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THE PC IS DEAD
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this is their plan
Don't forget the part about them charging you monthly for them to automagically keep "your" console and the software on it up to date and running, because you know it will stop working if you don't, because obviously anyone who doesn't subscribe must be using pirated software.....
quote:; don't people care anymore about individuality ::quote
No, they never have. The real individuals are considered social misfits.
No, they never have. The real individuals are considered social misfits.
The PC is bigger than Microsoft. Moore's law (and corollaries related to storage and networking) may cause the ATX case to be larger than necessary. Thin clients are using mini-ATX now. The PC will never die, but it may evolve into a bump on the back of the monitor. For serious work we will either need speech recognition that works reliably or a full-sized keyboard. A PC will always be more capable than a MSFT box because it is open and MSFT does not control the chip/mobo/case/peripheral market like they do desktop software. Desktop software is opening now, too with the BSDs, Solaris and GNU/Linux, so the future will unfold as it should, not as MSFT wishes.
pogson, you're right. When we have reliable speech-recognition the killer widget will be the wireless phone, and for heavy-duty PC-type work a tablet PC that fits into an ordinary portfolio, and that handles both voice and handwriting input.
M$ finally admits xbox crashes CD's
Quoting:There are many sites on the internet describing a typical Xbox 360 problem: the console scratches game discs. Some users are reporting that the scratches were enough to make their game disc obsolete. There hasn't been much discussion on the fact that the problem exists by consumers, but untill now Microsoft has always somewhat denied the problem and never proposed a solution.http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/Microsoft-admits-scratch-proble...
The Dutch television show Kassa, which deals with customer complaints, has been nagging Microsoft about this problem for several weeks, they did tests with Xbox360 setups and filmed (and proofed) that the Xbox360 is indeed responsible for scratching game discs, when not moved, placed on a stable table and under the best possible conditions.
According to the show, the majority of the problems seem to be caused by a TSST drive that is missing parts that stabilize the disc. The problem also seems to be mainly found by consoles produced in December 2006. Estimated is that worldwide nearly 1 to 2 million units are affected.
Thousands of people responded to the show complaining about the same problem and Microsoft simply had to act.
In a press statement the company stated: "As we were not involved with the experiment of Kassa and have little insights in the testing methods, we are not able to respond in detail on the results. It is possible that scratches on discs originate from frequent use. However, we have no indication that the results of the tests from Kassa are a large scale problem.
Of course it is important to us that our customers have the best possible game experience and therefore we take these test results very serious. Xbox owners who think their discs are scratched as reported by Kassa, should contact us. We will investigate the console and when needed repair it so it becomes a full functioning console. We will also inform Xbox owners how they can obtain replacements discs in case they require them."
The television show also reported that while this issue is now an issue in the Netherlands (it is also widely covered in regular news), it could become a global problem for Microsoft in the future. Therefore I would recommend anyone who is facing the same problem to contact their local Microsoft office and point them to this article.
Also Digg this article to make it known to the entire world.
henke: That clip is from the first Kassa item about the scratching XBox's. Two weeks later they had another item on it where they had done more extensive tests and fumed about MS's unwillingness to do a mass recall.
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they want to shove their software down your throat and make it impossible to install the software of your choice
they want the pc to be just like the ipod - throw away and buy another -
meanwhile they just smile and keep on cashing your checks.
no thanks - I will still build my own pc thank you or buy ones where I can install what i want and with no trusted woops I mean treacherous computer chip.
they got all the big corporations buying their crap for the desktop and locked them in with all their internet explorer only web pages.
don't people care anymore about individuality - do we all just want to be robots and keep feeding the chosen few so they can buy more boats lawyers and politicians.
makes me want to get out of the computer field sometimes the way windows is shoved down everybodies throat.