they run really fast for a few hours and then crash!

If drugs were as cheap as coffee, people wouldn't need to resort to crime to get their fix. How many people do you know that are addicted to cigarettes or coffee? How many of those people rob and steal to get their fix?

His behavior is that of a sociopath, (characterized by "...a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others", to borrow from Wikipedia) not unlike a serial killer. An extreme example, yes, but appropriate.

I bet that they turn WMC into a Metro app now.

It's still a BSOD!

Media Center never replaced the Windows Explorer and this won't either. They will just make it an option to boot to Explorer or to boot to the Windows Phone OS. They can make this the default interface for retail disc installs if they want but there is nothing stop end users, admins or OEMs from setting it up to boot from Explorer.

Buying out competitors is "evil" because it reduces consumer choice in the market, which alters the supply/demand equation in favor of business. More market choice generally means lower prices.

I worked at a very large computer chain (MC) in the tech shop and we used to get FedEx delivering laptops to us that were supposed to be shipped to our competitors' shops; a couple miles away, on a different street, with a completely different business name. We had to call the competing tech shop up and let them know, "Yeah, it's Matt from MC, we got another one of your packages. You can come and pick it up"

...if Apple's injunction against Samsung has anything to do with there supposedly only being 20,000 out of a million units sold?

No. The article said

and then went on to say

So, this version has no e-ink, but if we wait long enough, maybe we will see a multi-touch e-ink device, like the Sony reader.

Shittiest motherboard I ever had the misfortune of dealing with was an Asrock. It was my first computer and nothing worked right. I replaced the POS with an ASUS motherboard and overnight everything worked great. Moral of the story: Only a total noob would recommend Asrock to anyone they didn't hate.

The problem is that even if I do manage to get off Facebook, there is nothing to stop someone from tagging me in inappropriate photos. They can tag me in any photo they wish, set it to public and if I do not have an account then I can't do anything about it. If I have a Facebook account, at least I can delete the tagged photos one at a time as they crop up. Still annoying, but more do-able.

I used to work at Circuit City and they would do exactly that. I had customers that wanted a specific model laptop and the only one available was "pre-optimized". They charged an extra $75.00 for the tech to open the box, go through the initial setup prompts and uninstall maybe one or two things. The customers came in looking for a laptop advertised at a specific price and it was my job to tell them that they would have to pay an additional $75.00 on top of that price because all we had left was the "optimized" version.

This is correct. Mod parent up!!

...if only it wouldn't mean voting for a company behind helping China persecute the Falun Gong.