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    Land Rover S1 Phone Tested By Elephants: It Really Is The Strongest Phone

    Ballmer Bites Apple, Saying Pro-Mac Trend Is Waning

    Sentience Intelligent Cruise Control Lets You Forget the Pedals Altogether While Driving

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    Image of battra92 battra92
    11/16/09

    In reply to Ballmer Bites Apple, Saying Pro-Mac Trend Is Waning
    I think what Ballmer fails to realize is that people really do want what Apple is selling. I support approximately 100 PCs at my work. While I certainly appreciate a lot of what Microsoft offers (MS Office and Exchange being their two strongest points) there are times when I just wonder why their system is so darn bloated and complicated.

    While I have to run and support Windows XP boxes at work at home I'm running Linux and OSX.

    Another thing I've noticed is the general trend towards people wanting their computer to be more of an appliance. This unfortunately leaves Linux out for most applications (except for specialized uses like Netbooks) but the ease of use on a Mac is what many people are willing to pay that extra money for. Heck, there wouldn't be Hackintoshes out there if people didn't want to emulate the Mac.

    Back in the mid 90s when I started learning my craft, Windows was hands down the best choice over Mac despite all the flaws of Win 95. Today the tides have changed and if price is equal for most home uses outside of gaming, OSX wins. #steveballmer
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    07/02/09

    In reply to Land Rover S1 Phone Tested By Elephants: It Really Is The Strongest Phone
    Wow, and I only thought iDEN phones were allowed to be that rugged and ugly.
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    07/02/09

    @Markarian: I guess you've never seen a G'zOne.
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    07/02/09

    In reply to Land Rover S1 Phone Tested By Elephants: It Really Is The Strongest Phone
    I hate to say this... but I take it it won't blend?
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    07/03/09

    @Fryee: The Ban Hammer... approves of your post.
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    07/03/09

    @photophile: Actually... no this one should be allowed. I would like to see it actually go up against the blender test. I have a feeling it wouldn't last but you never know.
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    07/02/09

    In reply to Land Rover S1 Phone Tested By Elephants: It Really Is The Strongest Phone
    "so you can hear it when it's under elephants" this made me laugh. I'm trying to imagine the scenario where this would occur.
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    07/03/09

    @gloveofpower: Maybe you're in the audience at The Oprah Winfrey Show?
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    07/02/09

    In reply to Land Rover S1 Phone Tested By Elephants: It Really Is The Strongest Phone
    unless it's a satellite phone -- i don't think it would do you any good out on safari. but what do i know, maybe africa has great cell reception.


    tribesman: click click click click click click click?
    translation: can you hear me now?

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    Image of Evan Plaice Evan Plaice
    03/22/09

    In reply to Ballmer Bites Apple, Saying Pro-Mac Trend Is Waning
    Pop culture says that "Google" is well on its way to replacing the word "Search" in meaning. So, how long will it take "Ballmerism" to replace "Foot in Mouth," "Ballmer" to replace "Douchebag," an "Microsoft" to replace "Crap."


    I thoroughly dislike purchasing products with the MS logo anymore because it pains me to think that the profits are going to this pig-headed idiot.


    I build my own computers and transfer the license which is legal as long as each individual computer has its own license. People don't realize that if you buy it pre-loaded, the license is attached to the machine (OEM). So far, I've been through 3 generations of PCs for less than the cost of an Apple. If Apple weren't such hardware nazis I would definitely use their OS (hackintosh maybe?).

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    11/16/09

    @Evan Plaice: Guy Fieri already has Douchbag trademarked. ;-) #steveballmer
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    03/20/09

    In reply to Ballmer Bites Apple, Saying Pro-Mac Trend Is Waning
    and it looks ike my wireless keyboard batteries are dying too
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    03/20/09

    In reply to Ballmer Bites Apple, Saying Pro-Mac Trend Is Waning
    I bought my ma for it's boot chime (BIOS beep is so lame)
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    03/20/09

    In reply to Ballmer Bites Apple, Saying Pro-Mac Trend Is Waning
    I suppose ol' Ballmy has no opinion on premium hardware that actually pays for a license for their product.
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    03/20/09

    In reply to Ballmer Bites Apple, Saying Pro-Mac Trend Is Waning
    This from the company that's about to unleash a wallet raping multi-tiered pricing scheme for Windows 7...
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    03/20/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Don't get me wrong. I really like Windows 7 but let's be reasonable about it Uncle Fester..
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    Image of Auzburner Auzburner
    03/20/09

    In reply to Ballmer Bites Apple, Saying Pro-Mac Trend Is Waning
    He has got come things right, but when you buy an Apple product, you don't have to buy directly from an Apple store and you also get top rated support included in that price tag. I wouldn't call Apple a rip off, but I fully agree a Mac is on the pricey side. You buy what you pay for, no deception, it's just what it is.
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    03/20/09

    @Auzburner: You get top rated support for a year.


    Unless you buy applecare for another $200 - $400.

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    Image of Evan, How Dare you Sir! Evan, How Dare you Sir!
    03/20/09

    Secondly, I paid $500 more not for the logo, but for kick ass product design featuring an operating system that isn't preloaded with bloatware from HP or Gateway.
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    Image of imTheKing imTheKing
    03/20/09

    @UnexpectedEOF: the $200 to $400 is totally worth the fee.
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    Image of Mint137 Mint137
    03/20/09

    @imTheKing: Building your own computer each thing has it's own warranty length. Just a few things for example. My monitor's was 3 years. RAM was lifetime. Hard drives were 5 years. All for no extra fee. BEAT THAT.
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    Image of madog madog
    03/21/09

    @Mint137: Ok, I'll accept that challenge.


    Personally, I (and many others) think it's better being able to actually walk into the manufacturers store for warranty issues whereas you'll wait 4-6 weeks for shipping beyond the retailers return policy.

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    03/21/09

    @evangelistc01: I built my computer for under $2k and it is kick-ass powerful and can run rings around virtually anything. I didn't get bloatware or useless frills, and since I know what I'm doing, I don't need a "care" program. If your hardware doesn't shit the bed within a week of startup and you don't treat it like shit, it's going to last a long, long time. In 25 years I've never had a hard drive, video card or motherboard just "die" on me unless something very harmful was actively done to it.


    Assembling a system is both ridiculously easy and also very inexpensive. Once you do it you realize just what a ripoff buying a prebuilt system is, and how much of a useless waste "tech support" is...


    @UnexpectedEOF: ...yes, Apple Care is a waste too.

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    03/20/09

    In reply to Ballmer Bites Apple, Saying Pro-Mac Trend Is Waning
    "it is kinda funny for a software guy to suggest that it's the hardware that makes the computer."


    Actually, Ballmer is a marketing guy, so he would say anything that he thinks that people want to hear.

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    03/20/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: And Microsoft is a software company. So he's a marketing guy for a software company = software guy. They just don't do hardware.
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    03/20/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Correction, he's a marketing tool..
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    03/20/09

    @pettiblay: "They just don't do hardware."


    At Ballmer's age it's pretty much all software..

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    03/20/09

    In reply to Ballmer Bites Apple, Saying Pro-Mac Trend Is Waning
    seriously - did we just hear him say that the economy going into the shitter is good for Microsoft?


    wow. Hope and change from Microsoft!

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    03/20/09

    @theotherstevejobs: Yeah, I think there's about 5,000 people who'd disagree..
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    Image of HonusWScruggs HonusWScruggs
    03/20/09

    @theotherstevejobs: @evangelistc01: @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: In referring to "points", he's clearly talking about Microsoft's market position. What, exactly, is evil about being in a position where an economic downturn is to your relative advantage over your competitor?


    Why so desperate to be angry?

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    03/21/09

    @HonusWScruggs: "Why so desperate to be angry?"


    I am neither. I simply made a statement. Any inference of malice you may apply to it is from your own viewpoint, not mine.

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    03/12/09

    In reply to Sentience Intelligent Cruise Control Lets You Forget the Pedals Altogether While Driving
    How would I shoe my impatience by revving my engine while in rush hour traffic with this? And would it try to slow my car down when I try to run over pedestrians because it sees them as an obstacle instead of potential points?
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    03/12/09

    @Toastie: *show, for you grammar police.
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    03/12/09

    @Toastie: Perhaps the computer can be programmed for evil as well as good. Then it will handle your road rage for you.
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    03/12/09

    @Toastie: Introducing the Cruise-CutOff and the Cruise-Honk. You can literally fall asleep and wake up at your destination, pissing everyone off on the way.
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    03/12/09

    In reply to Sentience Intelligent Cruise Control Lets You Forget the Pedals Altogether While Driving
    I just put a brick on the gas pedal and let the car rive itself if i im feeling tired or lazy why do i need some fancy computer to do that
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    03/12/09

    @Sol-Corp: See, if everyone did that, then everyone would be driving at the same speed and we wouldn't need to worry about accelerating or braking. It's genius, I tell you!
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