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Don%27t+get+too+excited+about+those+Vista+price+cuts

Don%27t+get+too+excited+about+those+Vista+price+cutsVistardVistard - Dumber Than a Box of Rocks, But Way More Expensive!RE: Don't get too excited about those Vista price cutsAlready headed for the markdown rack...;-)Buy Microsoft Windows!The new low Vista price cuts into your pocketbook much more efficiently than ever before!RE: Don't get too excited about those Vista price...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Price Cuts, Vista Price

Discussion threads 2008-02-29

Microsoft slashes Vista price in China

Microsoft slashes Vista price in ChinaMicrosoft slashes Vista price in ChinaGood. This makes Vista much more affordable which in return means everyone can start using it. With prices cut in half there really isn't a reason not to upgrade. More and more people are making the switch...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Taxes, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Vista Price, piracy, tax

Discussion threads 2007-08-03

Petition demands Vista price cuts in U.K.

Petition demands Vista price cuts in U.K.taxesa playstation 3 costs $900 dollars in the UK. Its called VAT taxes. somebody has to pay for the socialism.Microsoft's way of getting the fine money...that they owe the EU.Ok now THAT seems a little ridiculousI understand all the maufacturing, labeling, blah blah blah...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Corporate governance, Taxes, Free trade, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Price Cuts, Vista Price, Vista pricing

Discussion threads 2007-02-23

Vista prices revealed!

Vista prices revealed!Accurate PictureOne gets an even more accurate picture by comparing Vista prices not available at any price to OSX's prices of 6 years ago. Adjust for inflation and adjust for lost productivity over that period. The result is a view of endless previews, coupons, leaks, and code names...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Price, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2006-08-28

Final Vista prices? Don't buy that bogus list

Final Vista prices? Don't buy that bogus listThanks for the link to a password protected post...NTSomething's rotten in Germany...I can see Microsoft charging as much and maybe a bit more than they're charging for XP - but these prices are insanely rediculous! I just can't see MS jacking the price...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Price, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-05-22

Additional Resources

Apple Store fails the Nordstrom test

Yet another Apple horror storyOnce again, an Apple horror story, trouble straight out of the box (forget "it just works").Most of the Apple afficionados I know have such horror stories. There's a massive one right now with the new iMacs. On the other hand, I know very little such stories...

Tags: Desktops, UNIX, Apple Inc., Apple Store, Nordstrom Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

Maingear Shift

With its new Shift gaming desktop, Maingear joins the ranks of Alienware, Falcon Northwest, and Velocity Micro in providing its customers a distinctive-looking case you can't get anywhere else. And despite a misstep with the build and a questionable processor choice both of which should be easily remedied, we found...

Tags: Network technology, Most Unique, Maingear, cable, hard drive

Product reviews 2009-11-25

Sony Vaio FW560F/T (brown)

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. Several months ago, one of our favorite retail laptops was the Sony Vaio FW480J/T. Besides offering no-hassle Blu-ray playback and a large...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Sony Vaio, laptop computer, game, Intel Core 2 Duo, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-25

Six updates for your parent's computer over Thanksgiving

LOL, great suggestions!![i]Run Disk Utility (it?s in Applications > Utilities) and Repair Disk Permissions. This cleans up a lot of system gunk that builds up over time and makes the Mac run better.[/i]But... but... but... you don't need to defrag OS X and since it has no registry, the system...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, computer, Mozilla Firefox, Thanksgiving, system gunk, Apple Safari

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

HP Pavilion dv4-2045dx

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.The HP Pavilion dv4-2045dx offers more multitasking muscle than many of the other mainstream budget retail laptops we've recently reviewed. Helped by a 7,200rpm...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Overall IT, lid, Hewlett-Packard Co., AMD Turion II, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., keyboard, HP Pavilion

Product reviews 2009-11-24

Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave by year-end

dump MSFT shares next yearafter the last bump in stock price you'll get from Win7. It's all downhill from there.Why are the shareholders so greedy?Currently MSFT has around 18-19 PE which is very reasonable. It's pretty high seeing that we are in the great global recession. I know that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Investment, Financial accounting, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., stock

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

HP vs. Dell: Showdown at the Windows 7 upgrade corral

Well, the great thing is all the competition. I like to see Acer squeezing them both from below, and of course competing with each other. Of course also great to see all the pressure on MS to innovate and lower prices.Google Chrome_OS will be hard to beatWell, with Google_Chrome_OS it...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, XPS, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Best Buy adds $197 HP laptop to Black Friday lineup

I hate agreeing with linuxbut alas I must do it this time :( He's right, this is some cheap hardware. Intel celeron? Who uses that anymore? I guess its good for kids, but any power user will not want this laptop. I'm holding out for a...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Black Friday lineup, laptop computer, Intel Celeron, Best Buy Co. Inc., Black Friday, HP Laptop, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Numbers of new Core i7 iMacs are turning up DOA

I guess it goes to show that......even the almighty apple is not immune to issues. We have some iMacs (about 100 - 120) in my organization compared to about 2500 Windows Desktops and out of the 90 we ordered a few years ago (17" iMacs) we had one come...

Tags: Desktops, DOA, Core i7 iMac, Core i7, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Driving Dimensions for Google SketchUp 1.2 (Mac)

LEDAS Driving Dimensions for SketchUp is a plug-in for parametric modification of 3D geometric models in very simple and intuitive way. With Driving Dimensions one can modify any dimension (length, distance, radius, or angle) in any SketchUp model in just one click. All driving dimensions set in one model are...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Dimension, Model, Plug-in, LEDAS

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Online retailers, marketing firms scam consumers for $1.4 billion

Hopefully the Obama admin will curb this rackett...The Bush admin sure didn't care about the general public --- and let this stuff get out of control. Asleep at the switch.WTF......does the garbage you wrote have to do with the article?Nothing? Yeah, that's what I thought.online crooksnothing new here.he...

Tags: Retail, marketing, Dell Computer Corp., retail company, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?

MS is the past Google is the future so NopeGoogle is the old MS, MS is the old IBM. PC_DOS never made it, MS_DOS did. The driving factor was openness and innovation.Today and in the near future, Google has bothToday MS sees profit only and based on thatdrives...

Tags: Operating systems, Leadership, BOOT UP TIMES, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Michael Dell sticks to Windows 7 big bang theory

too old?"Windows XP is 8 years old"So What? If it ain't broke don't fix it!Windows 2000 is ten years old and still does almost everything I need. Everyone around me runs XP or newer, yet I have far fewer problems.What is good for the computer industry is not...

Tags: Operating systems, theory, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist

Maybe MS needs myLife instead of focusing on cloud everything.I've been a Windows user since Windows 1.0 on MS-DOS. I used Multiplan and Word with a mouse before Windows even existed. Over the years I've purchased so many copies of MS Office, OS upgrades, mice, keyboards, joysticks, development environments (MASM,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., photograph, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Netbook/notebook reliability study shows that technology breaks ...

Cheaply made partsWell, look at the parts they all are stampedwith 'Made in CHINA'...Quantity over Quality.People are now geared towards a Wal_Mart mentality they do not want to pay for quality and they do NOT care where it is made.Therefore, you will see a lower standard of living because the...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Policies and procedures, notebook, netbook, accident, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-18