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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/26/09

    In reply to You Don't Need a TiVo Anymore
    Jason, what if you're in a family that absolutely refuses to get more than one box, and also refuses to get DVR service?

    I've always considered picking up an older Series 2 Tivo and trying to 'emulate' the service like the Australians and Canadians did before the 'official' release of Tivo. It's hard to find the scripts and emulators they used to use (since they kept it all password protected and made you verify that you were an official citizen - after all, an American with the software just has the intent to steal service), but from what I've seen, a few simple Google searches gets the goods ;)
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    Image of pwheeler pwheeler
    11/26/09

    @dragon:ONE: While I don't refuse more than one box what I'm really hoping for is a tuner card for satellite (Bell Expressvu). Then I can actually have one box for everything.
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/26/09

    @pwheeler: They make cards for those. Although they are more for the FTA market, I do know it'd be easy to hack ExpressVu into the equation...
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    Image of k-napped k-napped
    11/25/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Passes Mac OS X Install Base
    For a long time (at least 6 years) I've always envied the Macs I had to work on as a designer. Stuff was just too expensive to justify getting one (plus I used stuff that was Windows only).

    But, working on both everyday, I greatly prefer Windows 7. I work twice as fast on it than OSX.

    Finally I feel like I'm using a windows operating system that was built this decade... and it only took the whole decade to make!
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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    11/25/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Passes Mac OS X Install Base
    Resident Apple fanboy reporting: Windows 7 is alright with me.

    Still like OS X better, and Windows 7 is still Windows when it comes down to it, but there's some neat stuff in 7 and it's great that people are upgrading. You don't have to be happy with XP anymore.
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    Image of delphinus87 delphinus87
    11/25/09

    @SysRq: Thank you. People need to be more civil about this stuff. All of this fanboy garbage "MAC SUXX WINDOWS FTFW!!!" needs to go. Microsoft users need to concede that Macs are not just style over substance and Mac users have to admit that Windows products are no longer the BSODing virus happy machines they used to be.
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    Image of imTheKing imTheKing
    11/25/09

    @SysRq: Completely agree. Still think OSX is better as well but Windows 7 is worth the install.
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    Image of dagamer34 dagamer34
    11/25/09

    @SysRq: Especially the media stuff. Windows Media Center is something Apple would never bother doing because they get no money out of it. They'd rather you pay for all your TV content from iTunes.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    11/25/09

    @dagamer34: I wouldn't be so sure about that last part (about iTunes, but hey, I'm no expert), but yeah, I agree that WMC is much much better than Front Row.
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    Image of gabriele.rizzetto gabriele.rizzetto
    11/25/09

    @SysRq: Right on, brother. I love my Mac, but I finally feel like I can leave XP behind on my Windows boxes and my Boot Camp partition now. It really is a breath of fresh air.
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    11/25/09

    @SysRq: From one fanboy to another, well said.
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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    11/25/09

    @(Starman) Starman: I'm not a fan of either, to be honest. I never saw the appeal of a full screen media application. Fullscreen iTunes if you want music, or fullscreeen Quicktime if you want movies, or fullscreen iPhoto if you want pictures.

    #tips
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    Image of PotentChr0nic PotentChr0nic
    11/25/09

    @SysRq: and how would you fullscreen live tv? I guess you're only considering front row.
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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    11/25/09

    @PotentChr0nic: I suppose I am. Then again, I rarely watch live TV anyways, and not just because I'm on a Mac. Hulu is fine for me.

    #tips
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    Image of PotentChr0nic PotentChr0nic
    11/26/09

    @SysRq: You lucky yanks!
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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    11/26/09

    @PotentChr0nic: Not all Americans are yanks, my friend, I'm from Texas so I take offense. ;)
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    Image of :negated: :negated:
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Xbox Elegant Edition
    I'd rather just wait a bit for the real slim black Xbox 360, if ever it makes it to retail...
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/25/09

    In reply to The PC Lounge at Saks Fifth Avenue Looks Uncomfortable
    The Husband Chair version 2.0.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/25/09

    In reply to The PC Lounge at Saks Fifth Avenue Looks Uncomfortable
    It would look so much comfier if the chairs just had arms.
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    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Xbox Elegant Edition
    Looks more like a flattened microwave than Tivo. XBox: HotPocket Edition.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Xbox Elegant Edition
    i'll settle for the Xbox: Doesn't Fail Edition.
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/25/09

    In reply to The PC Lounge at Saks Fifth Avenue Looks Uncomfortable
    If it contains the words Windows or Microsoft you can guarantee there'll be a queue of moronic* Mac fanboys queueing up to troll it.

    *Disclaimer: Does not apply to all Mac users. Just the overzealous trolls that think Macs are superior to anything else and that Windows users are idiots.
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    Image of zeroprime zeroprime
    11/25/09

    @Odin: Looking at the twitter feed it seems Mac twitter users feel the need to prove something. But are they trying to prove it to others or to themselves?
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    Image of Bmthuat Bmthuat
    11/25/09

    @Odin: Yeah, I was thinking the same. Typing this from Macbook, feeling bored of Mac idiots. Yes, they are the minority, but they got mouths as big as the majority summed.
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    Image of Clancycoop Clancycoop
    11/25/09

    @Odin: Are you implying that they are incorrect in the assertion that the lounge looks uncomfortable, or just making an unrelated declaration?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/25/09

    @Odin: I have trouble recognizing it without the blue field of garbled computer code saying something went wrong.
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/26/09

    @Clancycoop:

    I was talking about the screenshot twitter feed full of Mactards*, not so much the lounge.

    *Read previous disclaimer.
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    11/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:

    It's amazing. You point out a group of people acting like idiots and you always get one person running up jumping about and proclaiming they belong to that group. It's like setting up a bear trap, announcing with a megaphone its position, putting up a big flashing neon sign over it and paying a guy to point at it all day long and then just watching someone stroll right into it.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/26/09

    @Odin: Oh it was a joke. Lighten up
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:
    Jokes don't travel great on the Internet. Lack of tone, body language, etc. makes it often hard to tell if someone is just joking around or being a genuine idiot.

    Sorry if I offended you at any rate, my general outlook is to bite first and apologize later.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/25/09

    In reply to The PC Lounge at Saks Fifth Avenue Looks Uncomfortable
    I don't see what's so uncomfortable about this. I think it looks rather nice.

    I should go there with my old Inspiron 8200. That thing is the club sandwich of laptops, and would probably get more looks than the sveltest Vaio. It'll be 8 minutes of laptop goodness before the battery dies.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 11/25/09 11:53 AM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Friedhamster Friedhamster
    11/25/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: It looks nice, sure, but comfy? Like a nice home to sit and sip and type? Not so much.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/25/09

    @Friedhamster: Eh, it doesn't look so bad really. What would be even more uncomfortable are when the Gawker staff come in and start smashing the place like The Who does to their hotel rooms.
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    Image of Friedhamster Friedhamster
    11/25/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I can totally see that happening, and did, and laughed. All I could see was that Vanillia Ice interview on MTV when he destroys the set in a rampage and the hosts just sit there, bewildered.

    'Do we laugh? Should we run? Is he supposed to do this? What's goooing ooon?'

    Awwwwkwaaard....

    #speakup
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/25/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Heheh my Satellite weighs in at a little over 8lbs and when going full-tilt gets about 20 to 30 minute sof battery time. Beautiful 17" screen though, and still going strong, even after 3 years of extremely serious use!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/25/09

    @met2art: My 8200 is roughly 7 years old now, and weighs in at a little more than 10 lbs with just a 15" screen. Has two large swappable bays where I could put dual batteries, for an added playtime of maybe 10 minutes lol.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/25/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Nice... I bought mine exclusively as a desktop "replacement" for when I needed to do Photoshop and illustration work away from home, though mostly in places where I could plug in and sit down to work. In that capacity it performs incredibly. It even handles most games really well, although on some games I need to dial things back a little bit. Overall, it's a monster, and I admire Toshiba's build quality. The only thing I don't like are the blue "grill" lights from the front speakers... wish I could disable them easily (without opening her up). Otherwise, she's perfect.

    #tips
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/25/09

    In reply to The PC Lounge at Saks Fifth Avenue Looks Uncomfortable
    Well, they don't want you to get too comfortable. Otherwise, you will be spending more time using free internet than browsing their store.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/25/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: I was at a Sony Style store at the GSP last night - a woman came in twice with what appeared homework, walked up to a laptop and started typing away on MS Word -- very amusing. The staff couldn't care less.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/25/09

    @BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: Sony Style has the most apathetic/non-existent staff I've ever seen for such a shiny store. The last time I was at the SF store (before it closed down), I just sat on their couch and watched Fantastic Four 2 on their big TV for an hour.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/25/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: I went to a Sony Style store in Ottawa and it was the same deal. The Rolly they had in there was more concerned about what I was doing than they were. When I actually bought something (mic set for my SE), they looked at me like I was loitering. Not going back. Freaking Canadians lol
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/25/09

    In reply to The PC Lounge at Saks Fifth Avenue Looks Uncomfortable
    Bleh. I'll be sure to put in some time there to justify my Back's Fifth Operation.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/25/09

    In reply to The PC Lounge at Saks Fifth Avenue Looks Uncomfortable
    Looks comfortable to me. Reminds me of Starbucks and anything that reminds me of Starbucks is a good thing.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/25/09

    @BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: Interesting. That was my first reaction, too. Except, you know, the exact opposite.

    OC = can't stand coffee, can't stand Starbucks.

    Does look comfortable, though.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/25/09

    @OCEntertainment: OC = runs on Dunkin Donuts?
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/25/09

    @BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: OC = 60% Mountain Dew, 10% Amp/Jolt (on the weekends), 30% Pizza and Ramen.

    Or, if we want to simplify that equation:

    OC = in his mid-twenties.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/25/09

    @OCEntertainment: IC OC
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Xbox Elegant Edition
    Psh, no slot loading dvd?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Xbox Elegant Edition
    I think the normal XBox looks more elegant, actually. Maybe it's just me.
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