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[QUOTE=Quadra 610;1589014 Looks like demand is phenomenal, given that people are complaining about limited preorders, of all things.[/QUOTE] Looks are sometimes deceiving.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Quadra 610 This is true. Choke the supply to drive up demand. Pretty basic retail strategy. Is this what's actually happening, though? There's no real way for us to know.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jouster Why is it that you are unable to respond without being insulting? Your intent was perfectly clear, but has no value because you have no proof whatsoever that the device is being artificially limited. If such…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram G.O. A.W.A.Y. Thanks. Your wish is not my command. Your desires can be handled perfectly well on your end. Take some personal responsibility.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jouster Maybe, but the original analogy was meaningless. Here's what it meant: The use of artificial scarcity is a common technique to pique consumer interest. From now on, I'll try to make my statements simple…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Woohoo! I can just see myself playing alpha geek and showing it off to all my friends. The iPad is not designed for geeks.
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Quote: Originally Posted by maxmann had you gone to the nightclub at midnight instead of 9:30 (so you could get in free with the other hapless 500 who couldn't afford the cover).. it would have been packed.. This accusation is both baseless an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lundy Posts that make derogatory statements about other posters will continue to be unceremoniously deleted. Waste your time if you wish. Good man; good policy.
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Quote: Originally Posted by FineTunes Actually it's kind of sad that we are put in this situation. I have two on my list and wished that it wasn't necessary. I'm sorry that you feel like a victim.
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism PS: I'm reporting iGenius for comments that contribute nothing to the thread, Frivolous complaints can get you banned from this forum.
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacHarborGuy What interests me is the VGA adapter. What would interest me is an HDMI output.
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Quote: Originally Posted by JupiterOne Ah, no thanks. I'd rather just use my apps. I don't want to have to decide which apps to "kill". That's a technical problem and should be handled by either the OS or the developers. I'll admit that I'm n…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DanielSW Leave it to you to come up with a ridiculous gripe like this. It is not a gripe. It is an observation that artificial scarcity is an established technique for raising consumer interest. Sorry if it went o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by d-range Gotta love it how OS X updates so often actually add useful stuff or improve performance, as opposed to just plugging holes or fix critical bugs. This is so much better than the typical Windows updates I was us…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Amdahl Top Sites used to crash my whole system... generating some kind of panic in the graphics driver. I had to turn Top Sites off. I've turned it back on, and am hoping that the fixes to Top Sites will also mean no…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MSBassSinger So what's the big deal? My Windows Phone (6.5) already does that. The .NET apps I write can run while I am talking on the phone, running the FaceBook app, running Google Maps, browsing the web, etc. T…
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Quote: Originally Posted by screamingfist dell mini 5 - love the idea, wanted one till i saw rumours about price, then rumours about them F****** with Android. plus its Dell and lately i haven't been happy with the lack of quality, pricing and cr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JupiterOne I don't understand why I would want to see all running apps? What is the purpose? The technical problem of managing apps and their multi-tasking should be completely behind the scenes and not even known to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 Somehow I don't think Pandora has anything whatsoever to do with the accepted definition of multitasking. Like the guy yesterday, you seem to be mistaking an example for a definition.
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 Hey did you see how iPhone sales doubled year on year, 98% higher than the same quarter last year. Pretty impressive, huh? Very impressive. Amazing even. Likely their decision to sell im more countries w…