True, the public can be moronic, but not everybody looks for the cheapest machine when it comes to home computing.
But I personally would rather spend $1500 to get a nice laptop than spend $3000 on a Powerbook that will let me make pretty pictures.
About 2 years back I bought an HP Pavilion laptop, at about 750Mhz (which is slow by today's standards), but between making graphics in Adobe Photoshop and using it to program applications, it still kicks. I still expect to get another 2 years out of it before I have to pass it on to somebody else or get rid of it. And even then, it will get some use.
And I recently built a 1.7Ghz desktop for under $600. And it's system specs are double that of my roommate's shiny $3000 PowerBook. I can do just about anything he can, and plenty of things he can't.
I'm not bashing Mac or its users, but I don't envision myself spending that much on something that limits me that much.
Maybe we'll get lucky and they will throw in a surprise movie somewhere, and we might actually get to see some of the Clone Wars. Not counting on it, though.
As opposed to not taking ANY action whatsoever, letting him build up his e-mail database, and sending a billion more messages everyday until somebody else does it?
I think he just got really pissed and didn't think about what he was saying. If he were to take legal action, and it did go to court (which I don't see happening), he will probably lose.
If he does win, he will be setting that precident, and it will drag him into more courtroom battles and possibly bankrupt him.
But there's always the possibility he could pack up and move to another country where it's harder to nail him for this kind of thing.
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Ubergeek.TV has its own Switch campaign. Makes perfect sense.
You forgot about Microsoft.
But he still has money left in his bank account.
And two mouse buttons.
True, the public can be moronic, but not everybody looks for the cheapest machine when it comes to home computing. But I personally would rather spend $1500 to get a nice laptop than spend $3000 on a Powerbook that will let me make pretty pictures. About 2 years back I bought an HP Pavilion laptop, at about 750Mhz (which is slow by today's standards), but between making graphics in Adobe Photoshop and using it to program applications, it still kicks. I still expect to get another 2 years out of it before I have to pass it on to somebody else or get rid of it. And even then, it will get some use. And I recently built a 1.7Ghz desktop for under $600. And it's system specs are double that of my roommate's shiny $3000 PowerBook. I can do just about anything he can, and plenty of things he can't. I'm not bashing Mac or its users, but I don't envision myself spending that much on something that limits me that much.
I feel that the animators and artists will do a hell of a job in making it look good, let's just hope that Lucas has a good storyline for us.
Maybe we'll get lucky and they will throw in a surprise movie somewhere, and we might actually get to see some of the Clone Wars. Not counting on it, though.
I realize this is off topic: http://www.recroommagazine.com/articles/avril.htm
As opposed to not taking ANY action whatsoever, letting him build up his e-mail database, and sending a billion more messages everyday until somebody else does it?
I think he just got really pissed and didn't think about what he was saying. If he were to take legal action, and it did go to court (which I don't see happening), he will probably lose. If he does win, he will be setting that precident, and it will drag him into more courtroom battles and possibly bankrupt him. But there's always the possibility he could pack up and move to another country where it's harder to nail him for this kind of thing.
In Soviet Russia... oh. wait. nevermind.