Windows 8

On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:05:11 -0700, "XS11E"
wrote in article ...

Michael Swift wrote:

I think the Samsung advert I saw on YouTube sums Apple phones up
perfectly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5-Prx19ZM

It's an old video but it sums up the iPhone fanboi perfectly:

NOTE: Some BAD language, not work safe!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FpXfw0M-YI

Things Apple fanatics say (similarly, NSFW for language)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFhjDX-DUew

And from the other side of the fence, things Android fanatics say (also
NSFW):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7huae767Rxg

--
Zaphod

Voted "Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe" for seven
years in a row.

On 11/16/2012, Michael Swift posted:
In article , Justin
writes
I hope their computers are better than their crap mobiles.

Mike


I guess that's why Apple is leading in sales. The public enjoys buying
lousy
things with their hard earned money.

I think you'll find that it's simple minded people who have bought into the
product hype. I can't comment on their computers, hence my comment, as I have
never bought one of their over priced offerings but my sons have at times
fallen for the mobile phone hype and they hated them.

I think the Samsung advert I saw on YouTube sums Apple phones up perfectly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5-Prx19ZM

Mike

FWIW - an added advantage to the clip was that when it ended, the
thumbnails of other clips showed a rather spectacular cleavage (on my
screen at this time - no promises).

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 11/15/2012 3:49 PM, Justin wrote:
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:16:32 -0600, Gordon
wrote:

I realize this is a Windows 7 Newsgroup but I have not been able to
locate a Windows 8 Newsgroup. Maybe someone here can steer me in the
right direction.

I recently bought a new Hewlett Packard p7-1446s PC desktop computer
and have been getting all my old client software installed onto it.
Things are going very well and I do like Windows 8 in most respects.

One problem I've been stumbling over is that if I go away and let this
new computer drop into sleep mode it won't start back up when I move
the mouse or click some keyboard keys. I've changed the mouse and
keyboard to see if this would make any difference but it did no, in
either case.

Any suggestions, anyone? Or, where can I find a Windows 8 Newsgroup
and look for information there?

Thanks, Gordon


Get a Mac.

w/Cheese!

On 16-Nov-12 7:16 AM, Gordon wrote:
I realize this is a Windows 7 Newsgroup but I have not been able to
locate a Windows 8 Newsgroup. Maybe someone here can steer me in the
right direction.
Try:
alt.comp.os.window-8
Works for me on Eternal-September

"Justin" wrote in message
...

On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:16:32 -0600, Gordon
wrote:

I realize this is a Windows 7 Newsgroup but I have not been able to
locate a Windows 8 Newsgroup. Maybe someone here can steer me in the
right direction.

I recently bought a new Hewlett Packard p7-1446s PC desktop computer
and have been getting all my old client software installed onto it.
Things are going very well and I do like Windows 8 in most respects.

One problem I've been stumbling over is that if I go away and let
this
new computer drop into sleep mode it won't start back up when I move
the mouse or click some keyboard keys. I've changed the mouse and
keyboard to see if this would make any difference but it did no, in
either case.

Any suggestions, anyone? Or, where can I find a Windows 8 Newsgroup
and look for information there?

Thanks, Gordon


Get a Mac.

FISH ON!!!!!!! HE JUST COULDN'T"T STOP HIMSELF FROM BITING!!!!+

"Michael Swift" wrote in message
...

In article , Justin
writes
Get a Mac.

I hope their computers are better than their crap mobiles.

They're always broke. Total ****. But, expensive ****. That's why
the sucker Fangurls buy them, makes them feel "wealthy". Go to
"comp.sys.mac.system" and see all the bizarre problems they have.

"Justin" wrote in message ...

On 11/15/2012 7:17 PM, Michael Swift wrote:
In article , Justin
writes
Get a Mac.

I hope their computers are better than their crap mobiles.

Mike


I guess that's why Apple is leading in sales. The public enjoys
buying lousy things with their hard earned money.

HE CAME BACK AND HIT AGAIN!!!!!!! Real fish - so much smarter.

On 16/11/2012 17:51, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:04:22 +0000, Desk Rabbit
wrote:

[snip]

But still a company that has made a profit out of the sale and has a
legal responsibility to provide support and warranty.

There is always the possibility that the system was sold at a
loss.

Indeed, but how many businesses do you know that survive by selling
items at a loss particularly in the retail market


What legal responsibility? There might be a contract, but not
necessarily.

In the UK at least when you buy an item there are certain legal rights
and responsibilities.

On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:17:19 +0000, Desk Rabbit
wrote:

On 16/11/2012 17:51, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:04:22 +0000, Desk Rabbit
wrote:

[snip]

But still a company that has made a profit out of the sale and has a
legal responsibility to provide support and warranty.

There is always the possibility that the system was sold at a
loss.

Indeed, but how many businesses do you know that survive by selling
items at a loss particularly in the retail market

Loss leader is a possibility. I saw the numbers for an
electronics store in town. The gross profit for a laptop is very low.
I expect that they end up losing a bit on them and that they hope to
make it up on other items.

What legal responsibility? There might be a contract, but not
necessarily.

In the UK at least when you buy an item there are certain legal rights
and responsibilities.

And I bet that these rights are far less than what most people
think. The reason that companies have support is that they figure
that it will help them. It is not a right.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Wolf K wrote:
On 16/11/2012 7:59 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:

Snip

And http://www.businessinsider.com/andro...-share-2012-11

"New data from IDC says Android owned 75 percent of the smartphone
market in the third quarter of 2012. Apple was a distant second with
14.9 percent of the market."

That's global market share.

So, where is is again that Apple is leading in sales because the public
enjoys buying their stuff? Cupertino California maybe?

Apple is good stuff, but costs about twice as much as it competition of
similar quality. But that higher price is precisely what attracts the
market segment that buys Apple products.

Marketers know that there is a significant segment of the market that
wants its toys to be overpriced so that the unwashed 47% can't afford to
buy them. The higher price testifies to the higher quality of the buyer,
obviously.

After all, you get what you pay for, right?

Not.


So, of the "washed 53%", still only 14.9% buy Apple, so still well under
1/3 of the "washed" market share!!

Daniel

On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:51:25 -0800, Gene Wirchenko
wrote:

On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:04:22 +0000, Desk Rabbit
wrote:

[snip]

But still a company that has made a profit out of the sale and has a
legal responsibility to provide support and warranty.

There is always the possibility that the system was sold at a
loss.

What legal responsibility? There might be a contract, but not
necessarily.

The legal position will depend on jurisdiction. Certainly the UK Sale
of Goods Act makes no distinction between goods sold at a profit and
goods sold at a loss.