The cost of the OS's themselves have always been very close to the same for MAC and PC. So it is ridiculous to compare the cost of hardware. I personally have always paid top dollar for my PC hardware, and when someone does that the prices are comparable to Mac's. Now if you want to go get the latest deal at one of the PC retailers you will pay a lot less, but you aren't buying top of the line hardware and your system performance will reflect that.
I use both OS's, and Mac is 'worthy.' They released the OS that microsoft has been promising for two years and isn't planning on delivering for two more. Hell I used to have to use my PC to get the features that my Mac lacked, now I am finding myself turning to my Mac for the features my fully updated Windows XP Pro installation lacks. In fact, the only time I use my PC these days is to play video games. Microsoft is falling behind, and a company with their market power shouldn't be playing catchup. I am hoping that in Dec 2006 when they release Vista they haven't missed all the new advancements that will happen between now and then. Otherwise they will just continue to be two years behind.
This guy is a bone-on. I am sorry but much like his 286/486 speech about computers becoming obsolete, I have been burned WAY too many times buy underbuying. Does this guy work for the computer hardware industry? If I am going to spend my money, I am going to get as much as I can and if the voltage is high and if your electricity bill is that high, god forbid you hit the power button once in a while, when you aren't using it.
I wonder where those durons and celerons will be when Longhorn is released? Judging from the past probably stuck in the boot sequence. While Jack Be Nimble is leaving his computer on 24 hours a day cranking out word processing at the speed of sloth, afraid to shutdown because it takes three days to boot. I will take my chances with my electricity bill and run a computer worth wasting the electricity on.
The only thing that I don't like about it, is that it will not allow me to assign a DMZ host while in DHCP mode. I realize that doing so could cause DMZ Host hopping but I really do not care. I want DHCP being used so that friends and whatnot can use my network without a whole lot of hassle... And at the same time I want to make my main machine a DMZ host so that I can send files without them being interfered with by the firewall.
There is no way that this will hold up in court. They would have to prove that you understood the terms of the contract you were entering into. All you would have to say is, "I did not read the TOS and it still let me do what I wanted to do. I wasn't even aware of them." And that would be the end of that. I have NEVER seen someone go to such lengths to keep pictures of a railroad from getting out, pictures that they probably scanned from encyclopedia Britannica in the first place. This is just an example of what librarians do with all of that free time.
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Try blackbox... that is a windows manager worthy of an award.
Why don't you just outsource support to India for $2 an hour like every other company is doing?
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Steve Balmer, Stifles innovation at home, the same way he does at work. Hilarious!
The cost of the OS's themselves have always been very close to the same for MAC and PC. So it is ridiculous to compare the cost of hardware. I personally have always paid top dollar for my PC hardware, and when someone does that the prices are comparable to Mac's. Now if you want to go get the latest deal at one of the PC retailers you will pay a lot less, but you aren't buying top of the line hardware and your system performance will reflect that. I use both OS's, and Mac is 'worthy.' They released the OS that microsoft has been promising for two years and isn't planning on delivering for two more. Hell I used to have to use my PC to get the features that my Mac lacked, now I am finding myself turning to my Mac for the features my fully updated Windows XP Pro installation lacks. In fact, the only time I use my PC these days is to play video games. Microsoft is falling behind, and a company with their market power shouldn't be playing catchup. I am hoping that in Dec 2006 when they release Vista they haven't missed all the new advancements that will happen between now and then. Otherwise they will just continue to be two years behind.
This guy is a bone-on. I am sorry but much like his 286/486 speech about computers becoming obsolete, I have been burned WAY too many times buy underbuying. Does this guy work for the computer hardware industry? If I am going to spend my money, I am going to get as much as I can and if the voltage is high and if your electricity bill is that high, god forbid you hit the power button once in a while, when you aren't using it. I wonder where those durons and celerons will be when Longhorn is released? Judging from the past probably stuck in the boot sequence. While Jack Be Nimble is leaving his computer on 24 hours a day cranking out word processing at the speed of sloth, afraid to shutdown because it takes three days to boot. I will take my chances with my electricity bill and run a computer worth wasting the electricity on.
The only thing that I don't like about it, is that it will not allow me to assign a DMZ host while in DHCP mode. I realize that doing so could cause DMZ Host hopping but I really do not care. I want DHCP being used so that friends and whatnot can use my network without a whole lot of hassle... And at the same time I want to make my main machine a DMZ host so that I can send files without them being interfered with by the firewall.
There is no way that this will hold up in court. They would have to prove that you understood the terms of the contract you were entering into. All you would have to say is, "I did not read the TOS and it still let me do what I wanted to do. I wasn't even aware of them." And that would be the end of that. I have NEVER seen someone go to such lengths to keep pictures of a railroad from getting out, pictures that they probably scanned from encyclopedia Britannica in the first place. This is just an example of what librarians do with all of that free time.