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• $7 a month? $16 a month? $49 a month?!?!?
  I'm sorry... but a Mac just does all of this for free... and it can do it with any file. What is the big deal here?? This is yet another way you must spend more money to do what just happens with a Mac.
  I am no Mac Fan-boi, but I am a fan of equipment that does what I need it to do, even when I don't realize I need it!
  Why can't Windows just do what is needed without requiring me to be nickel-and-dimed to death? In reply to: "Work with PDF files sans Adobe Acrobat"

  April 16, 2008

  1 reply

• You're kidding, right?
  Aside from what other have already posted about your
  misinformed comments, remember that photovoltaic panels are
  inefficient (40% at best), expensive, and batteries are needed to
  store the power (more inefficiency and loads of contaminants in
  each battery). I have no problem with research and even
  supplemental use of solar power... a friend of mine uses it to
  power his small house and well pump, but he even admits to the
  cost/benefit ratio problems.
  And what of the horrid impact of dams on the environment?
  Flooding wilderness areas, destroying animal habitats, death of
  entire species, loss of riverbanks and sandbars... don't you care?
  Then there's tidal wave power... you mean destruction of fish
  species and destruction of water areas by turbidity and salinity
  issues is somehow okay with you?
  Nuclear IS safe, and the spent fuel can be reused to reduce it to
  more manageable levels. Take the time to look at all sides of an
  issue and respond with some kind of real factual evidence,
  please!

  January 31, 2008

  1 reply

• Mine was fine
  Not sure what happened with yours. Mine went fairly well. It took 2
  hours for my numbers from Sprint to port over, but then again, we
  started this process at an AT&T store and they gave us a pre-
  approval number. Wonder if that made all the difference? In reply to: "iPhone activated: It took AT&T only 39 hours"

  July 2, 2007

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• Comments uncalled for
  Commenting on your comments...
  
  Your "/default.msp" link greeted me with a "Page not found"
  error, so I went back to the Vista page and, yes... I did find the
  "Can your Current PC run Windows Vista?" link. It is small and in
  the middle of the page, but at least it is there. I find it
  interesting though that I couldn't find it until you pointed it out
  to me. Seems like a poor way to "advertise" an advisor. Oh but
  wait... It is something to download onto a computer YOU
  ALREADY HAVE! Hadn't realized that before. In other words... it
  doesn't apply to someone buying a NEW computer at all. It
  applies to buying an upgrade to your XP operating system to
  Vista. Since this has NOTHING to do with someone who needs to
  buy a new computer, this "advisor" is valueless. What is needed
  are specs on exactly what a computer needs to run each version
  of Windows Vista. Have you found that yet? I haven't. And I'm a
  patient man. But my patience is wearing thin with this absurdity
  of upgrading to various versions. It is just a difficult marketing
  scheme. Why not just make the product work?
  
  And then you comment "just because someone might be
  purchasing a NEW computer, does not mean they don't already
  have one or at least have access to one that is hooked up to the
  'Net". This is true, but what does that have to do with anything?
  I, as a consumer, should not have to find ANOTHER product just
  to find out about a new product. I SHOULD be able to go to a
  store and find SOMEONE who can tell me what I want to know. I
  don't have to believe their sales pitch, but I should hope that
  they aren't lying about the product either. If a salesperson is told
  BY MICROSOFT that a computer is compatible, it better well be.
  Microsoft tells them what stickers go where, and those stickers
  do not say... "Kinda compatible, well sort of"! Believe it or not, a
  sales person goes by what they are told by a manufacturer. Sure,
  they want to sell, but if a product isn't going to work, the
  consumer will be right back screaming bloody murder, and a
  sales person does NOT want to have to deal with that headache!
  And I hate to say this, but people "in their right mind" quite
  often go to a "low wage sales person" for advice. I should know,
  I was one for years. So instead of placing responsibility on the
  manufacturers of a product, you blame the consumer. Brilliant.
  
  My advice to you... stop airing YOUR biased opinions. It is
  obvious from the last half of your commentary that you think I
  am one of those Macfanboys that do nothing but whine about
  how great a Mac is and how **** poor Windows is. I am not. I
  could care less. I just go for products that work. And for the
  most part, at least for the work I do, it is a Mac. I can see exactly
  why people work with Windows... easy availability, works with
  Microsoft products mostly flawlessly, the "it's what everyone else
  has" attitude, and they can buy a cheap low end computer that
  does just the little they need it to do. I have no problem with any
  of those reasons. They just aren't my own.
  And yes, everyone is entitled to their own opinions... you have
  aired yours exactly as one would expect, by turning this into yet
  another whiny mac vs. windows argument (hence my profile
  name). What a waste. Move on.

  April 10, 2007

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• Diversity is the key
  I think that is what this article is REALLY about... corporate
  responsibility. I am no tree hugger... not by a long shot, but
  neither am I a ditto head that thinks everything just kind of
  "works out" in the end somehow!
  
  If HP expects to exist for any length of time, they better start
  thinking outside that box, expanding their bubble, or use
  whatever other inane cliche they need to use to get their
  proverbial backsides in gear and start producing products
  customers need. Sitting around worrying about how to use more
  paper just because you produce printers will end up defeating
  you in the end.
  
  Dupont started off as makers of gunpowder (1800s), branched
  out into rubber manufacturing in the 1930's, synthetics in the
  60's, and now is into every type of chemical production from
  plastics to KEVLAR to environmental treatment. It's the
  corporation that looks forward that will make the difference in
  the long run! In reply to: "Say what? 'I don't need a printer'"

  April 9, 2007

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• Whatever happened to paperless?
  Whatever happened to the idea of the PAPERLESS office? Now
  that we are seeing a generation that realizes they don't NEED to
  print out each and every stinkin email, each and every worthless
  web page, or each and every tidbit of information they get
  bombarded with on a daily basis, we get these corporate idiots
  worrying more about the bottom line than changing their
  product to better suit the needs of a generation? And their
  answer is pretty printed web pages?!?
  Didn't Xerox develop the first mouse interfaces then abandon
  the idea because they felt threatened by it? They had the
  computer world in their hands, then dropped it like so much
  trash because they couldn't think outside their little box. Oh
  wait, boxes are made out of paper... never mind! In reply to: "Say what? 'I don't need a printer'"

  April 9, 2007

  1 reply

• Available how?
  I went to the Windows Vista sight, where you have four "big
  buttons" links to choose from: See; Learn; Choose; Buy. None of
  these say anything about an Upgrade Advisor.
  I had to click on each link and it wasn't until I clicked on the
  "Buy" link that I found the Advisor.
  Who would click on BUY to just get advice?? As always, Microsoft
  has created one of the least intuative websites (much like their
  products) ever!
  And since the consumer was buying a NEW computer, how were
  they supposed to get to the website? Their only information
  would have come from the store sales people, and since you
  can't expect a low wage sales person to somehow magically
  know every single product to the degree that you apparently
  need in order to understand the convoluded Vista marketing
  strategy, who else could be responsible? When a product is
  advertised as "capable" yet is found to be "incapable", you
  should expect a lawsuit. The responsibility is Mcrosofts, not the
  store, and most definitely not the consumer!

  April 9, 2007

  1 reply

• Isn't that the point?
  Apparently, people are NOT happy. They are suing! ;-) In reply to: "The lawsuit over low-end Vista"

  April 9, 2007

  0 replies

• You got it!
  I had to come to that conclusion two years ago. I was looking for
  a laptop that could help with my work files, but also be able to
  work with my digital imaging files, which I was just getting into
  at the time. I had NO plans to even look at a Mac, but after
  finding out that the Sony Vaio that seemed to be the only
  computer I could get that would do everything I wanted would
  cost $3000, I walked over to the Apple store and was surprised
  at the total price of $1900 it would cost me! I still don't see
  where Apple costs more than Windows. If you get everything you
  really should get, Apple is more bang for the buck.
  Now... I am no tech savvy person, nor do I want to be. I don't
  want to have to deal with understanding the difference between
  Firewire 400/800 or USB 1/2 or this cable fitting or that cable
  not, and so on and so on and so on. Just make it work and I'll be
  happy.
  And boy are you right when you say "I plugged it in and it
  works"! My Mac realized I had wireless, internet, a wireless
  printer, etc, and just set it up for me. To this day, my wifes
  computer can't recognize the wireless printer... we have to plug
  it in! And before you say... "just do this or just set that"... forget
  it! The Mac does it for me and that is fine by me! I don't have
  time for another friggin' degree in computer technical support! I
  have a job already... and a family I much prefer to spend time
  with!
  The computer is a tool, nothing more. When Windows makes a
  better product, I'll buy it. But until then, see ya Bill! In reply to: "The lawsuit over low-end Vista"

  April 5, 2007

  2 replies

• Not quite right
  Capitalism says nothing about the best rising to the top. Where
  did you get THAT idea? Have you seen who runs this country
  lately? ;-)
  I remember a story I had in a business class about mousetraps.
  Even though there were increadibly well designed mousetraps
  out there that allowed you not to touch the dead rodent or hid
  the remains, or had safety features so children wouldn't be hurt,
  etc, the biggest seller was that "ugly piece of wood with a spring
  that snapped on your fingers when you tried to set it"
  mousetrap!
  People buy what they know, not what is the best. Time and again
  my family is amazed at the little DVD's I create from vacations,
  celebrations, family gatherings, etc. They try to do this with their
  computers, but keep finding problems. Gee... I don't... I have a
  Mac. I have no problem with Windows, I use it when I need to
  (which is increasingly becoming never!), and I even teach a class
  in Windows XP for our faculty and staff. The problems arise with
  the interface... the Windows Movie Maker being a prime
  example. It is just too cumbersome. I haven't experienced Vista
  yet, but if the GUI is anything like XP, I'll pass thank you. In reply to: "The lawsuit over low-end Vista"

  April 5, 2007

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