--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <jpgillam@> > > wrote: > > > > > > "Several bloggers reported last week that they had received > > > Acer Ferrari laptops, which can sell for more than $2,200, > > > from Microsoft. A spokeswoman for Microsoft confirmed on > > > Friday that the company had sent out about 90 computers > > > to bloggers who write about technology and other subjects" > > > that could be affected by the release of Windows Vista, > > > Microsoft's new operating system. > > > > > > "Being provided an evaluation computer from Acer is not a > > > 'bribe,'" argued blogger Blake Handler, after receiving one > > > of the free laptops. "It simply allows me to accelerate my > > > evaluations, documentation and demonstrations of Windows Vista." > > > > We saw a similar practice in the US movie industry > > for a while, in which famous movie critics were > > being offered bit parts as themselves in big-budget > > films. They'd get to come in for a day, shoot a few > > seconds of themselves broadcasting on TV in the > > background of a scene or mingling with the guests > > at a Hollywood party, and then go home, their scale > > wages in their pocket...and a good review of the > > film pretty much in the bag. > > It is worth pointing out that the Acer Ferrari > laptop, one of the fastest on the market, primarily > aimed at high-end gamers, is one of the only machines > on the market that can run Windows Vista successfully. > The new OS is being derided soundly by non-bought-and- > paid-for critics around the world as unworkable, and > requiring a minimum of 4 gigs of memory to run. It's > a pig, and Microsoft is trying to pretty up the pig > by giving reviewers a new, shiny, stainless steel > pig cage for it to run around in. >
Of these 4 GBs 3.5 are consummed by NSA's monitoring software that Vista comes bundled with. "Resistance is futile - you will be ass-imilated"
