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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=22258 |  McKs (61) Nov 01, 2009 - 04:34 am
| » unbelievable
People are atucally getting worked up over this? It's not like you get a black screen in W7. You'll have a perfectly functional driver for your older hardware, you just won't get any optimisations for newer games, which those cards won't run anyway. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21861 | McKs (61) Jul 18, 2009 - 02:30 am
| | I'm with DJ2liveGB, there should be only one version. Or maybe if 7 isn't efficient enough to run on a netbook then you need a starter version, but other than that just ship ultimate. If someone doesn't need a feature, it simply won't get used, no harm done. Sell it for one reasonable price and avoid all this version confusion among the majority of your not so geeky client base. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21808 | McKs (61) Jun 26, 2009 - 11:54 am
| W7 is just an evolutionary step up from Vista. It's biggest draw is that it isn't a cpu and RAM hog. Put it like that and you're talking about a bug fix release. I know W7 is more, but much of this should have been in Vista, so, yes, a lower price would've seemed fair.
Since nobody buys retail anyway, they could've avoided the whole debate without loosing much imo. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21753 | McKs (61) Jun 13, 2009 - 02:43 am » Edited on Jun 13, 2009 - 10:08 am
| It's not the EU that demanded Windows ship without IE (just that it can be removed). This is entirely MS's proposal.
To make the EU happy, MS could have offered to not have windows media pre-installed. Then they could include a bunch of links in IE to wmf, quicktime + firefox/opera/safari etc.
But that isn't in MS interest, so they propose an unworkable solutions like a browserless OS instead. The EU may be overreacting (but at least they do something, right?) but this response from MS is also silly, childish even, and typically, not with the best interest of the customer in mind. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21439 | McKs (61) Mar 25, 2009 - 12:22 am » Edited on Mar 25, 2009 - 12:26 am
| » speed not a problem
we have to keep in mind that the US is still playing catch-up to most of the rest of the world in terms of internet connectivity and speed.
In Europe and especially Asia, reliable speeds ranging from 20 to 120Mbit are widely available and affordable.
This perceived problem will disappear soon enough.
Content will decide its faith, imo, at least when competing with xbox and PS3. It's doesn't seem to have anything on the Wii. A $50,- won't be enough there, I think. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21288 | McKs (61) Feb 16, 2009 - 03:33 pm » Edited on Feb 16, 2009 - 05:00 pm
| I'l prolly get flamed for it, but this made me smile:
Microsoft announced plans to open retail stores, hoping to boost visibility of many of its products and its brand. The move seems to be an effort to mimic the success that Apple has had with its retail stores. The news is just too tempting not to have some fun with. So here are some yet-to-be-officially-revealed details about the Microsoft stores.
1) Instead of Apple's sheer walls of glass, Microsoft's stores will have brushed steel walls dotted with holes -- reminiscent of Windows security.
2) The store will have six different entrances: Starter, Basic, Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate. While all six doors will lead into the same store, the Ultimate door requires a fee of $100 for no apparent reason.
3) Instead of a "Genius Bar" (as Apple provides) Microsoft will offer an Excuse Bar. It will be staffed by Microsofties trained in the art of evading questions, directing you to complicated and obscure fixes, and explaining it's a problem with the hardware -- not a software bug.
4) The Windows Genuine Advantage team will run storefront security, assuming everybody is a thief until they can prove otherwise.
5) Store hours are undetermined. At any given time the store mysteriously shuts down instantaneously for no apparent reason. (No word yet on what happens to customers inside).
6) Stores will be named Microsoft Live Retail Store with PC Services for Digital Lifestyle Enthusiasts.
7) Fashioned after Microsoft's User Account Control (UAC) in Vista, sales personnel will ask you whether you're positive you want to purchase something at least twice.
8) Xbox 360 section of the store will be organized in a ring -- which will inexplicably go red occasionally.
9) DreamWorks will design a scary in-store theme park ride called "blue screen of death."
10) Store emergency exits will be unlocked at all times so people can get in anytime they want even if the front doors are locked.
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article......ple_stores.html Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18492 | McKs (61) Nov 30, 2007 - 03:17 pm
| » what distance
what distance are you guys sitting from your tv sets anyway? I mean, I understand the whole, own the stuff you play argument, but do you all think all the hype is even justified? Cos I'm beginning to have some doubts.
I have Philips Cineos 37" flat screen, and while I love it, and the image is incredibly good, I can't honestly say I notice much of a difference between HD (don't have blu-ray) and regular DVD unless I sit less than like 4-5ft away from the screen. Sitting on the couch, the difference to me is very negligible. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17229 | McKs (61) Sep 04, 2007 - 12:30 pm » Edited on Sep 04, 2007 - 12:35 pm
| iFirst :-O
if they bring out an iPod with everything but the phone, as some rumors have it, what will that do for iPhone sales? AT&T wouldn't be happy, but they have a few million iPhones out there, if that, and 100 million iPods waiting to be replaced... Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17204 | McKs (61) Sep 01, 2007 - 01:10 am » Edited on Sep 01, 2007 - 05:00 am
| » ehm
if that were the case, wouldn't the tittle have been the much closer to the truth "Apple dumps NBC..."?
seems to me Apple just didn't think it was a viable business to be selling tv shows for anything more than 1.99 (let alone 4.99) a piece.
they're right too. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=16347 | McKs (61) Jul 06, 2007 - 12:19 am
| what gives Apple a huge advantage is the fact that the phone is running OS X, and they can update and modify that to their hearts content. Not just the apps, but all of it.
This way, there's almost nothing they can't add through a software update. Enough people want video capabilites? doable. People want mms? done. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=4266 | McKs (61) Jun 27, 2007 - 01:31 pm
| | hmm, I've never really thought any phone I ever owned had a really good interface. If someone tries a different approach, I'm not about to dismiss it beforehand. Lack of MMS is odd, and it's way to expensive for me, but those guys @ Apple know how to create an interface and sell a product + they got the iPod brand behind it. Like it or not, this thing'll sell like hotcakes. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=15711 | McKs (61) May 30, 2007 - 10:27 am » Edited on May 30, 2007 - 10:33 am
| more like a really big iPhone. Typical MS thinking, we goto take some of that thunder away from Apple, I know, we'll make it way bigger...
Seriously, this is interesting stuff. Limited usefulness for the home user, but I can see how different commercial uses could work well.
btw, does anyone know; did they buy Jeff Han's stuff, or this a different approach developed in house?
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/65?gclid=CPqA1dm1towCFRcGEgodnRG7Rg Flag this | Edit this post |
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