Most of these replys are quite negative (heh, its ok:P) but surely there must be some good from this (somewhere). My uni uses Exchange servers to run the email system, which of course is fully featured -- but comes with a pretty hefty pricetag (I'd imagine, i dont *really* know). So if these colleges are infact smaller US ones, then I'd imagine there is a large discount.
There is one very useful thing: keeping your email after you leave. I will lose my email address when I leave as the university cannot support x thousand (hardly used I'd imagine) old email accounts - then again they are tied with logon accounts so could be tricky. However, I use gmail so all should be alright -- as long as go to tell everyone.
One person commented about having to check their email at least once a day - and thus people would be forced to use Live - but at the moment I don't know how many people have admin access to the [shared] university owned computers to install mail clients... I certainly don't and all of the students here need to use Outlook. Or the Outlook web interface (which also is FF limited). There's already no choice... At home however, you do have more options of course.
Given enough demand will M$ edit their software to include forwarding [at the account level] ?
One day I wish to try out this Live thing, but look! its not available in the UK yet......
I have three 17" Acer LCDs - the cheapest they make (AL171x) - but they are superb for the money! I've found them clear crisp and fast response - all that you need. Full marks to them for continuing the good design and quality.
At $1.50 a dvd I'm sure you can save up to invest in a DVD player too from china. Ok, a few extra wires, but you'll survive.
Or, get 2 DVD drives for a computer one for each region code... voila! problem solved for anyone with a lot bought on eBay.
How many DVDs can you import legally anyhow? I mean won't people will just take empty suitcases over there to come back with DVDs to sell under UK market prices on the street - except this time the copies you buy will be legal and not copies!
Will such a divide in price cause problems for the international DVD market?
Think eBay sales too - you could buy one at $1.50 in China, send to the UK (if anyone believes you! ha) and then reinvest the profits (which you will ultimately make) and repeat... instant profit! If this was a stock market, the world would have just crashed completely...!
China can move into the worlds largest REAL DVD exporter too!:D
Why really needs a size like this? I have a MDplayer and 1GB on my PDA and survive easily (even got a movie on the pda, but not found a long enough tube trip to watch it all yet).
Cynical people like me might think that it could be a gimmick where they can reduce supplies of the smaller memory sized nanos, and sell the bigger (oh look more expensive!) nanos... surely they have a bigger margin on those too ?
Even so, surely it is possible to assume that a lower price will help people think twice about downloading movies. I just bought some DVDs the other day (7 movies in fact!) and they were semi-old and thus cheap; I've seen some of them before, but I felt that as i could get the DVD at that price, it'd be good to get a copy.
Contrast this with new DVDs: the UK price isn't particularly consumer friendly (although I guess people still pay for them) - a new DVD could cost you anywhere from about £20+. Cut that by even 33% and I'm sure a lot more would go through, without bankrupting either the video stores or the companies (not like that would happen). Even now, we're seeing struggling high street stores facing competition from online retailer costs (cf SilverScreen), dropping the prices would be better for all.
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Most of these replys are quite negative (heh, its ok :P) but surely there must be some good from this (somewhere). My uni uses Exchange servers to run the email system, which of course is fully featured -- but comes with a pretty hefty pricetag (I'd imagine, i dont *really* know). So if these colleges are infact smaller US ones, then I'd imagine there is a large discount.
There is one very useful thing: keeping your email after you leave. I will lose my email address when I leave as the university cannot support x thousand (hardly used I'd imagine) old email accounts - then again they are tied with logon accounts so could be tricky. However, I use gmail so all should be alright -- as long as go to tell everyone.
One person commented about having to check their email at least once a day - and thus people would be forced to use Live - but at the moment I don't know how many people have admin access to the [shared] university owned computers to install mail clients... I certainly don't and all of the students here need to use Outlook. Or the Outlook web interface (which also is FF limited). There's already no choice... At home however, you do have more options of course.
Given enough demand will M$ edit their software to include forwarding [at the account level] ?
One day I wish to try out this Live thing, but look! its not available in the UK yet......
Woops, my bad. Guess I shouldn't read things as fast... (or pay more attention to what my hands are typing perhaps).
I have three 17" Acer LCDs - the cheapest they make (AL171x) - but they are superb for the money! I've found them clear crisp and fast response - all that you need. Full marks to them for continuing the good design and quality.
At $1.50 a dvd I'm sure you can save up to invest in a DVD player too from china. Ok, a few extra wires, but you'll survive. Or, get 2 DVD drives for a computer one for each region code... voila! problem solved for anyone with a lot bought on eBay.
How many DVDs can you import legally anyhow? I mean won't people will just take empty suitcases over there to come back with DVDs to sell under UK market prices on the street - except this time the copies you buy will be legal and not copies! Will such a divide in price cause problems for the international DVD market? Think eBay sales too - you could buy one at $1.50 in China, send to the UK (if anyone believes you! ha) and then reinvest the profits (which you will ultimately make) and repeat... instant profit! If this was a stock market, the world would have just crashed completely...! China can move into the worlds largest REAL DVD exporter too! :D
Why really needs a size like this? I have a MDplayer and 1GB on my PDA and survive easily (even got a movie on the pda, but not found a long enough tube trip to watch it all yet). Cynical people like me might think that it could be a gimmick where they can reduce supplies of the smaller memory sized nanos, and sell the bigger (oh look more expensive!) nanos... surely they have a bigger margin on those too ?
Even so, surely it is possible to assume that a lower price will help people think twice about downloading movies. I just bought some DVDs the other day (7 movies in fact!) and they were semi-old and thus cheap; I've seen some of them before, but I felt that as i could get the DVD at that price, it'd be good to get a copy. Contrast this with new DVDs: the UK price isn't particularly consumer friendly (although I guess people still pay for them) - a new DVD could cost you anywhere from about £20+. Cut that by even 33% and I'm sure a lot more would go through, without bankrupting either the video stores or the companies (not like that would happen). Even now, we're seeing struggling high street stores facing competition from online retailer costs (cf SilverScreen), dropping the prices would be better for all.
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Just because the IT corporate world demanded it, doesnt mean that the IT consumer world shouldn't get access to patches quickly.