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A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 752
Not at all. You only think so because in your mind Apple can do no wrong. It doesn't matter. Apple *IS* holding back patches. Why is it...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 753
The opposite point of the thread, of course. Businesses requested this from Microsoft because thge difficulties of...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 754
Josh McKee I can plan to do all updates on the third Friday of each month or on the 23rd or on the day of each full moon. Any...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 755
The argument is that Microsoft's arbitrarily holding back patches leaves systems exposed for no reason. If we're to accept that argument then IT *MUST* be checking for patches every...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 756
The argument is that Microsoft's arbitrarily holding back patches leaves systems exposed for no reason. If we're to accept that argument then IT *MUST* be checking for patches every day...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 757
What you describe is not planning. What objection do you have against knowing when security updates will be released? You could...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 758
So does Apple. The difference is that we don't know what that "schedule" is because Apple's hasn't told anyone (if it's even defined). You can if they feel the need to release one out of...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 759
No, the difference is in the time you go without the patch. Again, you miss the point...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 760
You are not paying attention. I am saying it is not helpful, and I am saying that putting off the release of an update is a disadvantage. Really? You could update the...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 761
WRONG! There are MANY apps appropriate to business and USED in business that are not made for Windows. Surely you know...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 762
Nothing special. Just general day to day computer usage like almost everyone else. Use a firewall...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 763
I don't. And I don't have experience no malware on my systems. I agree. OS X is at less risk. That doesn't mean that one should arbitrarily increase costs on Windows when there are simple...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 764
snip At one time the majority felt that the world was flat. Did that make...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 765
But no one knew that at the time, did they? You can only say that due to hindsight...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 766
It does not. My question is: How does this improve productivity? IMO you're contriving examples to ensure that Windows fails. From a productivity perspective I see this as irrelevant. IMO your moving things...
A cheapo Acer laptop matches Macbook Pro in benchmarks! 767
Why do you care? That's the question. The fact that you're moving it. On Windows people install the application and access it through the shortcuts created by the installer. These shortcuts are...
Toast Problem "an error has occured recompressing" HELP
Yes I've posted this question elsewhere but i'm desperate) first of all has anyone seen this error message besides me? This...
Microsoft Zune, portable musicvideo device
July 13, 2006 Further information regarding the rumored Xbox line of portable entertainment devices has...
Microsoft Zune, portable musicvideo device 770
Without even getting into the discussion of Wal-Mart's - er, I mean "Microsoft's" business practices, I...
Microsoft Zune, portable musicvideo device 771
Excel was and is a fine spreadsheet. 123 was good too, but simply not as nice to use IMHO. Yeah, the DOS version was superb, Windows version, less so. And to any...
Snit trivia
I realize that this could be called an antagonizing thread 1 but I just had to post this. Below is all threads Snit has created *this month*. Every...
where I can buy a Mac 774
Oxford No, I disagree that ebay is very safe. I own a business that does part of its sales through ebay...
where I can buy a Mac 775
sampay If you buy from the US or China you'll have to pay customs taxes, which would probably be over $500 for, say, a $2000 purchase. (That's unless the seller undervalues...
Debate on actual guilt vs. legal guilt v1.5 776
Of course it's brought up... it's implied. You admit Bush isn't legally guilty, right? In *your...
Debate on actual guilt vs. legal guilt v1.5 778
there aren't 180 different types of guilt? No, there isn't. (glue gargling by Snit snipped for brevity) *****Remainder of what Snit failed to address shown below***** In *your...
Debate on actual guilt vs. legal guilt v1.5 781
The context is obviously your argument that Bush is morally guilty. On that question, like anyone else, you are free to hold whatever position you wish... but if you hold it...
Debate on actual guilt vs. legal guilt v1.5 782
Note: no relevant comment from gluehead. What "relevant comment" would you suggest I make on your irrelevant smokescreen? And here is what you stated regarding...
Debate on actual guilt vs. legal guilt v1.5 783
snip) How can I refute an argument that doesn't "actually" exist? Feel free to show that...
Wired: M$ iPod person, doomed
From Wired. "Details are still light about Microsoft's "Zune" iPod person but if the rumor mill is right, the device will have some or all of the following features: Wi-Fi connectivity, video playback...
Only losers buy macs and ipods
So this group here is where so called "computer geeks" rave about their beloved macsd and ipods, as though they represent the cutting edge of technology. Ahem, get a life, people, those gizmos are...
Only losers buy macs and ipods 787
Sorry, most people could simply not get everything they wanted to run on Linux as easily as a Mac or Windows PC...
Only losers buy macs and ipods 788
Average IQ This does not agree with my experience. I have heard this sort of thing before, but ironically it usually comes from people who...
Only losers buy macs and ipods 789
Addle Jones I do not know where you work, but I am a research scientist as well. 90%+ of all professors where I work (the place is ranked either 1 or...
Only losers buy macs and ipods 790
Average IQ I agree. Barring one or two of people I know at other Universities, no one I know uses Mac for any of the high end stuff. Most use Linux clusters running beowulf...
Only losers buy macs and ipods 791
Although you have to admit, Linux isn't want most people can put up with, OSX and OSX Server is pretty much king when it comes...
Only losers buy macs and ipods 792
Ted Landry "Slower performing" ahem ? Here are Xserve offerings : Consider the cheapest one of them : single processor with 2 GHz PowerPC processor, 1GB RAM, 80 GB hard disk. Cost $2,999. Our most expensive...
Only losers buy macs and ipods 793
You are totally ignorant. You have just proven that you know NOTHING about Macs with...
Only losers buy macs and ipods 794
BOY, you are WAY out of your depth and out of your league. The issue is not simply a solid OS, but a solid OS that is actually ready for prime...
Only losers buy macs and ipods 795
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:36:42 +0000, George Graves I've just grown used to the free offerings. They work well enough for everything I've had cause to try--better than many of the commercial...
Only losers buy macs and ipods 796
And does the TIME it is released mean something? Does it mean ANYTHING? Cheaper perhaps, but with very very little storage (or it was just another one of dozens...
iTunes more mac idiocy
Hey, forgot to mention iTunes--the software MP3 player that when you install it on Windows--becomes a monument to itself. OH, I digress, outside the irritating habit of this...
Microsoft Zune will meet the fate of Dell Ditty
I had an interesting thought: The wintrolls will never admit that most people just use Windows because that is what other...
ATT: Snit 799
Funny stuff;) But isn't a troll someone who engages in things like creating annoying threads designed to inflame multiple posters, uses multiple online personalities, crossposts...
ATT: Snit 800
True - one does not have to use the word "troll" to score in the RTS. This is because we're not...
ATT: Snit 801
Hey, if he's earned it, he's earned it. Yes... but now you are defining the word...
ATT: Snit 802
Exactly, because being unreasonable is a troll trait, and if one person think you're being unreasonable, then you don't have to worry about it. But if...
ATT: Snit 803
Saying that one is acting "unreasonable" at any given point in time does not necessarily...
ATT: Snit 804
Yes, I've agreed on this. But as far as the RTS goes, troll-traits need to...
ATT: Snit 805
excuse the multiple response) According to your previously stated rule of self admission, providing the...
ATT: Snit 806
But you are attempting to determine that. The only thing that even comes close to it being real is when the person himself actually uses the word troll (or close enough...
ATT: Snit 807
No, I'm accepting the claims at face value - all else being equal. Ok, I'll look into it. Just as...
ATT: Snit 808
I don't understand how you are using the term "face value". Yes, but this is only true if people are quote hunting and making the entries. You are obviously doing some...
Michael Delll after Apple, again 810
Really? So a thread enbreastled "Alan Baker is wrong... Again!..." is nothing about me? LOL You did...
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