Post by: kelly on January 29, 2007, 10:36:25 AM
http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/915.html
Post by: RNKIII on January 29, 2007, 10:51:08 AM
Thanks, Kelly...Bob K. rnkiii
Post by: kelly on January 29, 2007, 10:54:43 AM
Vista Prices.
Full Version
Vista Ultimate: $399
Vista Business: $299
Vista Home Premium: $239
Vista Home Basic: $199
Upgrade
Vista Ultimate: $259
Vista Business: $199
Vista Home Premium: $159
Vista Home Basic: $99
Post by: kimmer on January 29, 2007, 11:01:33 AM
to those prices ... and my win pals tell me OSX is expensive. 
Grand cartoon.
Post by: D76 on January 29, 2007, 11:05:22 AM
What is M$ thinking? Every time it crashes, every time it catches a virus, every time spyware phones the Russian mafia to add a $500 charge to the phone bill, who would the poor sap running it blame? It's the equivalent of inscribing your name on a pig with wings.
Ta-daaa! Presenting The Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Bill Gates Signature Edition! (Pause to take a breath.) $259! Who yelled supersize me?
Hmmm. Maybe it's a disclaimer.
I think I'll go back to bed.
Post by: dolphin on January 29, 2007, 03:00:44 PM
Post by: RobW on January 29, 2007, 03:48:57 PM
Post by: RNKIII on January 29, 2007, 04:06:44 PM
Looks like Billy got the Mac message... the video has been 'pulled'.. at least, it was "no longer available" at the site RobW linked to... 
Bob K. rnkiii
Post by: RobW on January 29, 2007, 05:22:22 PM
(I went there directly from my post above.)
Post by: Xairbusdriver on January 29, 2007, 07:25:12 PM
OK, they must have pulled the two movies. But then the strange part occurred! I get a window saying I must have Internet Exploder 6, version 10 of WMP, and the most current Flash junque. I'm sure glad I was able to view the NetFliks ad with my crippled software!
I should have just viewed the cartoon and skipped the MSNBC thing!
Post by: () on January 29, 2007, 07:36:09 PM
Yet there's another problem with bying PC';s these days. You don't get a reinstall CD if anything goes wrong with your OS, and you have to have a DVDRW to make your backup disk, but if the firmware isn't up to date, then you're screwed.
A friend of mine bout an HP and there was no recovery disc, then the computer needed firmware updates that created another problem with her DVD burner, so she ended up spending 39.00 for the recover disc, and another 15 for shipping; not to mention the hour or so she spent on hold with HP assistant line.
The phone call wasn't free either. She got a bill for the call that was close to 50 bucks, and ended up taking the HP back to the retailer and told them that it didn't work properly.
After Comp USA tried to burn a recov er disc for her and the drive didn't work, they were kind enough to give her her mnies, but tried to get her to take another one.
The good thing about Apple is that you do get your recovery discs included with your purchase. If Apple did away with that, then this would be my last Apple computer on my desk.
Thank goodness for a man (Steve Jobs)
that has common sense and thinks about the consumers in what they want and what there needs are.
Post by: krissel on January 29, 2007, 10:40:04 PM
Boy, Gates is really good at twisting the details to suit his purposes.
OK, OK, he's really good at lying.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on January 30, 2007, 12:33:38 PM
It was almost painful to watch Mr. Gates squirming in that seat, however. I wonder if he ran out of Preparation H?
Maybe he's just the 'shy' type... He did seem quite adept at avoiding direct answers, of course. Anyway, I've gotta leave right now and go buy a PC so I can run this tremendously powerful OS that Apple has been copying. Do you realize you can get a history of what sites your browser has been to?! Astounding! 
Next thing you know, they'll have that "plug-n-play" thing working!Any bets on how long Ms. Vivera(sp?) will stay at MSNBC? I hope that wasn't her boss I heard laughing in the background when she mentioned she'd just signed a contract.