Posted 11/02/2009 at 01:53:49pm

That the XPS 8000 only offers DDR3-1066 RAM, not DDR3-1600.

And the best graphics card Dell offers on the XPS 8000 is an nVidia GTX260, which, while a capable video card, is not DX11 ready.

And the price, at the moment at least, for a XPS 8000 outfitted as close to this rig as possible is $1278.

So yeah, other than being completely wrong, you're absolutely right.

And this isn't even going into the potential differences in components...

Posted 10/15/2009 at 10:50:27am

Anyone remember GTA: San Andreas?  How the plot is driven by framing the main character for the murder of one cop?  When, by the time you've gotten to that point, you've probably murdered dozens of cops, gangbangers, and innocent bystanders?

Posted 10/09/2009 at 11:25:26am

Ubuntu does label things in English, and you don't even have to touch the command line if you don't want to.  All that's left is the games, and frankly, it's more a matter of game devs supporting Linux than Linux supporting games.

Posted 10/07/2009 at 12:17:21pm

I have a Hotmail account with a 123456 password.  However, in my defense, I don't actually use that account for anything I actually care about; it's just for registrations on sites I don't plan to go back to and I suspect might spam me.

In fact, if I actually sign up for a site with that account, it's usually a username that I'll put on Bugmenot when I'm done.

Posted 09/25/2009 at 12:38:01pm

Internet users make mountain out of molehill. Film at 11.

Posted 09/24/2009 at 02:46:42pm

Microsoft has always worked on a 2-3 year cycle between major OS upgrades.  Windows XP's five-year lifespan was an anomaly

Posted 09/21/2009 at 11:00:24am

The only way I can see this working out is if Hulu keeps the current free service and adds a "value-added" subscription service with absolutely no advertising and perhaps a few other perks (larger episode archives, etc).  Otherwise, people will just go back to what they did before Hulu -- namely, Bittorrent.

The suits don't get it yet -- they're competing with free.

Posted 09/21/2009 at 10:56:32am

T-Mobile's Hotspot@home service is actually free if you buy a compatible phone.  The extra $10 per month is only if you want unlimited calls over VOIP, or a separate line for VOIP, rather than VOIP calls using up your minutes like normal.

 This is a pretty dick move on AT&T's part.  "For just $20 bucks a month, you can use your own bandwidth to help us expand our network!"

Posted 09/17/2009 at 04:22:19pm

They might as well just bundle the splashtop OS; it's going to be more capable than Win7 Starter.

Posted 09/14/2009 at 12:02:31pm

The last time I ordered from Dell, it took me a freaking month to get my video card.

I think I'd rather just pay the extra 15% and go elsewhere.