So basically I'm supposed to save money by plugging in another electronic device that needs to stay on at all times if I want it to efficiently monitor my power usage?
...the whole "dermatologist camera" idea sounds cool, but what about internal afflictions? The article says it can tell you whether you're having heartburn or a heart attack--how? What makes this any more reliable than WebMD?
Speaking of WebMD, the self-diagnosis numbers are going to go through the roof. I'm sure the ER docs are just going to LOVE this...
Our workstations are similar--and we just had a new workstation put in with even better hardware. It came with Vista preinstalled, and they installed XP over it (can't really blame them there). Can't say I've heard anything about an upgrade path for us, though.
I'm in a similar situation--I work for a large corporation that's still stuck on IE6. I'm still able to run Portable Chrome from a flash drive, as long as I'm discreet about it...