Part of the problem is that 10.5 brought a lot of under the hood improvements, but not much that could be seen by the end user. Until developers begin to phase out 10.4 support, those older machines running 10.4 will, for the most part, continue to run 10.4 because 10.5 didn't bring enough noticeable enhancement to justify the time and expense involved in upgrading the OS.

Not really, by the original poster at least. What was "implied" by the quotation marks around "marketing" is that the practice described is not marketing. Later posters straight out said that marketing is lying and fraud. so no, no one really implied that marketing is the equivalent of lying.

As someone who never quite got the piece of paper (my own fault, too many kids at too young an age) I have often found this to be a truly obnoxious form of elitism. To see someone take a job I am better qualified for because they made 6 more months of college, can be a truly painful experience. Oh well. I'm not dead yet, and when the kids are grown I won't be too old to finish.

No one called it winning, just not getting defeated.

Ipod and iPhone are limited. Mac desktops/laptops/servers have never been. The question is which camp this device will fall into.

A solid point. My morning coffee hasn't been anywhere near as useful since my wife told me that... no never mind. I don't want to ruin it for everyone else too.

In most states in the US they already can read your emails and listen to your phone calls. A tshirt and a chip are also two hugely different propositions. I don't think I would have a problem with a uniform. In other places of employment, I have chosen to where uniforms, at my own expense via rental service, because it was cheaper than constantly replacing my own clothes I kept ruining. Individuality in a help desk technician is not something to be sought after. Ability to conform to a common set of rules is.

Um, ODB was standard before 95. ODBII came out in 95. Earlier codes (ODB1) could be viewed with a paper clip and the check engine light, no computer needed.

If you change enough hardware, Windows has been known to see a whole new computer and lock you out. This requires a call to MS customer service, who are usually willing to give you a new code.

Um.. No, it's nothing like that. Apple doesn't send you unsolicited bill's, you need to go out of your way to obtain a copy of OS X. They don't mail it to you unsolicited and demand payment. You pay first, with an assumption that you already have a fair idea what that license is going to say.

No, and thanks for rubbing it in, you bastard

your average American consumed 34 gigabytes per day.

What is my daily allotment based on a 2500 calorie diet?

If you do this right, you can cover any blemishes on the phone with cardboard and glitter glue, and never admit that it was a used iphone in the first place. Did that for my daughter when we bought her a gamecube from "Santa" a few years ago. The nice old guy set the thing up, put the pokemon skin on it and everything, and she never new it wasn't brand new.

There are plenty of geeks who buy Macs. It is, underneath, a fully functional and powerful Unix OS. The iPhone, on the other hand, really was never intended for real geeks, or even wannabe geeks. OSX on a Mac has none of the restrictions of the iPhone, and can be a true joy for a Unix geek.