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• Uh oh!
  It comes in brown... so that automatically means you can only find them in brown, right? Oh wait, forgot that it's an ADDITIONAL color to the other colors and you don't ever have to buy a brown one. Of course all MS haters like to bash an OPTIONAL color because they have nothing geniune to complain about?

  September 28, 2006

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• Will
  I'd like to know how to get on their good side and be put in their will.

  September 25, 2006

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• Wow
  Your post is completely idiotic. Are you trying to tell us that ANY of the things you named had absolutely no competitors before MS entered the market and that there were no new competitors afterwards? In your minds it's always MS vs everyone else as a single entity and you forget that it is a COMPETITIVE MARKETPLACE!
  
  Were Sony and Nintendo holding each others hands before the Xbox? Was the iPod and the Zen in bed with each other before Zune? What the hell is wrong with you people that you would come up with such stupid remarks?!

  September 19, 2006

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• What's wrong with Cops?
  Bad boys, whatcha gonna do?!
  
  I mean that theme song is incredible and the show is entertaining.

  September 19, 2006

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• Oh god!
  Damn that Microsoft! I just bought a PC today and my hands started to operate by themselves! They moved into the start menu and OPENED UP WINDOWS MESSENGER! Then it clicked on the IE icon and MADE ME BROWSE USING THAT! Think of the crap behind that! It only went to MSN and other Microsoft websites too. It wouldn't let me search for google or install any other messenging service. This must be some sort of monopolistic mind control device packaged with the OS that they recently implemented. They are literally forcing my hand and making me use their products!
  
  
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  Back in the real world, anyone who gave a damn about choice and preference would ignore prepackaged options and use whatever they want. But then again you rely on all people being mindless sheep when you use your argument that MS forces people to use their products. I tend to give them the benefit of a doubt.

  September 19, 2006

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• It'll sell
  I think it'll sell. These days I see an increasingly large amount of people refusing to get an iPod simply because of it's popularity. Easily distinguishable brand names can be a double edged sword. Of course everyone knows about Apple's iPod and that was much of the reason why they sold so well is beacuse everyone wanted to be a part of the new fad. Recent studies show a decline in their sales though. People might flock to the Zune because it is an alternative with an even bigger name brand.
  
  Who knows, the color brown might even catch on. To this day I still have no idea why pink polo and dress shirts are popular among young men and teenagers.

  September 15, 2006

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• Still an issue
  But Apple still has to answer to the developers. I'm assuming the "casual" games you refer to as the sports genres, the FPS war sims, the GTAs and Marios of the industry, all of which can be found on existing consoles and franchises. What would compel these developers to make exclusive titles for an Apple unit that would not ever be available for console use (console industry is notorious for having no weight to "exclusive" claims) and if they do not offer exclusive games, then the best they can get are ports of existing games like the PC gaming industry.

  September 13, 2006

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• They still need a lot of preparation
  Either route Apple takes, it will find itself in a very difficult situation where it is stepping into a industry that has already blossomed and grown and has its own industry leads. Apple desktops are wonderful machines, but Microsoft already owned that market before Apple was able to become a bigger household and business name. The MP3 industry was relatively young when Apple was introduced to it so their innovation and marketing gave them a strong lead. Videogaming follows the former example, that market has been around for decades so Apple will not have the element of surprise. If they decide to enter the market using their desktops, they will run into the PC/console barrier where they will only recieve business from PC game developers because the console world only wants to develop games for static machines that are not dynamic from one household machine to the next in specs and customization.
  
  So your assumption is wrong when you say game (console game) developers want to reach the largest market possible, they cater to people who do not want to hassle with capatibility issues of PC gaming. Whether or not their GPU is up to par, if they have enough memory or HD space, etc. The majority of games want their games to simply work, universally on a machine that the games are developed specifically for and are pretty much guaranteed to work unless of mechanical defects.
  
  Then again... Apple can try to redesign the iTV unit and name it something different like iGame to include the meat and bones of a console, they can tackle the industry. But that would just put them in the same position as Microsoft, the new kid on the block up against veterans Nintendo and Sony.

  September 13, 2006

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• Absurd
  This is the most absurd comment I've seen on this thread. While Apple has a strong foothold on the media industry, to make such a bold claim that if it decided to move into the videogame business, it would single handedly take down all competition in it's first effort is insane. The simple fact that the 360 is already in the market and the PS3 and Wii are at the final stages of development while any assumed plans Apple might have for a videogame system hasn't even been noted upon would mean that Apple isn't even going to pose a threat to said companies within this generation of games.
  
  At best, I would consider their approach into the videogame industry to be as successful as Microsoft's try. Even though both the X-box and its successor are respectable consoles with good libraries of games, they found it is extremely difficult to brute force their way into the hearts of fans who place their faith in the industry greats, Nintendo and Sony. To a splash in videogaming, you need to be able to captivate the heart of the Japanese, cater to the needs of a wide range of gamers and convince the developers to make games for your product.

  September 13, 2006

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