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We spend almost 4 orders of magnitude more on subsidizing the digging of stuff out of the earth, so we can burn it. On subsidizing the most profitable corporations in the history of mankind. Hurray us.
We spend almost 4 orders of magnitude more on subsidizing the digging of stuff out of the earth, so we can burn it. On subsidizing the most profitable corporations in the history of mankind. Hurray us.
Thank you for bringing some facts, even if you are downgraded for it. The PC market is pretty well saturated, so it's quite understandable for it to slow. Doesn't mean people will suddenly stop using Windows though.
As far as I know, almost every game console in history was sold at a loss. Money is made in game licensing, etc.
30 million WP users.
30 million is more than 11.
For some use cases, the performance of an SSD might not even beat a cheap spinny disk.
So fixating on a narrow definition of typically is really extraordinarily stupid.
Ooof, you make my head hurt. Wish I had some mod points to downvote this. In MOST use cases, SSDs will be a tremendous speed upgrade. As most people here are saying, the idea is to have both an SSD for OS/application installs, and a traditional HDD for media storage. That is far from a "narrow definition of [typical]". It is ideal for most people, if they can afford it.
Interestingly enough, the most reliable SSDs I know of are made by Samsung. I have a set of Samsung 830 SSDs (128GB and 256GB sizes) that have been going strong for about twelve months now... The Plextor M5S 128GB is also proving to be quite reliable in my desktop.
Which Samsung SSD are you running that's so unreliable? Sounds like you should just RMA it, tbh.
My Samsung SSD 840 500GB has been extremely solid.
Sure about that? This was just in the news yesterday.
Maybe you really should just get a Windows Phone? And where's the outrage for the nonexistent access to Google services on Windows Phone? Even though there are more than 30 million WPs in the wild, Google is obviously doing their best to drive people to Android. I guess everyone's just crying because Android is the market share leader?
Ever tried using any "application for most popular OS since mid-90's" on a touchscreen? Keyboard and mouse oriented interfaces *suck* on a 10" touchscreen.
Well, then, hook up a keyboard and mouse. Touch is optional.
It's Slashdot. This was probably posted just to top off the MS vitriol quotient around here.
MS may use other countries for support, but the quality is really not any less, at least in my experience.
If anyone broke anyone, it was Nintendo putting a size 6 Japanese boot in both Microsoft and Sony's ass.... at the same time.
Wish I had mod points, thought that was rather funny I did.
Possibly stupid question: where's the video that leaked? I can't find it on that site or the one it links to as a source. Anyone know?
The video was never released to the public.
Did you miss Greg Palast's BBC newsnight report on the fraud in the 2000 election which put Bush Jr. in charge? Maybe you did as for some reason almost no American news broadcaster covered it.
Uhhh, no, the 2000 election mess was quite well covered here in the states.
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