I am not too sure that this is an april fools joke... as an april fools joke normally only falls on April 1st.... I seen this on digg over a week ago. It was on multiple sites, from CNN Money, to CNet reviews...
Think of it, you get a brand new 300 GB HDD, bring it home, and install it. When it is formatted and installed, you come to realise that the "300 GB" drive only lets you have a 270 GB partition. It is called a page file kiddies, a drive over a terabyte will have to be at least 20-50 GB, if not more. Also, an "optical processor".... it looks like a chip ripped from a CD drive... what exactly is the point of the lens???
Another thing that I noticed... I do not know how Vista works with the so called terabyte of ram, but last time I checked, just about all OS's only allow a max of 8 GB's of ram...
the system window can be easily manipulated through the registry, and you can throw something together and call it superior.
This would be great if it worked, but something like this would cost WAY to much to even think of making..... why go with something like this for hundreds of thousands of dollars, when you can buy a blade server for a fraction of the cost.... almost infinite upgradeability.
This will be a GREAT TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIVEMENT, hopefully it comes soon,
I work at Staples (Office Supplies Store) and there is a system that we use to protect us from that. We scan someones ID/Drivers Licence and keep track of what they are returning, when it was returned, if there was a recipt or not, and if it was damaged, etc. This actually works rather well, as we had this guy that was "returning" projector bulbs.... by projector, I mean the expensive computer projectors. Well, so he wouldnt get cought, he was going from store to store returning these bulbs (almost $300 a pop). The computers finally flagged him, and he was turned down, only after 5 returns. So there are some safe guards in place that helps retailers protect themselves from this type of scam...... then again there is wall mart, you can return a box of rocks.....
There is no way that anyone that ACTUALLY uses the computer on a regular basis is going to buy this keyboard. There is no way that someone is going to go through the trouble of learning how to type on a different keyboard. I just graduated from high school about 2 years ago, and they really pressed typing to the students, if they really think that someone is going to learn how to type with one keyboard they are nuts; but to switch to a compleaty different keyboard is not going to happen. The only people this would be good for is the elderly who never had to use a typewriter and just want that $50 computer they dont know how to use it, and just want it to email family and play card games. Other than that, I would be rather surprised if this sells.
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I am not too sure that this is an april fools joke... as an april fools joke normally only falls on April 1st.... I seen this on digg over a week ago. It was on multiple sites, from CNN Money, to CNet reviews...
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http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-12760_7-6676861-1.ht
and this one is from January...
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12760_7-9673092-5.ht
check out the company page at powercastco.com
I JUST bought one not 3 hours ago due to my impatience with MS... that is the last time I see that damn error message...
Think of it, you get a brand new 300 GB HDD, bring it home, and install it. When it is formatted and installed, you come to realise that the "300 GB" drive only lets you have a 270 GB partition. It is called a page file kiddies, a drive over a terabyte will have to be at least 20-50 GB, if not more. Also, an "optical processor".... it looks like a chip ripped from a CD drive... what exactly is the point of the lens???
Another thing that I noticed... I do not know how Vista works with the so called terabyte of ram, but last time I checked, just about all OS's only allow a max of 8 GB's of ram...
the system window can be easily manipulated through the registry, and you can throw something together and call it superior.
This would be great if it worked, but something like this would cost WAY to much to even think of making..... why go with something like this for hundreds of thousands of dollars, when you can buy a blade server for a fraction of the cost.... almost infinite upgradeability.
This will be a GREAT TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIVEMENT, hopefully it comes soon,
Jason
I work at Staples (Office Supplies Store) and there is a system that we use to protect us from that. We scan someones ID/Drivers Licence and keep track of what they are returning, when it was returned, if there was a recipt or not, and if it was damaged, etc. This actually works rather well, as we had this guy that was "returning" projector bulbs.... by projector, I mean the expensive computer projectors. Well, so he wouldnt get cought, he was going from store to store returning these bulbs (almost $300 a pop). The computers finally flagged him, and he was turned down, only after 5 returns. So there are some safe guards in place that helps retailers protect themselves from this type of scam...... then again there is wall mart, you can return a box of rocks.....
There is no way that anyone that ACTUALLY uses the computer on a regular basis is going to buy this keyboard. There is no way that someone is going to go through the trouble of learning how to type on a different keyboard. I just graduated from high school about 2 years ago, and they really pressed typing to the students, if they really think that someone is going to learn how to type with one keyboard they are nuts; but to switch to a compleaty different keyboard is not going to happen. The only people this would be good for is the elderly who never had to use a typewriter and just want that $50 computer they dont know how to use it, and just want it to email family and play card games. Other than that, I would be rather surprised if this sells.