Actually i wrote that in response to John Duncan's response to you.
Sent from my iPod
On May 31, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Jeff Wright jswri...@gmail.com wrote:
Do you say that because of how badly Fox news does in the ratings?
Of course not. I don't believe what I wrote is true, but to be
Yes...evil MS IT killed newspapersthat is why David Simon is so
disenchanted with print journalists, the evil MS empire of IT...or the evil
IT empire of MS or something.
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 10:29 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On May 31, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
I
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyimages/1151real.jpg
It's actually a lot less complex then I imagined.
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If it does, it would be 2.4gbits per second. I haven't seen any real world
speed tests of USB3..have you?
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 8:58 AM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
SATA=Serial ATA (PATA is parallel).
The new version of SATA has been ratified at 6 gigabits/second (gbs)as
well; no
An HOUR to install it? WOW. Took less then that when I installed vista
originally.
I thought I got a bad update yesterday when I installed updates for win 7.
After installing I rebooted and the machine would barely POST. Turned out
my PSU had gone bad.
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Andy
You'll never be a good MFB if you start worrying about cost. Being a good
MFB is like joining scientology, you never worry about the high price of
being pure. As expressed in another thread, the very idea of going into a
computer store with a budget is not towing the line for Steve Jobs. Think
The SP is the combo.
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:25 AM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd262148.aspx
SP1 is required.
I had Mac OS X, 10.5.3 on one of my computers. I downloaded a combo update
that contained all of the updates from 10.5.4 to
I'm aware of TCO...but in this case she was asking for a 350 dollar choice
and the only one she got from the mac fan crowd was 1000 to 1800. Truly,
there are cases when a mac is NOT the choice, and cases where a mac is the
choice. It's just that some here think mac is the only choice no matter
We are all in the distortion, if you believe you are not, that's where your
problems begin. If you can't have fun with that, then what is the point?
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote:
I was just having fun, responding in-kind to a silly post
I think the reason someone called you an Apple-head is because within the
question the she specifically said an air was too expensive, she wanted a
netbook. Your answer was to ignore what she wanted and her price range and
tell her to...get an Air. We've been here before, for some of us price
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On May 26, 2009, at 9:25 PM, mike wrote:
I feel often as if I'm asking for advice on buying a nice family
car only
from those who buy jaguars and bmws.
You keep beating the drum for that tired old M$ Laptop Hunters
propaganda. As previously posted...
Refurbished MacBook
iStat nano should do what you need, only caveat is that I believe it resets
on restarts. Put you mac to sleep and it should keep counting.
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 5:42 AM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote:
On the Mac, is there a way to see how much internet I am getting? Or is
there a tool or
Well see...the problem is, Tom *hates* anything not Apple...so the ultra
portable niche product stripped of anything unnecessary that does not say
Apple is a waste of hardware...stick that happy mac logo on it and indeed
it's a perfect machine.
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 5:04 AM, Reid Katan
I read a couple of articles after listening to said podcast. Netbooks it
seems are not falling in sales, but the half dozen articles from different
sources did seem to list a high return rate...of the linux based laptops.
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Jeff Wright jswri...@gmail.com wrote:
I think for once...the two of us can agree it's bullshit
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Reminder from the MPAA: DRM trumps your fair use rights
Before I respond I have to know if this is computers or politics.
If you picked an OS with a base above 3% you too could enjoy botnets!
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
sources did seem to list a high return rate...of the linux based laptops.
This computer did not come with Confiker. All my PC owning friends have
Confiker.
I usually buy my enclosures/drives separately. It seems you get better
warranties on drives this way. The last WD drives I bought have 5 year
warranties. I'd stick with them...or seagate, I'm sure everyone on the list
has a horror story involving at least one or more vendors regarding hard
Personally I think you'd be better off with more ram and making sure you get
a 7200 rpm drive. I really doubt you will see a huge difference in speed
between the two cpus.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Julie Kubal julieku...@yahoo.com wrote:
Moving on from hard drives...
I'm about to
A friend of mine was over with his new macbook pro with 4 gigs of ram and
the 7200 HD option...it crashed while he was here. I don't hold it against
it however.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Richard P. richs...@gmail.com wrote:
Went to a professional seminar last night where the PowerPoint
The MSI wind has received great reviews, runs office just fine and weighs
about half the weight of the macbook. You can have one for anywhere from
330 to 400 bux. The macbook is a great system also, but at twice the cost,
it's worth looking at the wind.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:02 AM, b_s-wilk
Check memory from third party vendors, never, ever go through Apple for
memory.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Julie Kubal julieku...@yahoo.com wrote:
Unfortunately, the extra memory is an extra $1000, while the extra
processing speed in only another $300.
On 22 May 2009, at 12:02, Rev.
1200-4000 dollar netbooks? Where are you shopping? Netbooks aren't
supposed to be speed demons, or 4000 dollars. For what she described as
needing, an MSI Wind would work great.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:03 AM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
Betty how familiar are you with a Netbook?
question, but I can always upgrade the RAM
later, right? But not the processor? Will the cost of RAM probably
decrease with time? At the moment, even if RAM would make the most
sense in the long run, it's just too expensive to justify at an extra
$1000.
On 22 May 2009, at 12:19, mike wrote
OS X has worse engineering but it sits un-virus infested. Try again. If OS
X was the target of trojan writers everywhere the experience on the mac
platform would be very different. This being said, facts are that OS X
doesn't have anyone targeting it, so it is more safe in that regard. But
Or they don't think that it *has* to be expensive to be quality and useful.
I'm glad to see you think you know all americans so well.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:35 AM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
That's right. Americans don't like to pay for quality, so they buy cheap
little notebooks
Except RAM is also a commodity. So like corn which has been around long
enough to work out the kinks, prices fluctuate.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
How this works : RAM is a commodity but even commodities have
gradations best of the best go for a
It's being reported among such places as supersite for windows that MS is
not going to implement the 3 app limit on it's starter edition.
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On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Maybe in your made up subscription service...but not the one we were
talking
about. You seem to like doing that, change what is true into what is not,
then argue that. You end up arguing
Aw stop it, yer making me all misty eyed.
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote:
Sometimes mike is afraid that if he's not a jerk, he'll be nothing at all.
Tom Piwowar wrote:
Maybe in your made up subscription service...but not the one we were
talking
about
About as threatening as the os x updater...or any other you have. What kind
of threats are you worried about?
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote:
I haven't used any Google software on my Mac in a while so maybe this is
already an old issue, but I downloaded
I know you can disable it on windows...should be able to on os x.
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Richard P. richs...@gmail.com wrote:
My first thought is No thank you. My second thought is can I
disable the background updater after downloading. Let us know what
you end up doing.
Richard
If music isn't your thing, that's ok. For some people it's in their lives
more.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Well anyone that would find it hard to buy ten songs a month...who bought
into a service because they love getting new music, must have other
I figured you had pulled this one from your nether regions...just wanted to
hear you say it.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
And where are your surveys that they stay in service for twice as long?
Please provide irrefutable evidence of your existence.
Pot calling kettle...
I give what I get from Tom. I asked nicely, he non answered in his own
smartass way. I replied in kind.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote:
Perhaps the fact that you seem to go out of your way to disparage him
may have
I know your shtick, make up everything, prove nothing...keep moving and
jabbing till they give up on trying to get some truth out of you.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
I figured you had pulled this one from your nether regions...just wanted
to
hear you say
Thanks...that's all I was asking. Instead we get more smartass from Tom.
Thanks, Betty.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:04 AM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
And where are your surveys that they stay in service for twice as long?
The Gartner Group has done several detailed studies and
Maybe in your made up subscription service...but not the one we were talking
about. You seem to like doing that, change what is true into what is not,
then argue that. You end up arguing with yourself more then anyone else
this way. I can imagine seeing you in a grocery..alone in the
I listen to audiobooks all the time, but always in situations where books
wouldn't do well. At work at times, in the car a lot...they are fantastic
for long commutes.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Vicky Staubly vi...@steeds.com wrote:
On Wed, 20 May 2009, Steve at Verizon wrote:
Rev.
I signed up for the free two weeks...basically five bux a month for
unlimited music...can't beat that with a stick.
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
Why has every attempt to date at selling such a subscription service
been a flop
You might mention
Similiar? The zune pass isn't streaming.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote:
It appears that this model is not very strong:
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/05/the-new-new-napster-intros-5m
Every year we buy a 'pass' to a local wild life zoo...I see the subscription
based music services similiar to that.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote:
Not to me, Chris; I think of both as wasting money. No rented music for
me, thank you.
You don't. Tom is walking around with his zune and one cd he bought ten
years ago
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
And the proposition that somebody would spend
$10,000s filling their iPod is so ridiculous.
Sure, but how DO you fill a 120GB music
It would be a better deal for some, but the 5 dollar deal is only streaming
music...no device support, nothing kept local.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Stephen Brownfield
steveei...@verizon.netwrote:
Chris,
I may not be a doctor, but take a chill pill. I see the discussion
as to
Well anyone that would find it hard to buy ten songs a month...who bought
into a service because they love getting new music, must have other issues
we can't cover here without multiple therapists
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
No, they don't roll over.
Not
Anyone out there on a politics list? Do they ever break out into computer
subjects?
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Right...and the company he chairs and partly owns that does the 'carbon
offsets', he makes nothing?
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
Think of those massive profits Al Gore has been racking up..
Well, actually, Gore donates the profits from his
gparted is as much fun as you can have with a partition manager...
Acronis is a lifesaver. Nothing like being back up and running complete
with programs etc in ten minutes off a brand new drive.
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
http://gparted.sourceforge.org
You can resize partitions from Vista's computer management console.
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
If I'm not mistaken, I don't think Symantec even supports Partiton Magic
any more. Last time I looked, version 8 was the latest (had been for a few
years) and
So the choice is to read one mag who supports enhanced interrogation, or one
that thought Joe was a great guy when he was killing as many as 20,000
Russians a month?
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
That base is not nearly as broad as that of The Nation,
many
Think of those massive profits Al Gore has been racking up..and all those
watermelons who back him...GE stands to make a lot of that cash the Big O is
printing for our own little Weimar.
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Think of those massive profits that
We'll start with Soros and Buffetweird how the super rich are
lefties
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz1b__MdtHY
Long, but worth watching all the way through
At the end Bill Black starts calling it a fundamental moral
And now they are too busy being promoted.
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Why aren't these
people under arrest who where charged with over seeing this kind of
stuff and chose to ignore it? Or weren't smart enough to see it even
when they were told it was
You almost have to feel sorry for MS...almost. Apple is playing in
the majors and MS is swinging away in the minors.
Sent from my iPod
On May 13, 2009, at 6:39 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Apple responded to Laptop Hunters with just the right amount of
snarkeyness.
Trouble is, same people are in charge of the 'free market' that were when
Madoff made off...
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Are you sure you know what a free market is?
A marketing term used to promote anarchy and rule by the rich. Free
Market is what made
Like we got other whining the last two. Maybe someday people will realize
it's not really right/left and hasn't been for a long time.
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote:
I guess we can count on Jeff's whimpering politics for two full terms.
And
You didn't even watch the clip of Dr. Tyson did you? Don't let facts get in
your way! You might actually stop thinking about just getting your agendas
out no matter what.
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
I only included that article as an example of the folly
9 years? Longer then that. He started in the early 90's. By the way, a
lot of the same people who were charged with knowing about this sort of
thing are still there.
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net wrote:
Excuse my interruption, but didn't he get rich
On a side note..is it that hard to get a new HD *in* it?
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
my hard drive in the iMac had finally died. Now I'm
wondering if I should/could get an external firewire drive and have
it run the OS on the iMac, or just buy a new
Exactly, I await your case to be made. It's so nice when we agree.
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Interesting math, adds up to a whole lot of BS, but interesting.
Yes, that whole arithmetic thing is just such a scam.
As BHO recently announced, Science is
He bought it!
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Matthew Taylor taylorsmatt...@gmail.comwrote:
You bought that one?
On May 10, 2009, at 10:06 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
As BHO recently announced, Science is back.
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You should read up on those lawsuits in the EU...really ridiculous stuff.
Kinda hard to claim IE has an monopoly when their marketshare is on a
spiral...DOWN.
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
You bought that one?
As BHO recently announced, Science is back.
http://fora.tv/2009/02/04/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson_The_Pluto_Files#chapter_18
Good response to the 'death of science' question from a self described left
wing member of the liberal party.
The whole show is good, regarding pluto and it's planetary status, Dr. Tyson
is very entertaining.
http://tinyurl.com/qleja6
Apple has a strange baffling approval process.
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100% vulnerable? Really? By 100, you mean *just* the data on the
disks...right. So not really 100% since you aren't using it as a backup and
have all that data over there while it rebuilds. So really it's not
vulnerable at all...
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/apple-rejects-bittorrent-control-app-from-app-store-because-it-m/
sure.
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:47 PM, db db...@att.net wrote:
Could you send a non Tiny.URL too.
Tiny URLs are blocked by my firewall...
Thanks,
db
mike wrote:
http://tinyurl.com
She wants a live backup, not monthly ones. The drobo advantage is plug in
and forget, also AFAIK, you can stick any drives in that drobo, in a build
you own RAID scenario, you need matched drives for the best results. I'd
not replace the lacie drive for the reason just mentioned.
Watch out for
, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
She wants a live backup, not monthly ones. The drobo advantage is
plug in
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now that once weren't.
IMHO,
db
Mike wrote:
She already has a RAID setup. You might want to read up on RAID, they do
the exact opposite of what you think they do.
Sent from my iPod
On May 10, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote:
She didn't SAY she wanted a live backup
It's not redundant anymore? It doesn't provide mirroring or parity? It
doesn't reduce the MTBF? All those assumptions are wrong?
You should get out more, even Apple uses RAID.
A primer to help you understand how RAID works and why.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID
Once you understand it's
The guys at macbreak weekly have recommended drobo often..and no they aren't
paid to do it. They just love it. With the background these guys have,
I'll trust they know what they are doing.
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Those guys are not the guys. I
Interesting math, adds up to a whole lot of BS, but interesting.
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
RAID increases the probability of failure. Two drives are more likely to
fail than one drive.
From your post, you clearly have no idea who you are speaking of. Quoting
the first line from a wiki page is a good scam, try actually knowing the
people you are talking about.
And no, not anything...just the things that you are wrong about.
You leave out one crucial detail, RAID works. It has
for and am recording them to tape and CD, but is going very
slowly. Fortunately, I am retired, so I have time these days.)
Mike
Robert Carroll wrote:
My two cents: depends on what the LP is.
A couple of years ago I bought an LP on eBay for over $100, recorded
around 1953. Most don't sell for so
Actually if you'd been reading the posts you'd note I hadn't said anything
about MS BS, just your BS. Maybe drink some tea or something, calm down,
take a walk?
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Don't start getting facts in the way of Tom's BS
Have you
How can the RIAA sue for songs copied but not actually taken?
Some reports claim the perp wiped all backups after stealing the data.
Seems to be conflicting reports.
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Just another opening salvo in a cyber war that's sure to heat
Probably...do you know which is the best seller? Sounds like you are the
one with assumptions unless you have some data on AMD sales?
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Well, I guess that when I read the vast majority of AMD chips support
XPM,
I don't interpret
What does she want to do? Just get rid of red eye or is she a pro? A pro
in the making?
Go with the free one first...if she has no preference..GIMP is a good
alternative.
2009/5/8 John Mealey III john.meal...@verizon.net
My wife has requested photo editing software for her new computer.
I
All those users, encoding/decoding...take a hell of a lot of power.
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Whether or not the data was copied this time, it's still a good idea to
insist, where possible, that all medical records use something other
than a social
Yeah those i7's in macs are so much faster and better then the ones in other
machines...uh..yeah. Macs use those magic i7's.
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
All those users, encoding/decoding...take a hell of a lot of power.
Another good reason to use Macs.
You bet it's appalling, that's exclusively your gig.
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
PCWorld is the first to run scientific benchmarks.
I find your don't-bother-me-with-the-facts attitude appalling.
Don't start getting facts in the way of Tom's BS, I'm using it to help get
my yard in this weekend.
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Rich Schinnell richnrockvi...@gmail.comwrote:
FWIW,
I installed Win 7 RC on a Intel dual core w 2 gigs ram and a nvidia
512 graphics card. 160gb new SATA drive
If you are going to manage your systems so poorly, you aren't going to get
much sympathy when you complain.
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
No, not everyone Tom, just people who approach management of
multiple computers the same way Chevy Chase approches a
Adobe site says Win XP SP 2 is the requirement...were you running these
systems with just SP 1? Pre SP 1?
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Maybe you shouldn't have waited to download SP3 until the day after
Windows
7 RC, which is a 2.6 GB d/l, is released to
Did it not say it was cutting staff in and outside the US?
Sent from my iPod
On May 5, 2009, at 8:57 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/05/05/microsoft_job_losses/
Looks like focus is on cutting US jobs while adding staff outside of
US.
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Techradar reporting Apple may be in talks to buy twitter for upwards of 700
million. What? Anyone know TR's track record? Anyone have thoughts on why
Apple would want Twitter? If Ashton comes with the deal I say walk away...
Always helpful Tom.
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Comments?
You get what you pay for. Time to pay some more.
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I helped backchannel as to avoid your usual knee jerk reactions.
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Always helpful Tom.
You get what you pay for. Time to pay some more.
Look. Somebody bought a cheap computer too many years ago and now finds
that the vendor has
I've got a pearl I've been experiencing problems with lately. I get
probably over 100 text msgs a day, lately I've not been able to send MMS..I
get a clock symbol to show it's sending and it never times out nor fail.
I'm going to call or stop in at a tmobile in a day or two, but since you
brought
Redmond took the business from linux.
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 5:54 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Try Linux.
How do you account for that 1% market share while Apple increased to 10%.
Looks like Apple was taking business away from both Windows and Linux
over this last year. I expected
Again, wording. Now the iphone is a full blown computer, skipping over
netbook and no mention of phone. It really doesn't matter what you call it,
it's what it is for whomever buys it. I use my touch to control two
computers via VNC, perhaps we are heading towards a place where these items
http://digg.com/d1pwjX
Apple is hiring folks from semi conductor sectors...two from AMD recently
apparently. Jobs saying increasing complexity of iphones/ipods etc is
behind their move to create their own chips for the products they are
building. No word on if that might include CPU's for the
I wouldn't take my computer there for ten bux.
If he doesn't know what MS is going to do, he doesn't know much of anything,
it's all over the tech scene what they are doing.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Marcio m...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
Talk with my computer shop today and wanted to buy
Well it is better, but I'm not sure what you want them to do?
If someone inserts a USB key, presumably they want to open it? Same with a
CD..why put a cd in if there isn't something there you want to do with it?
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Two points here. No, at this point with win 7 on the horizon there is no
reason to go out and buy a copy of Vista. If you are purchasing a new
computer which comes loaded with Vista then good, leave it. Vista has no
more bugs than XP or any other OS.
As far as her accuracy about Vista being
Have an url for that because MS hasn't said when 7 will be released. The RC
just came out...then GM will be out.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
I will not comment on the shop owners Vista comment (Don't run it, cant
comment)
However
Seems strange he would say this. The comment about the free 30 day upgrade
would kill sales now I would think. On top of MS specifically not saying
when win 7 is due.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
-Original Message-
From: mike xha...@gmail.com
Sent: Apr 30, 2009 5:22 PM
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?
Two points here. No, at this point with win 7 on the horizon there is no
reason to go out and buy a copy of Vista. If you are purchasing a new
At 04:34 PM 4/30/2009, you wrote:
But would`t I have to have Vista in place in order to upgrade to 7?...Or
better stay with XP and wait, if I have to start from scratch with 7 so be
it...
Marcio
-Original Message-
From: mike xha...@gmail.com
Sent: Apr 30, 2009 5:22 PM
Local news station here tested half a dozen shops, before taking the
computer in they remove the ribbon cable from the HD and told the tech that
the computer had just stopped working. Five shops had problems from under
100 to hundreds of dollars to fix, one shop the owner told her what the
Chris is correct...no upgrade from xp to 7, but you can get the upgrade
price. You just have to wipe the machine...
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
The upgrade path is not known at this time, but
it should be expected that you will be able to
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