The good old days was the 286 era, when all you needed to know what the clock speed of the CPU, EGA was four times better than CGA and SoundBlaster was AdLib compatible.
Of course, you had to deal with XMS and EMS memory settings, loading your mouse driver into high memory and solving IRQ and DMA conflicts between your ISA add-on cards.
Screw that, the good old days are today. Take out the iMac from the box, plug it in the wall socket and start using it right away.
It's part of their long-term strategy to get into the living room, which has been very successful. I know many people who have an Xbox for the sole purpose of accessing movie rentals, Netflix, Hulu Plus, and play an occasional game or two. Yes, there are devices (such as the Roku) that do this, but they don't play games.
When you compare the cost of the Apple TV vs the Xbox 360 and the power required by both coupled with the fact that most electricity in the USA comes from polluting sources, one could hope that Apple would push the Apple TV a little more with advertising.
Oh, they will raise a stink alright, but only in three years. The problem is that the events happened twenty two years ago when iTunes didn't even exist. The court threw the whole case away. That's the kind of mess you have to endure when you're a fan of Time Lords.
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The good old days was the 286 era, when all you needed to know what the clock speed of the CPU, EGA was four times better than CGA and SoundBlaster was AdLib compatible.
Of course, you had to deal with XMS and EMS memory settings, loading your mouse driver into high memory and solving IRQ and DMA conflicts between your ISA add-on cards.
Screw that, the good old days are today. Take out the iMac from the box, plug it in the wall socket and start using it right away.
Mastercard likes this.
You mean the Google checkout/Google wallet that only works in half-a-handful of countries? Those things?
Holy crap, where is this "over here" you're talking about? North Korea? China? Germany? USA?
Try to open a Facebook account today WITHOUT giving them a cellphone/SMS-capable number. Last time I checked, you couldn't.
Next up is credit cards, after that it could be bank accounts numbers, social security numbers, etc.
And for online purchases, buy anonymous pre-paid credit cards with cash.
Hey sugar, want to receive a sexy call? Only five dollars per minute, long-distance charges may apply.
I better write my comment here then, I don't want to get a ticket for posting in a non-posting zone.
Nobody types "google" in the URL bar these days, the URL bar sends your search requests directly to Google/Yahoo!/Bing/etc.
I've been living in Japan for the last three years. There's nothing more natural than tentacle-on-schoolgirl sex.
If they had been successful then Microsoft would have been sued by Jet Li.
Coal is still the major source of electricity at 37%. And natural gas may burn "clean enough" but it's still a limited resource.
Unfortunately for Microsoft, gamers are still split between Windows gamers, Xbox gamers, Xbox 360 gamers and Xbox One gamers.
Wait, why is the third console called Xbox One again? Time to fire that guy in marketing. Into the Sun.
And it's the first time I hear about them.
No soup for you! NEXT!
When you compare the cost of the Apple TV vs the Xbox 360 and the power required by both coupled with the fact that most electricity in the USA comes from polluting sources, one could hope that Apple would push the Apple TV a little more with advertising.
Oh, they will raise a stink alright, but only in three years. The problem is that the events happened twenty two years ago when iTunes didn't even exist. The court threw the whole case away. That's the kind of mess you have to endure when you're a fan of Time Lords.
With all the corporate bullshit that Futurama had to go through since it started, I'm just glad it's still here.
Hey, a dual troll mod for bashing a media company. Slashdot is full of paid-for losers, I see.
Atlantic Records, Capitol Records
YOU SUCK
All branches of the government could use a better Crap Management System.
People using Windows and Internet Explorer?
Well, don't want to sound like a dick or nothin', but, ah... you talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded.
I'm out of mod points, sorry!
Atari, Commodore, Palm, Nokia, RIM/Blackberry, Anonymous Coward.
They don't call it "Burning Man" for nothing