Posted 06/13/2009 at 03:21:14am

The thing is it does make sense as long as your not someone who goes on freearcade all day long playing hoops. Reading an article off the web shouldn't be any different then reading articles on paper. The difference is its much faster and inexpensive to pull an topics out of the web and read them then to try and go out and get a printed copy. Most people do not want to exert the effort to drive to their local library and read all day. With more and more people having access to the web at home, any information is in minutes reach. Just the simple act of learning how to use a computer/web/os/hardware ETC gives you more knowledge and uses your brain. So while the study is quite shady it would not surprise me if it is more correct than not.

Posted 06/08/2009 at 11:45:19pm

Would Microsoft please stop trying to look glam? First of all they spend money on all of this and then they end up having to increase the retail price because of it. Then it is just a waste because nobody cares if you can slide that it down with a tab. 90 precent of the time users are not going to even touch the OS disc. Only a few reinstall often. Id prefer mine in just a DVD case hell even a jewel case if it will lower their overpriceiness.