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| Time: 13:33 EST/18:33 GMT | News Source: Gizmodo | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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By now you've probably seen Microsoft's latest ad featuring Lauren, a woman who claims to be neither cool nor rich enough for a MacBook. Well Lauren, one of our readers has a gift for you. Mitch Gewirtz of Michigan would like to give you his 17-inch PowerBook. For free. From Mitch: | ||
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| #1 By 3 (86.1.33.75) at 3/27/2009 1:35:26 PM |
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Dear Mitch,
I appreciate your enthusiasm, but you do realize that this is an ad, right? By the way, I already have a Macbook Pro. Sincerely, Rachel, aka "Lauren" |
| #2 By 92283 (142.32.208.232) at 3/27/2009 2:09:58 PM |
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Dear Lauren,
We know you can only afford a Volkswagon, but we'd like to give you a BMW for free so you can decide which car will do a better job of getting you from point A to point B without putting a price tag on it! Love, BMW PS Don't worry about the BMW being 5 times as expensive. You can take out a loan! This post was edited by NotParkerToo on Friday, March 27, 2009 at 14:12. |
| #3 By 3 (86.1.33.75) at 3/27/2009 2:21:01 PM |
| She doesn't need the loan - she's an actress and office worker - she probably already has the BMW too ;o) |
| #4 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 3/27/2009 3:53:15 PM |
| There's a new tagline for their next commercial: "Windows - The Volkswagen of operating systems." The obvious question now is, which model? I'd have to say the Bug. |
| #5 By 92283 (142.32.208.232) at 3/27/2009 4:18:44 PM |
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#3 All aspiring actresses own BMW's.
#4 "Windows ... not overpriced. (And Apple is way too expensive)." |
| #6 By 92283 (142.32.208.232) at 3/27/2009 4:24:45 PM |
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I'd like to see this ad:
"The BIG insurance company bought Apple's with their ill-gotten gains. Your IT manager will buy Windows PC's if he doesn't want congress to tax his salary at 90%" |
| #7 By 15406 (99.240.65.32) at 3/27/2009 5:47:10 PM |
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#5: "Linux ... not overpriced. (And Vista Ultimate is way too expensive)."
Fixed that for you. #6: The BIG insurance company bought Apple's with their ill-gotten gains. Huh? I thought you were all in favour of large corporations that lie, cheat & steal to get what they want. Suddenly it's bad when it's an insurance company? |
| #8 By 2 (24.239.197.85) at 3/27/2009 6:20:42 PM |
| everyone notice the site working better? |
| #9 By 92283 (142.32.208.232) at 3/27/2009 6:23:42 PM |
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#5 Wow. In another thread on this site you whined and snivelled because it was CHEAPER to buy a Windows PC/laptop and wipe it than buy a barebones one.
Which one of the threads are you lying on??? (Ha ha. Trick question. All of them is the answer) "I thought you were all in favour of large corporations that lie, cheat & steal to get what they want." Since when did I say companies should squander 100's of billions of dollars subsidizing mortgages for people who couldn't pay them? That was what Obama and Barney Frank and Chris Dodd and the other morons in the Democratic Party wanted -- when they were bribed to do so. |
| #10 By 15406 (99.240.65.32) at 3/27/2009 8:06:07 PM |
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#8: Haven't seen any errant login requests or post timeouts lately. Good job.
#9: You love Obama and you know it. Hiding behind a facade of scorn fools no one. |
| #11 By 89249 (72.213.154.62) at 3/28/2009 7:48:14 AM |
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Installing Windows and obtaining Drivers. < 1 Hr
Installing Linux and obtaining Drivers after spending 2-3 hours researching which components will work with my flavor and version... unknown. I know its crazy to look past the purchase price, latch. But at my billable hourly rate Windows is tons cheaper. Even now, after over a decade of "better installers" and "push to more compatiblity and ease of install", if you don't first really research compatibility lists you may find the hardware you bought useless. Grow up, use logic. Frankly the fact that those driving Linux haven't figured out the above paragraph is exactly what has been holding Linux down all of these years. Its a Geeks OS built for Geeks. Regular computer users or people who have better things to do than screw with compatilibity lists or obscure driver sites will rarely have a good experience in linux even today. |
| #12 By 23275 (24.196.4.141) at 3/28/2009 9:12:41 AM |
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Our center has a new feature - a killer coffee shop owned by two really nice people. They roast their own beans and without question, they have a superior product. They weren't doing so well - even before the financial balloon went up. I spoke with the owners and suggested that they consider a service - daily deliveries of high quality coffees to the businesses in our center - beginning with my own. I assessed the costs of my existing services, did a bit of math and came up with a price and a model that works for all. To make the story short enough... I then told our customers who did the same. The shop, armed with regular recurring revenue, turned around in a month and is doing well. I next encouraged them to deliver sandwiches - good ones that are also healthy and add that option to their offerings to busy offices staffed with busier people. They took off.
Previously, and despite having a great product, they seemed to be restricted to the late 20 - early 30's Mac crowd. Small little knots of Mac toting people who never seemed to be in much of a hurry. Occasionally, I would drop in and order a double shot of espresso and head back up to my offices. I never saw much traffic, but I did see and sense the worry in the owners' faces. It troubled me and I wanted to help. The suggestions worked....and now I and many others look forward to great coffee each morning and better service. Now... back to the guys toting the Macs... none of them looked especially promising - I mean, as unfair as it might seem, I wouldn't have hired a one of them and yes, I look for men with enough pride in themselves to have been regularly acquainted with an ironed shirt and laces in their shoes. Hmmm... Macs and Mac people - not buying very much at all, and on the counter next to the worried owner? Two Windows notebooks - one a Lenovo and another, older HP. It was interesting... the owners, each also being college professors, using Windows and their few customers.. Macs. That is all changed now. The idea of serving businesses with services produced recurring revenue for sure, but it also drew the business people and their staffs into the shop. These days the shop is nearly always full and the stools have been replaced with sectionals and tables.. quiet places for business people to meet and get some work done over a decent cup of joe. The Mac toting Mac folks still come around, but the mix better reflects the 3% of global PC's sales they represent. I regularly meet customers their at my request. "Come on over and I'll buy you a cup of coffee and we'll discuss your idea" is the line and it works. Sip.. talk.. sip.. some more talk and then we take it upstairs to iron out and formalize details. It works and its pleasant. It still remains vividly clear to me... previously, it was a scant few Mac folk on one side and business owners on the other with well used Windows computers. Indeed, Windows computers are good for businesses and the people that run and work in them. I think too, they're good people - all of them. |
| #13 By 15406 (99.240.65.32) at 3/28/2009 9:33:14 AM |
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#11: You need to learn the difference between a serious post and one where I'm pulling parkkker's chain. I've installed Ubuntu on a couple of dozen systems over the past 2 years and I don't remember ever having to chase down drivers. Too bad the same couldn't be said for my Vista boxes. The fact that you keep going on and on about drivers and compatibility tells me that you haven't touched Linux in years and you don't know what you're talking about. And, seriously, nobody is going to pay you by the hour to try and figure out what the hell you're doing. They'll hire someone who already knows instead of paying you to learn on the job.
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