it tastes funny.

I sold mine via ebay 5 weeks ago, and a friends with the super uber matte screen for $50 more 2 months ago. both were 4 year old with the dual core i7, Snagged me a nice like new but used quad core i7 15" from 2012 for $999.

www.ebay.com and www.craigslist.com just keep searching and you will find them. Although right now is not the best time to shop for one, right after Xmas there will be a used price drop as everyone that got a new laptop for Xmas will offload their old one. So wait for 3 weeks.

" I cannot afford Mac, "

Yes you can. Used i5's are affordable. Just go buy a used one. and unless you are buying $299-$599 bottom of the barrel laptops $899 is right in line with dell for a laptop.

Heck for what you are doing with adobe software you can buy a used 4 years old 17 " macbook with an i7 dual core for under $800. and it will do everything you need with a 1920X1200 screen.

Because people will go ape shit if they have to pay a monthly fee to microsoft for their $299 walmart computer.

I really REALLY hope they go 100% subscription based.

fujitsu stylistic. I've been running linux on a tablet for 10 years.

The scary part is that for everu Ubuntu user there is 10 Chromebook users. Ubuntu needs to stop dinking around and start selling a cheap netbook with ubuntu on it. The problem is that ubuntu needs an i5 with decent video card to be useable. They have bloated the hell out of linux.

It's because the Article is 100% FUD. Read it carefully, notice how there are zero details at all and a lot of things just dont add up about it.
Then look at the source and realize it's a PR piece.

Actually everyone uses my rule, It's a key part of fire damage.

Sad, that people like you cant grasp the ruleset well enough so you just fudge it. Sad.

I've been a beta tester for decades, I dont get money. but I do get to shape the game, Hell one of my reports and recommended changes ended up in the game.

We also had 4 AVID workstation running off of one dongle at Comcast back then. a printer switch was all we needed. going to load or render? flip the switch to your machine as that is the only times it checked for the dongle.

windows 7 is dramatically easier to pirate than XP. SLIC activation is trivial to fake.

crappy seat? we have reserved seats here. I get to eject the fool that is sitting in my seat.

Yet I don't. Nobody makes me pay for the FM radios stations, and I change to another when the commercials come on. Same goes to TV when they play movies. I don't pay a dime and I leave for the kitchen or use the computer when ad's come on.

Therefore I meet the requirements of "dirty rotten pirate"

$130? I've been getting legit OEM copies from Newegg for $99 with purchase of a mouse or keyboard. Paying $130 is insane and dumb for anyone that does not need the ability to join a domain.

They should repeal it completely. But that will not happen as every one of those congress-critters are bought and paid for.

Congress wants a more strict DMCA. Hell I bet some of those on capitol hill would support a death penalty for copyright violations.