Posted 12/29/2008 at 08:17:42am

It was kinda weird when Max PC staff would venture to their "local Fry's" store and list the parts they bought parts for a build in an article. When I look on newegg I was able to find the parts cheaper and with free shipping on most things.

I'm not really ranting, just making fun of Fry's.

Posted 11/18/2008 at 09:44:48am

I feel sorry for Jim in the email chain. He new nothing about it and told Balmer "WTF?!? I go away for a little bit and this is what happened?! Now my street cred is messed up!" and what does Balmer say? "It wasn't me! You better fix this!"

Posted 11/18/2008 at 09:27:43am

Good choice on the pic! That's what I imagine people that spend numerous hours on WoW.

Posted 10/17/2008 at 01:21:36pm

@xs0u1x,

 I agree with DS,  what is holding you back from switching?? Start dual booting and see how everything works and you can still go back to XP/Vista if you want play your games.

Posted 10/17/2008 at 01:07:18pm

O....M....G.... Freakin awesome!! I know quadro's aren't geared towards gamers but I did read an article on how to change Quadros to GeForce on the driver side. Maybe the same steps can be applied.

 http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=253667

Posted 10/17/2008 at 11:32:19am

I can't agree with Riccitiello on that one. I'm sure everyone noticed the DRM scheme and was kinda upset that they can only activate it on three machines but the majority just go with it and hope they don't have to reinstall. The minority did do the right thing and voiced their opinions about the issue by providing ratings on a well respected web retail store. Maybe if they stopped implimenting DRM in their games the priceses wouldn't be so high, but I doubt that.

Posted 10/15/2008 at 02:30:11pm

In the last sentance in paragraph three ("As a result, we now advise clients using WiFi in their offices to move on up to a VPM encryption system as well.") shouldn't it be referring to VPN not VPM?

Posted 10/02/2008 at 10:04:59am

I can see how you would think that the average consumer would just go with the change and keep buying music from iTunes even if they raise their prices, but from seeing what they did in the past with NBC I doubt they would do that. If you (or any other reader) would recall, NBC wanted to raise their prices from $1.99 to $2.99 in the Music Store and target hit shows like Heroes. Apple said they would not support the that move and they both split. Less than a year later, NBC is back with apple and providing regular priced shows at $1.99 and HD shows at $2.99.

Now on the music front Apple does offer 99¢ songs that are both DRM and Non-DRM and also songs that are of a higher bitrate for $1.99. Amazon, for example, sells their songs for 89¢ in mp3 format and DRM-free. They know that most PMP consumers users have iPods/iPhones so they provide software to download the music you buy and add it to your iTunes list with album art.

Personally, since they started doing this I have been buying my music from them and have found great deals on albums saving me $2-$3 compared to iTunes. Even the new T.I. album that just came out was on sale for a day or two for $3.99.

Sorry to rant on, btw :P

Posted 09/23/2008 at 12:38:56pm

Good job kid. I hope you patented this new finding and make some profit on it to help with your future.

Posted 08/22/2008 at 07:53:42am

so messed up...

I love my macs but not THAT much!