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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 Asking for $30 to turn quicktime from a fully functional media player to a media player and a video editing/encoding program isn't the same as asking for $99 to enable 5.1 sound on a blu-ray player. Not exactly…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin Uh nope. In the ads the people never hit their desired goals except in only one aspect... cheaper. They never got "better" screens, or better mobility with battery life, and they got the worst OS on the planet…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Charel I think your comparison is a bit off. A $12 bottle compared to the $10 is more realistic. Only the $12 one is bought on the recommendation of a wine expert and the $10 one is bought off the shelf and when opened…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 The extra cost of programs in Windows was something I had completely forgot about after using a mac for a few years. I recently built a PC because Apple didn't have what I wanted (HTPC with blu-ray and gaming capa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by clickmyface You can only use 3 of the 4 GBs of ram in the HP laptop featured in the commercial, did you realize that? Why would HP include ram that windows cant even use? Why does microsoft want you to buy it? I thi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by joe in miami I tell my PC friends the same thing about cheap components and price of software and resolution, but they are happy with their cheap shit. It's like trying to get someone to go into a wine shop and sel…
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Quote: Originally Posted by xpc Point taken & made, but that wasn't the purpose of my post, I was Referring to a comparison of capable systems, running enthusiast to pro grade software. Referring to total system costs, in an enthusiast (even…
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Quote: Originally Posted by xpc There is an Apple tax? Christ, thought I only had to worry about the IRS.... Actually some Apple "business decisions" I don't like at all (mini-DP or mini-anything when regular would fit just as well). Re…
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Quote: Originally Posted by UbiquitousGeek Free antivirus doesn't work as well as paid antivirus, the same way a free healthcare clinic isn't as thorough as a real hospital. If you have a real problem, you're going to need the hospital anyways. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by DJinTX I think this would actually have the opposite affect. The upside of Apple allowing their OS on any machine, would certainly be to allow people to buy very inexpensive hardware, and enjoy Mac OS X. However, t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jamesjrjr Frankly, Apples products do cost more, but for a reason. Comparing these systems is like saying a Porsche costs more than a Ford. The Ford may have more towing capacity or a certain feature that they think cu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GordonPrice67 Isn't the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results? In which case Balmer can add Insane to Idiot and Gasbag on his list of personality traits. I mean, if M…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell Reinstalling the OS is entirely different from turning the machine off every once in awhile. I agree..was just pointing out that people will recommend things sometimes that are not necessary.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tulkas Then you would probably be going over some allotment. In my city they also imposed a watering ban for lawns during a particularly dry spell. They have since decided to make it permanent, allowing lawn watering o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tulkas I pay for the city to provide water to my home. I would not accept them charging me extra if use it in a manner they felt they could gouge me a little extra for...it is already paid for. I've seen this exampl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Murphster Cisco? I was under the impression that Cisco recommend a reboot every couple of months as a matter of good housekeeping. Nope..but I have replaced several Cisco devices that had been running for very lo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross No different from what every government is doing with HD Tv. Good point.. is there a big push to remove the 2.5G spectrum for other uses?? or is it completely saturated and failing already?
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross It's not the feature on the phone thats crippled. It's a network problem. Here's an interesting article on this from the Wiki, which is pretty accurate. You'll notice some of the problems. Also, if you catc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross He's talking about computers for the home. Commercial installations, hopefully, have professionals running them, with a wrung out system that is stable, and using software that has been tested to work in th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell I'm suspicious of claims like this. I haven't seen a computing device that did not need reboots. Even people who claim they've run OS X for six months without a reboot. I tell them it would run much better if …