Not so long ago they seemed to be quite happy selling an operating system, some apps and a couple of services. Now the OS and apps seem to be relegated to the back room and all sorts of weird "new" stuff is oozing out of Mount Redmond!
"May i be damned if i let m$ anywhere near a mac."
For me it's not about running Microsoft products on a Mac, it's about being able to run Quickbooks Pro 2006 for Windows so I can process client credit cards without having to boot up the PC or rely on emulation software.
Now, if Intuit could get it together at some point to make a version of Quickbooks Pro 2006 for Mac that can do everything the Windows version can do, that would be even better:-)
The last clean install I did on my G5 I decided not to install word and haven't missed it once. I used text edit about 90% of the time and iWork to open docs that folks sometime send me.
I think the real problem is that they're not designed for me, you and other folks who think the coverage sucks, therefore the networks don't really give a damn what "we" think.
It's like the local 6'oclock news shows. They're designed to scare women and make them buy stuff. That's it. There's no news on those shows at all, just the usual suburban predators and breast cancer.
"Maybe they are preparing for 2008 and 2010. Streaming video seems almost ready for real use after years and years of promises it was on the cusp...."
After watching Speed TV slowly turn into NASCAR TV I'm hoping motor sports promoters soon realize the only way they can get through to audiences in the USA is online.
Dakar, WRC and numerous other local, national and international motor sports events have been dropped from Speed TV's scheduling in favor of reality TV style chop shop and street drag racing shows, while the omnipresent NASCAR programming from our friends at NASCAR Corp fills in the gaps that aren't already taken by infomercials for exercise machines and bottle openers.
Whoever gets it together to offer motor sports events online gets my $$$'s.
Slashdot Mirror
"Yo! I found a European pyramid!"
Fuck that one, what about that giant pyramid right in the middle of Las Vegas?
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People sleep, work and play in it without even realizing the historical and architectural significance even though it's RIGHT ON THEIR DOORSTEP!!
I'm noticing less variety for sure.
Instead of 700 emails trying to sell 600 different items, I now get 400 emails trying to sell me 30 different items.
"I just want to know if it can mix a good margarita. My machine broke."
Did you try plugging it into an electrical outlet that you know for sure is operational?
Did you turn the power switch to the ON position?
Call NASA!
"I don't get it, they're going to help senior citizens exercise by putting them inside a machine with 20G gravity?"
Not all of them at once. Sheesh!
Looks like crap to me. Maybe if they had it showing some norp I'd buy it!
"Well, I already see that I am wrong. They are using Flash for the video :-)"
Yeah, and Steve Ballmer is kicking some sales guy in the Windows Media division to death right about now.
Lucky you.
I'm not surprised you're being trolled, you dug yourself under a bridge on that one :-)
And what exactly is Microsoft these days anyway?
Not so long ago they seemed to be quite happy selling an operating system, some apps and a couple of services. Now the OS and apps seem to be relegated to the back room and all sorts of weird "new" stuff is oozing out of Mount Redmond!
I was hoping to snag hot.sex, - dang it.
Undecided
They're the scourge of the universe.
No problem.
"Did they just have a monkey throw a dart at the board for those picks?"
It would have been someone in the marketing department who made these choices, so that's a yes.
Put it in a fridge.
"Wouldn't a VM be better for this?"
I'm kinda loathed to give msft $ for a VM when I can just install WindowsXP from my installer disk.
I need a new laptop anyway, so may as well go with an Intel based Mac and be able to run pretty much anything i want.
"May i be damned if i let m$ anywhere near a mac."
:-)
For me it's not about running Microsoft products on a Mac, it's about being able to run Quickbooks Pro 2006 for Windows so I can process client credit cards without having to boot up the PC or rely on emulation software.
Now, if Intuit could get it together at some point to make a version of Quickbooks Pro 2006 for Mac that can do everything the Windows version can do, that would be even better
"but if you want to watch on anything but a WindowsXP machine you may be out of luck."
Why is it that only people who are at work can get to watch TV on their computers?
"How was this commnent modded insightful?"
The comment isn't modded insightful at the time of writing this, but I'm betting it was when VxMorpheusxV wrote it's comment.
It is currently modded +2 Funny.
What I'm wondering is whether we can see what score a particular comment had at the time a reply was posted.
(As usual I'm sure there's a faq or user manual within clicking distance, but I'll be damned if I'm going to use such a thing).
That's nothing.
When I were a lad.....
The last clean install I did on my G5 I decided not to install word and haven't missed it once. I used text edit about 90% of the time and iWork to open docs that folks sometime send me.
Wow, it's amazing how they could shrink such a large MP3 player as this down to the size of a stick of gum!
I don't know about TV, but I'd have thought getting the rights to re-broadcast international events on the web in the USA would be dirt cheap.
All you'd need to do then is tap into the feed, set up a slick media management system and get some ad space.
I think the real problem is that they're not designed for me, you and other folks who think the coverage sucks, therefore the networks don't really give a damn what "we" think.
It's like the local 6'oclock news shows. They're designed to scare women and make them buy stuff. That's it. There's no news on those shows at all, just the usual suburban predators and breast cancer.
"Maybe they are preparing for 2008 and 2010. Streaming video seems almost ready for real use after years and years of promises it was on the cusp...."
After watching Speed TV slowly turn into NASCAR TV I'm hoping motor sports promoters soon realize the only way they can get through to audiences in the USA is online.
Dakar, WRC and numerous other local, national and international motor sports events have been dropped from Speed TV's scheduling in favor of reality TV style chop shop and street drag racing shows, while the omnipresent NASCAR programming from our friends at NASCAR Corp fills in the gaps that aren't already taken by infomercials for exercise machines and bottle openers.
Whoever gets it together to offer motor sports events online gets my $$$'s.