Anecdotally that doesn't work nearly as simple as described; I've heard stories of the button not turning the right color, etc., so people still end up using the SMS way instead of the iPhone to iPhone way. Not to mention it doesn't do a damn thing for every non-iPhone user. Really wanna stick it to the carriers? Make a true cross platform SMS/MMS replacement that goes over the data network. BlackBerry could have done it if they release BBM for everyone, and I had hopes for Google+ Messenger.

Funny you mention this because the last few family machines I've had to mess with (and all of the computers that haven't been replaced yet at my wife's workplace) have been Pentium4/256MB Dell or Dell-knockoffs. What was with all the WinXP P4s with only 256MB of RAM? They don't run half-bad with 512 minimum or especially if you max out the RAM. But it's downright painful to run XP with a piddling 256MB....I can't believe they ever sold them.

But that sounds like a lot of work!

I feel like the online component is a place where Nintendo had an opportunity to excel and they completely dropped the ball. The Wii had connectivity all along. It's storefront worked fine. But that was all. The Opera browser sucked, and still sucks. First they charged for it, but because it sucked they finally gave it away. You could add friends somehow, but it was some convoluted confusing manner of trading codes with each other and typing them in onscreen. They had downloadable games but no support for downloadable content (I'm looking at you, myriad of trivia games). Why? The Wii could have been a pioneer in living room web browsing and content but had nothing of it. It seems like Niintendo didn't thing this 'Internet' thing was going to take off or something.

And so now, they start to make an attempt at an online component but it's not going to be available to the millions of units already out there. Sigh....

Anyone else irritated by the term 'cable'? I mean, I know what it means and all but why not just call it a 'document' or 'leaked electronic message' or something?

Because for the most part, even though I know and understand what's going on I don't care enough to upgrade my old Linksys wireless router until it dies. I sign up for cable or DSL internet service, pick up a router at Best Buy or Newegg, plug it in, and everything just works. I'm pretty sure my podunk small cable operator isn't participating in ipv6 day; the CSRs I've talked to don't even know what it means. I think we have a *long* way to go before any home user is affected.

I don't know if it's a matter of change itself being denied, as much as it's being denied that change is a problem in the first place.