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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    05/26/09

    In reply to Psystar Files for Bankruptcy
    sadtrombone.com
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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/26/09

    In reply to Psystar Files for Bankruptcy
    Psystar has always been about selling a legal theory rather than selling computers. They're a bunch of lawyers who hired some geeks, not a bunch of geeks who hired some lawyers.


    This has always been about testing Apple's EULA, and trying to generate some kind of payday out of it.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/26/09

    @frigg: Yep.
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    Image of VanniGreene VanniGreene
    05/26/09

    In reply to Psystar Files for Bankruptcy
    Hey, you wanna talk about pilfering from free software projects, look to Apple before Psystar!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/26/09

    @VanniGreene: Example?
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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    05/26/09

    @VanniGreene:


    Are you referring to Xerox? Because Xerox, at the time, did not intend to put their GUI into production.


    If they were intending to make PCs with a GUI that would have been a whole other matter.

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    Image of Mac the Tard Mac the Tard
    05/26/09

    In reply to Psystar Files for Bankruptcy
    I love that they have a super massive printer port.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/26/09

    @bleuray vs. honeydijondvd: parallel port
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    Image of brainjuice brainjuice
    05/26/09

    In reply to Psystar Files for Bankruptcy
    People buy Macs for the status symbol first and functionality second.


    Was a stupid business model to begin with.

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    05/26/09

    @brainjuice: Actually, I care about functionality first, status second. I just find Apple's UI and hardware designs more appealing.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/26/09

    @brainjuice: You're a bit off base, however this does point towards a notable aspect of Mac consumers on the whole. The aesthetic qualities and brand appeal matter, even if people are offended by how shallow these things may appear. I like Macs partly because I think they're some of the best looking computers out there, both hardware-wise and on the software end. However, if it didn't run with a level of functionality that I found satisfactory, all the pretty glitter and clean cues count less and less, to the point where I'd just settle for something that doesn't appeal as much visually, but functions better.


    These Psystar systems provide no real brand appeal, no real aesthetic interest, save for the OS, and on a functional level, they have no real track record, again, save for the OS, which is now under question because of the unsure hardware.

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    Image of pettiblay pettiblay
    05/26/09

    @brainjuice: I know a LOT of people that knew all about the status symbol of the Mac and never bought one until I showed them how practical and intuitive they were. That made some people switch, even though they knew all about the status symbol as you say.
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    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    05/26/09

    @pettiblay: Ditto - I've got at least 10 converts under my belt based on UI/OS alone.


    Plus - I work in advertising. Macs rule our world.

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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    05/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I'm on the other side of this, I would like to have a machine running Mac OS, but the price will never justify the pretty packaging.


    I could care less about "brand appeal."

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    05/26/09

    @brainjuice: First, allow me to say that I don't care how people spend their money- it's theirs, and they can do whatever they want with it. Second, allow me to to agree with you. There are a class of people who buy Macs because they truly like the UI and system, specs be damned. There's also the larger, second group of people who buy them because they *tend* to represent a free-thinking, intelligent, wealthy, and trendy lifestyle. A Patagonia fleece and $5 latte lifestyle, if you will. This image is carefully maintained and cultivated by well-paid marketing firms in Cupertino, and Apple's done extremely well with it. Mac makes great computers- no one's going to deny that. For me, the comparative performance just doesn't justify the 25-50% markup over similar PCs. If it does for you, great.
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    05/26/09

    @Segador: thank God i wear North Face and drink the free coffee with a free tank of gas.


    * phew *

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    05/26/09

    @does the aero shake_Nick: * poop, i meant 'full' tank. 'free' tank would be stellar, though.
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    Image of ThaKoolAidKid ThaKoolAidKid
    05/26/09

    In reply to Psystar Files for Bankruptcy
    Maybe it's Ballmer.
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    05/26/09

    @ThaKoolAidKid: Doesn't make sense - why would he want MORE OS X-equipped systems out there?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/26/09

    @Nintenboy01: Ballmer funds clones, then clones gain traction, Apple tries to squish the clones, clones start selling, piracy of OS X increases, OS X becomes more popular, but also falls subject to the hodgepodge of hit, near miss or miss hardware that lowers the quality experience, Apple loses credibility, Psystar disappears, Ballmer laughs, Steve Jobs encases himself in carbonite, PC fanboys bleat, world asplodes. It's diabolical.
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    01/09/09

    In reply to Circuit City Trying to Sell, Liquidation Possible After January 16th
    You know, I am glad they're going out of business.


    I went in there last week and said, "Hey! I am here to buy a circuit. Looks like you guys are the place for that." Well lemme tell ya...

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/09/09

    @scarbrtj: I was just appalled to see that there was no city inside.
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    Image of aesopbx aesopbx
    01/09/09

    In reply to Circuit City Trying to Sell, Liquidation Possible After January 16th
    I wonder what the asking price is. I might be willing to get in on that action. I would turn the remaining stores into a gadget Thunderdome where customers can (for a nominal fee) come in and bash and destroy any device they want. Like that scene out of Office Space.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/09/09

    @aesopbx: To the melancholy sound of No Warning Shot by Six Feet Under?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/09/09

    In reply to Circuit City Trying to Sell, Liquidation Possible After January 16th
    So it's happening on my birthday...


    Hmmm...is it possible that the fate of CC lies on what I wish for when I blow out those candles? Do you die, or do you live. What say you Romans?

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    01/09/09

    In reply to Circuit City Trying to Sell, Liquidation Possible After January 16th
    Gizmodo should buy Circuit City and change the name to Gizmodo City.


    Or maybe just "The Giz."


    Nobody beats the Giz, nobody beats the Giz....

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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/10/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Will You Miss Circuit City?
    I'm not going to miss CC; the last couple times I was in one I couldn't find someone to take my money. They were too busy talking to each other.
    I don't miss CompUSA; they lost their computer focus and tried to be Fry's Lite. Plus their prices made my eyes bleed.
    I do miss ElekTek - that was pure geek heaven.
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    Image of infmom infmom
    11/10/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Will You Miss Circuit City?
    Never could get anyone to wait on me, checkout lines went on forever if I did find anything to buy there (which was very, very seldom). I quit shopping there years ago. Good riddance.
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    Image of balls187 balls187
    11/10/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Will You Miss Circuit City?
    Nope. Circuit City sucks.


    The one in Bellevue, WA always had long lines, and not enough people working the registers.


    Good riddance.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/10/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Will You Miss Circuit City?
    I can imagine an Arthur Dent type character laying in front of the bulldozers when the end comes.


    "Do you know how much damage this bulldozer would suffer, if I just let it roll over you?"


    "How much?"


    "None at all."

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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/10/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Will You Miss Circuit City?
    About as much as I miss The Good Guys after they went toes up about five years ago, which is not at all.
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