"I said that laptops have so much custom hardware that it's a Bad Idea to do an OS install from anything but a restore CD."
I suppose the questions of GP should've read: Why does MS Windows need restore CDs when Linux can do without? And: Will there be new restore CDs made available for my 2-year-old laptop?
"The last several iterations of Operating Systems have been handled via machine upgrades."
Correction: The last few upgrades of *Windows* have been done through hardware upgrades. Linux, OSX and Solaris are usually upgraded when a new version is made available. Come to think of it, I know many companies and organizations that upgrade Windows without a hardware upgrade. It is probably just home users that only upgrade with the hardware.
"Did you know that with all the various products that Sony sells that the Playstation division is basically carrying the entire company?"..and you can of course point to a source for this "fact".
But before Gutenberg, buying a bible usually ment building a chapel for hosting it and hiring a priest or monk to read and interpret it. This is of course much better from the clergy's point of view than just picking up a personal copy from the printing press. The choice between God and Mammon is usually an easy one (see any random televangelist for more proof of this).
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"I said that laptops have so much custom hardware that it's a Bad Idea to do an OS install from anything but a restore CD."
I suppose the questions of GP should've read: Why does MS Windows need restore CDs when Linux can do without?
And: Will there be new restore CDs made available for my 2-year-old laptop?
"The last several iterations of Operating Systems have been handled via machine upgrades."
Correction: The last few upgrades of *Windows* have been done through hardware upgrades.
Linux, OSX and Solaris are usually upgraded when a new version is made available.
Come to think of it, I know many companies and organizations that upgrade Windows without a hardware upgrade. It is probably just home users that only upgrade with the hardware.
"Did you know that with all the various products that Sony sells that the Playstation division is basically carrying the entire company?" ..and you can of course point to a source for this "fact".
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This piece seems to suggest you're lying: http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/10/27/a
Operating profit for Sony march-september 2005: 50.98 billion yen
Operating profit for Sony gaming division: 2.3 billion yen
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you like. - Mark Twain
But before Gutenberg, buying a bible usually ment building a chapel for hosting it and hiring a priest or monk to read and interpret it. This is of course much better from the clergy's point of view than just picking up a personal copy from the printing press. The choice between God and Mammon is usually an easy one (see any random televangelist for more proof of this).