting OptiPlex 270's, which were fine...different disk image was necessary, but that was manageable. Then we were forcibly "upgraded" to OptiPlex 280's, which are USB only. No PS/2 ports. Now we've got a dozen KVMs that need to be upgraded.
The reason this is a story is because it's exactly the opposite of what you describe. Me myself buying a RAM stick, I can get a better price than if I've got a large business account with Dell.
They're soaking the corporations, which by and large I think is fine. But it doesn't make me any more likely to buy a Dell. I'd much rather poke myself in the eye with a pencil.
So why are you upgrading when you don't need to upgrade?
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No, seriously, I'm reading it, and I'm not seeing any blanket statements about anybody. He does cite some statistics, but facts are by their nature not racist.
Certainly, if you dispute the statistics, that's an avenue for reasonable discourse. But I'm not seeing any straw man argument against the multiculturalist agenda.
Because the graphics and controls are better on a PC, and I don't care about the overhead since my PC is way more powerful than my console.
Of course, my primary computer is my Powerbook, and I'm playing Zelda 64 and GTA: SA now, so my PC is sitting there where I left it last time it failed to log in to Steam to do the "Mother may I please play Half Life 2?"
If that's the future of PC gaming, count me OUT.
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"And don't tout OSX as a gaming OS please. With the exceptions of a few staunch cross-platform gaming houses (granted, some of them are big exceptions) gaming on OSX pretty much blows."
This is due to one and only one factor: Installed base. More Macs==more Mac games. It's only a matter of time.
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While I generally agree with you, I don't necessarily think that Microsoft is in any meaningful way an "American" company. They're obviously not bound by American law, they don't pay taxes in America, and although their headquarters is in America, they don't really seem to be beholden to the United States in any way.
Microsoft, like any number of other corporations, is transnational. Governments do not rule them. I wish that were not the case, but there you have it...
I'd be pretty disappointed if I ordered more than two RAM sticks per year and paid more than some yahoo with a browser buying the "home" SKU.
But your argument isn't totally ridiculous. I bet you're exactly right. I'd sure be holding their feet to the fire to get better than the home price...
Why would I be doing work when I'm not working?
Yeah, that switch bit us too. We were all staring at the back panel trying to figure out wtf they'd done with the PS/2 ports.
Anybody want some KVMs cheap? No, not really...
I wish that were the case. My company's been buying Dell OptiPlex 260's. Then we started getting OptiPlex 270's, which were fine...different disk image was necessary, but that was manageable. Then we were forcibly "upgraded" to OptiPlex 280's, which are USB only. No PS/2 ports. Now we've got a dozen KVMs that need to be upgraded.
Yay hardware continuity. Not.
Wow. You should be glad you're not interviewing with me.
The reason this is a story is because it's exactly the opposite of what you describe. Me myself buying a RAM stick, I can get a better price than if I've got a large business account with Dell.
They're soaking the corporations, which by and large I think is fine. But it doesn't make me any more likely to buy a Dell. I'd much rather poke myself in the eye with a pencil.
So why are you upgrading when you don't need to upgrade?
No, seriously, I'm reading it, and I'm not seeing any blanket statements about anybody. He does cite some statistics, but facts are by their nature not racist.
Certainly, if you dispute the statistics, that's an avenue for reasonable discourse. But I'm not seeing any straw man argument against the multiculturalist agenda.
Seriously...what are you talking about?
I'll let you know, right after your first disc fails.
Keep thinking that.
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Somehow, however beleaguered Apple gets, my Powerbook keeps, like, working.
I don't care what "you" use for any value of "you".
I don't care whose fault it is, I do care whether I can scratch my itch or not.
Of course, when the question is "Linux or Windows?" my answer is "OS X".
"saying anything bad about a mac or any alternative is herasey"
You must be new here. *looks at user number* Oh yeah. You are.
Because the graphics and controls are better on a PC, and I don't care about the overhead since my PC is way more powerful than my console.
Of course, my primary computer is my Powerbook, and I'm playing Zelda 64 and GTA: SA now, so my PC is sitting there where I left it last time it failed to log in to Steam to do the "Mother may I please play Half Life 2?"
If that's the future of PC gaming, count me OUT.
Right. Where's the racism?
No group forms distinct marketing segments, except for marketing directors.
Having said that, the computer needs of a publisher or an architect are pretty different than those of a code jockey or an IT flack.
"And don't tout OSX as a gaming OS please. With the exceptions of a few staunch cross-platform gaming houses (granted, some of them are big exceptions) gaming on OSX pretty much blows."
This is due to one and only one factor: Installed base. More Macs==more Mac games. It's only a matter of time.
Why don't IT managers buy Macs? Because a) they don't understand them and b) Macs require far less IT bandwidth.
Less IT bandwidth means less IT managers.
I must be missing the racist bile. Can you help me out?