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I twittered over the weekend about my retail experiences at two different stores, a local Best Buy (aka a big box electronics store) and our local Apple Store. I was prompted to visit after I read Matt Richtel's article in the Times , in which Geek
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A quick post to provide some pricing perspective on Windows vs. Mac PCs, as we look to the upcoming back to school sales. Last week, Joe Wilcox posted a piece on Microsoft Watch noting that the regarding pricing on Vista PCs "These Prices Are Insane!"...
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Not long ago I posted information on Bill Veghte's letter with "An Update on the Windows Roadmap" with facts on Windows Vista, in which he noted that... "Today Windows Vista supports about 77,000 components and devices, which is more than twice as many
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The kids are getting ready to open the its-80-degrees-and-time-for-lemonade stand, so a quick break whilst they mix up a batch. Thanks to the email me link on my blog, I have this tidbit from Electronista: new Sony VAIOs expected on Monday, July 14...
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Sometimes a backup isn't a backup, especially when the file recovery fails. So it's nice to have a trick in your back pocket, literally when it comes on a small, USB smart drive. As anyone who is an IT Pro or sysadmin for their family and friends,
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Mary asked yesterday morning... "I read today that computer manufacturers will start charging customers who want to "downgrade" to Windows XP. Is this true?" While I can't comment (and don't specifically know) how each of our OEMs are handling downgrades
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An interesting post today on Consumerist where an HP Customer Service rep comes across with a sales offer ... A reader on Consumerist.com relates an encounter (over chat?) with an HP customer service representative to discuss a hardware failure with his
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New on Microsoft Presspass ... "Napkin sketches were the inspiration behind the winning design for Microsoft’s Next Gen PC Design Competition. Find out why Bill Gates hand-picked this concept, and see the other award-winning designs." I guess that this
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Darren Murph over at Engadget reports that the HP MediaSmart Connect is finally available for pre-order, an Extender for Windows Media Center system, for your HDTV. "The unit plays nice with other UPnP- and DLNA-compliant devices and includes 802.11a/b/g/n
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Over lunch before my 2PM meeting... more on the new HP HP Voodoo Omen and Envy from Engadget... "You think we're tired of Omen and Envy 133 yet? Fat chance. That LCD-bedecked desktop behemoth and thintop contender (pictured) are both quite a new direction
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Engadget noted that the new class of Eee PC-like ultraportables was in need of a new product category ... "... as we were going over some back posts that since the launch of the ASUS Eee PC (and the numerous products that have followed, from the MSI Wind
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Will Red be the colour for back to school for the 2009 school year? If my kids see this new PC, I expect we will be pressed to contribute towards the country's economic recovery. This from the Dell blog: a new, tiny (and I'll assume a low cost) mobile
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Fresh from the net, here's a highlight from D6 down in Carlsbad and number one on the All Things D Top Ten list (as at right)... "With Microsoft (MSFT) Chairman Bill Gates soon relinquishing his daily role at the software company he co-founded as it grapples
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While waiting for a conference call to begin, a quick post on Touch Wall demo'ed by Bill Gates at the CEO Summit this week in Redmond . Benjamin J. Romano of the Seattle Times covers today how Bill Gates demonstrated the Touch Wall at the CEO Summit in
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Post this in the "ooh, I want one" category. Of interest as I run off to a meeting (thanks, Bill, for the ping). Fujitsu's F-A50 all-in-one escapes a terrible, terrible heritage from Engadget's Paul Miller ... Hey, it's still not the most svelte of all-in-one
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