Most people don't want it. However, Dell gets paid by the various companies to include that crapware on the machines. Oftentimes, they actually pass some of these savings onto you. You pay a lower price in exchange for the extra advertising that AOL et al get.
Make sure you have a policy that very clearly establishes (in absolutely no uncertain terms) that you do not install unlicensed software on the machines, no matter who tells you to. Invariably, you will get some guy from accounting coming in demanding that you install Photoshop on his home computer "because he needs it for work." When you mention that you can't install unlicensed software, he'll go tell his boss, who will then tell you "to just do it." Nobody out there seems to give a damn about licensing issues except for the guy responsible for it. Everyone else takes the view of "well, we have a CD, so it's okay to put it anywhere." The one plus to all of this is that if you ever decide to take off, you can always put in a friendly call to the BSA... : p
I'll pass on this. Why would I want to sit a foot away from my TV to use this? Not to mention, I don't like the idea of getting fingerprints all over my TV screen.
I realize I'll probably get modded down for suggesting this, but why don't you guys just set up a wired LAN? You all probably are plugging power cords in, so there's already a bit of a cable tangle. If you all plug into a wired network, you won't have nearly as many lag/interference problems.
Because most games have very simplistic plots. Sure, they seem fairly intricate when you spend 20-40 hours running around performing tasks to get the next part of the story to be revealed. But when you sit back and look at it again afterwards, you can usually distill the story down to a one or two paragraph summary that still contains the more intricate plot points.
I'm constantly amazed by how little people understand the timescales and the magnitude of the forces we're talking about here. Did you know that the piddly little Appalachian Mountains were once among the greatest mountain ranges on the planet? A few hundred million years of erosion and look at what's left. Now, you want to tell me that some building's retaining walls are gonna stand the test of time? Pfffft.
The dock port on the ipod has a set of pins that act as a line-level output. This is how these speakers are connecting. Not to mention, there are numerous other adapters that you can buy that give you stereo RCA line-level outs from the dock connector.
So instead of paying $150 for an original xbox, people instead decided to pay $300-$400 for a 360? That's not a trivial difference by any means. Not to mention, if you've waited this long to get an original xbox, you most likely aren't going to be an early adopter of the next one.
Couple this with a similar hardware policy (except video cards generally aren't buggy, just pricey), and you've managed to save yourself a shitload of money!
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Most people don't want it. However, Dell gets paid by the various companies to include that crapware on the machines. Oftentimes, they actually pass some of these savings onto you. You pay a lower price in exchange for the extra advertising that AOL et al get.
And how much more do the systems cost to get Dell to not include that crapware?
Make sure you have a policy that very clearly establishes (in absolutely no uncertain terms) that you do not install unlicensed software on the machines, no matter who tells you to. Invariably, you will get some guy from accounting coming in demanding that you install Photoshop on his home computer "because he needs it for work." When you mention that you can't install unlicensed software, he'll go tell his boss, who will then tell you "to just do it." Nobody out there seems to give a damn about licensing issues except for the guy responsible for it. Everyone else takes the view of "well, we have a CD, so it's okay to put it anywhere." The one plus to all of this is that if you ever decide to take off, you can always put in a friendly call to the BSA... : p
They should just hire someone from something like, oh, say a soda company. Selling computers can't be that different from selling soda...
I'll pass on this. Why would I want to sit a foot away from my TV to use this? Not to mention, I don't like the idea of getting fingerprints all over my TV screen.
Hey, good thing you caught that. I don't think the parent poster considered that one...
This goes a long way to putting to rest all that crap about Nintendos only being made for kids...
Wuuuuh?
I wonder what the motion for patting a player on the ass after a good play is going to be...
would you please stop this stupid game
Hmmm. This one has obviously been through some sort of cipher. Anybody have any ideas what it might mean?
Ralphie, what are you doing in there?
I heard they're bringing Woz back to fix it all up nice and purty...
Dan Brown uses basically the same plot outline for each of the three books of his that I've read.
Makes one wonder why you keep on reading his books if they're all the same...
...FIFA '07 is a football game...
Maybe it is in your country... : p
I realize I'll probably get modded down for suggesting this, but why don't you guys just set up a wired LAN? You all probably are plugging power cords in, so there's already a bit of a cable tangle. If you all plug into a wired network, you won't have nearly as many lag/interference problems.
Because most games have very simplistic plots. Sure, they seem fairly intricate when you spend 20-40 hours running around performing tasks to get the next part of the story to be revealed. But when you sit back and look at it again afterwards, you can usually distill the story down to a one or two paragraph summary that still contains the more intricate plot points.
I'm constantly amazed by how little people understand the timescales and the magnitude of the forces we're talking about here. Did you know that the piddly little Appalachian Mountains were once among the greatest mountain ranges on the planet? A few hundred million years of erosion and look at what's left. Now, you want to tell me that some building's retaining walls are gonna stand the test of time? Pfffft.
The dock port on the ipod has a set of pins that act as a line-level output. This is how these speakers are connecting. Not to mention, there are numerous other adapters that you can buy that give you stereo RCA line-level outs from the dock connector.
Yes, I'm a Foreign Language nazi.
:-/
But I thought that à la was French, not German...
So instead of paying $150 for an original xbox, people instead decided to pay $300-$400 for a 360? That's not a trivial difference by any means. Not to mention, if you've waited this long to get an original xbox, you most likely aren't going to be an early adopter of the next one.
He's absolutely right. I mean, look at the 3DO. The perfect price point got it the penetration that it needed.
No kidding. I mean, slashdot's got close to a million beta testers...
Couple this with a similar hardware policy (except video cards generally aren't buggy, just pricey), and you've managed to save yourself a shitload of money!
Emails to Verizon to find out more information have gone unanswered...
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