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    11:29 AM

    In reply to Apple Responds to Microsoft's New Retail Stores
    Remember that the pendulum swings both ways Apple. Yes there's a definite perk to being established and getting there first. On the other hand your competition can just take a look at your ten year head start, see what you did right, see what you did wrong and step right in the thick of it. The competition can learn from what you've done without the pain or effort of actually having to do it.

    I don't think Apple can afford to sit back and gloat because they're established in the retail sector. They're going to have to keep their game high (if not raise it) to make sure they stay that way. #ronjohnson
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    11:20 AM

    In reply to Apple Responds to Microsoft's New Retail Stores
    Wise man once say "Line between 10-year head start and 10-year out of date very thin". #ronjohnson
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    11:15 AM

    In reply to Apple Responds to Microsoft's New Retail Stores
    That stores have been around for ten years? Really? #ronjohnson
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    11:13 AM

    In reply to Apple Responds to Microsoft's New Retail Stores
    Okay Microsoft. You're in it. Now lets see who starts shuttering stores first. #ronjohnson
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    11:53 AM

    @Homerjay is utterly alone.: Grand Opening, Grand Closing. #ronjohnson
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    11:13 AM

    In reply to Apple Responds to Microsoft's New Retail Stores
    Yeah, but they had a head start with PC's and OS's too. #ronjohnson
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    11:15 AM

    @Digo: Good Facts!
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment Edited by vladdybear at 11/12/09 11:18 AM vladdybear was starred vladdybear was unstarred
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    11:21 AM

    @vladdybear: What you did there....we all saw it. Handy, that edit button isn't it?

    Turn the throttle down on your fanboism a bit. #ronjohnson
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    11:11 AM

    In reply to Apple Responds to Microsoft's New Retail Stores
    Didn't Yahoo say something similar about google? #ronjohnson
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    Image of Michai Michai
    11/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Manager Admits Mac Influence Amidst Other Nonsense
    I don't see the problem of emulating Mac OS graphics. 7 still runs great for a fraction of the cost, and now with a similar eye candy shell.
    mmmm... taste the savings. #windows7mac
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    11/11/09

    @Michai: fraction of the cost of what? #windows7mac
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    Image of Michai Michai
    11/11/09

    @imTheKing: Let me proverbially 'spell' this reasonably simple situation out for you. A Windows 7 based system, that is a computer running the new Microsoft Windows operating system (or OS), is much more affordable to purchase (using certified tender or a trade of tangible value) than its respective Apple counterpart running the Snow Leopard OS. Furthermore, I do not see any problem with Microsoft visual designers incorporating Apple's eye friendly graphics into Microsoft's graphic user interface (or GUI) as most products in todays markets are an eclectic mix of competing companies previous ideas.

    In the future if you find you are having trouble with tech speak, jargon or acronyms please feel free to visit the following site: [www.netlingo.com]

    Otherwise to keep from looking foolish in front of the tech savvy community here at Giz I would humbly suggest not posting and simply enjoying the content. Lastly, this is a rhetorical adresment and any attempt to 'out-wit', 'grammatically correct', 'rebuttal', or 'debate' will result in your own further embarrassment.

    -I'm not a bot Michai #windows7mac
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    12:27 AM

    @Michai: And to keep you from looking foolish it would help if you didn't make words up (adresment)
    Or at least follow the accepted spelling of the word from which it derives. Thus, even though addressment is still not a word, it is how it would be spelt if it were.

    It is not enough to assert that any attempt to 'out'-wit', 'grammatically correct' etc., will result in further embarrassment when you, yourself, make errors.


    A little hint: those little red dots underneath a word indicate a spelling error. #windows7mac
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    06:37 AM

    @missionary position: Good one. #windows7mac
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    09:59 AM

    @Michai: You need to get up on the times. Your myth of PC's being cheaper is fake. Did you miss that article in Gizmodo? How about the one in PC Mag or CPU Mag? Still didn't read it? There's one on the NYT too. Let me know when your done spending time in the past. #windows7mac
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Manager Admits Mac Influence Amidst Other Nonsense
    "Aldous is not a designer or developer"

    duh! he's a pagemaker, as everyone knows. #windows7mac
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Manager Admits Mac Influence Amidst Other Nonsense
    I'm curious to know what exactly makes the core Vista tech more stable. #windows7mac
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    11/11/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Meh.... Vista's fine now. A year ago, I'd totally agree with this statement, but I run a Vista machine I picked up early this summer and no problems whatsoever. Just turn off UAC and keep it updated and it's a prettier version of XP. #windows7mac
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    Image of Thee Sea Thee Sea
    11/11/09

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: Oh god, you're a moron.

    NEVER turn UAC off unless you're doing so for compatibility reasons. UAC is a good thing and turning it off makes your OS about as secure as XP (see: not at all)

    And it was stable a year ago. The only thing that lead to instability in Vista were graphics cards and other poor driver sources. the NT6 kernel is INCREDIBLY stable. #windows7mac
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    Image of Kerensky97 Kerensky97
    11/11/09

    @Thee Sea: Before you start pointing fingers at who's a moron...

    UAC is good at keeping the computer illiterate from getting themselves into trouble. If you know what you're doing you're fine with it on a very low setting or out of the way completely.

    My UAC has been off since day one and AV+Firewall+Common Sense has kept me out of harms way for years now.

    [blogs.zdnet.com]

    [lifehacker.com] #windows7mac
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    11/11/09

    @Thee Sea: UAC does nothing for security. Read recent threads about 8 of 10 viruses/trojans making it past UAC no problem (including Windows 7). UAC is not an effective security measure.

    I believe Lifehacker had an article on this just today.

    Yeap, here it is. [lifehacker.com]

    Middle of the page. So let's not call people morons unless you know what you're talking about. That's just uncalled for. #windows7mac
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    11/11/09

    @Kerensky97:
    You mean like how UAC completely mitigated conficker? Or how it mitigates drive-by driver installs that were embedded in flash applets that change enough that only heuristic scanners pick it up? Those same scanners that have a high false-positive rate? Those same applets that were on completely innocuous sites because they were embedded into a series of bad ads?

    Common sense is not a good idea. UAC is more than just a prompt, it is an entire compatibility system, a security system and provides far more protection than you think. Not only that, but the article you linked? Yeah, the source actually didn't post any of their testing metric. #windows7mac
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    11/11/09

    @eatamez2: See my next post:

    "Not only that, but the article you linked? Yeah, the source actually didn't post any of their testing metric."

    It does not say the extent that the malware functioned, did it execute and do its thing in a virtualised environment? What was the functionality of each piece of software?

    I never said that UAC replaces other methods, but turning it off is EXTREME foolishness. #windows7mac
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    11/11/09

    @Thee Sea: How is it foolish? I have 3 PC's at my job that run vista, 2 on Windows 7, 3 PC's at home with Vista, and all have had UAC turned off since day one, with ZERO issues, and zero viruses (that weren't caught before they effected anything). Naturally I'm running other AV's and smarter than a majority of the click-happy world, but to say it is EXTREMELY foolish is just nonsense.

    UAC is not a DEPENDABLE security feature. #windows7mac
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    11/11/09

    @eatamez2: It is VERY dependable if you know what the hell it's supposed to do. It is not "magically make my computer never get a virus again"

    And yes, it IS extremely foolish. Just because you have anecdotal evidence doesn't mean you're right. And when a drive-by is one of the most common virus distribution methods (and one that doesn't even require clicking and can be on otherwise safe sites), you don't have to be a "click-happy) user.

    And when I say normally safe, I do mean safe. Wikia had a string of drive-by ads on their sites for a while. So did Wowhead.com and a few other gaming sites that rely on something other than internal ad placement. #windows7mac
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Manager Admits Mac Influence Amidst Other Nonsense
    When Windows 95 came out everybody dogged it for ripping off Mac. #windows7mac
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime Quashes Wii HD Rumors
    No biggie... the system has so little computing power that it can not only be emulated during its commercial lifetime on home PCs, but you can also set it to emulate in HD!

    (I have never tried this though because I actually have a Wii...) #nintendowiihdrumors
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime Quashes Wii HD Rumors
    That's not a denial. All he says is that he doesn't know how forcefully he can deny it. #nintendowiihdrumors
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    11/09/09

    @phicaluk: Well done. #nintendowiihdrumors
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    Image of dagamer34 dagamer34
    11/09/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime Quashes Wii HD Rumors
    That's because if he said yes, whatever crappy sales they have now would get even worse. #nintendowiihdrumors
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime Quashes Wii HD Rumors
    I can't wait for the new super mario bros to come out on the wii!
    old school game are da best!
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    Image of brkmrtn002 brkmrtn002
    11/09/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime Quashes Wii HD Rumors
    I play my snes all the time, my wii is a doorstop.
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    11/09/09

    @brkmrtn002: Haha, I've actually been playing my SNES recently too. Haven't touched the Wii in a looong time. Good ol' Donkey Kong Country 2 #nintendowiihdrumors
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