Enough with this PS3 talk. The numbers show the consumers don't care, and there are more interesting things to talk about on/. That is at least until the (unlikely) event that the non-fanboi consumer starts getting interested in Sony's nexgen child.
Exactly. The article is just propagating the BS of an ignorant repair person. I have had to call a couple of times over the years when the online activation was either not available or not working, and it was not that hard. Granted, the codes were huge, but the MS employee was well trained for that and the questions she asked where "can you confirm that this windows key is not currently on any working machine?".
As I say in a couple of posts above, Greece is the worst in EU due to the (until recently) telecom monopoly. Our lowest priced broadband option (384kbps) is 58 Euros / month after taxes. That price is the new lower price after people & goverment pressure as the previous price was a whooping 95E/month!
Of course you don't always get that 384kbps download (especially when connecting to servers overseas).
So, at least in Spain you get some cheaper options.
I come from Greece where broadband internet prices are the highest in Europe. The reason is the monopoly that the national telco enjoyed until recently. The cheapest broadband DSL @ 384kbps costs 58 Euros / month (73$ currently). This year I moved to Long Island, NY for studies, and I enjoy one of the best speed/money providers in the world. 10mbits download for 30$/month (for 6 months, then 50$)! And it is really 10mbits as my speakeasy tests show (I get 9520/951). I don't know what I'll do when I go back to Greece in a couple of years...
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Whoa! I don't know about the DS, but this might be even cooler than the Gizmondo!
Enough with this PS3 talk. The numbers show the consumers don't care, and there are more interesting things to talk about on /.
That is at least until the (unlikely) event that the non-fanboi consumer starts getting interested in Sony's nexgen child.
Exactly.
The article is just propagating the BS of an ignorant repair person. I have had to call a couple of times over the years when the online activation was either not available or not working, and it was not that hard. Granted, the codes were huge, but the MS employee was well trained for that and the questions she asked where "can you confirm that this windows key is not currently on any working machine?".
As I say in a couple of posts above, Greece is the worst in EU due to the (until recently) telecom monopoly. Our lowest priced broadband option (384kbps) is 58 Euros / month after taxes. That price is the new lower price after people & goverment pressure as the previous price was a whooping 95E/month! Of course you don't always get that 384kbps download (especially when connecting to servers overseas). So, at least in Spain you get some cheaper options.
I come from Greece where broadband internet prices are the highest in Europe. The reason is the monopoly that the national telco enjoyed until recently.
The cheapest broadband DSL @ 384kbps costs 58 Euros / month (73$ currently).
This year I moved to Long Island, NY for studies, and I enjoy one of the best speed/money providers in the world. 10mbits download for 30$/month (for 6 months, then 50$)!
And it is really 10mbits as my speakeasy tests show (I get 9520/951).
I don't know what I'll do when I go back to Greece in a couple of years...