All technical hardware specs, top of the line rig comparison, and flame-war aside, anyone that would post on this site has probably been to the major OEM computer web sites and built themselves a 'dream machine', numerous times. I know I have. I know that I have several major RSS feeds that spit techno-lust and I willfully and happily read and drool, or gasp, or dismiss as fodder. THAT aside, anyone that knows anything about basic retail marketing ploys knows that any little shiny spot that can be added to existing products, including the upgraded and typically eye-catching product name, is a seller. "Oh, Napster is getting big again, so lets us at Verizon add a widget-app to our phones and see if that sells". Guess what? It does. This is the same and tired practiced concept as with celebrity endorsed products, specifically perfumes. This manner capitalizes on Company A's huge following, adds their likeness to Company B's product, and WHABAM!, the price tag soars, and the quality declines to comment.
Another example would be the present generation iPods. Now they have a touch screen, and a larger price tag. Whoopty-doodoo. Buy a 30GB Zune, which I have found online for $100+sh, buy whatever color case you want from Ebay, less than $10 with shipping, upgrade the firmware so that it functions like the newest Zune, and get what I think may be Microsoft's best idea since XP. I have read COUNTLESS exceptional reviews from both newbies and ipod fanboys on the Zune.
So I back up the idea that it's the hardware that really counts, not the brand name of the OEM trolls pushing their retail crack.
The only real plus I can see in this machine, is that it IS from Dell, which means that they can load up Ubuntu Linux (which does play WoW) and save you money, slave ties to Microsoft, and the ability to use more of the high priced computing power that is putting you into level 70 debt. The internet is a wonderous and plentiful thing. Use it.
During his WWDC keynote, Steve Jobs touted iCloud as a service that will sync many of your Apple devices, for free. Macs, iPhones, iPads, and even Windows computers can synchronize documents, contacts, calendar appointments, and other data.
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All technical hardware specs, top of the line rig comparison, and flame-war aside, anyone that would post on this site has probably been to the major OEM computer web sites and built themselves a 'dream machine', numerous times. I know I have. I know that I have several major RSS feeds that spit techno-lust and I willfully and happily read and drool, or gasp, or dismiss as fodder. THAT aside, anyone that knows anything about basic retail marketing ploys knows that any little shiny spot that can be added to existing products, including the upgraded and typically eye-catching product name, is a seller. "Oh, Napster is getting big again, so lets us at Verizon add a widget-app to our phones and see if that sells". Guess what? It does. This is the same and tired practiced concept as with celebrity endorsed products, specifically perfumes. This manner capitalizes on Company A's huge following, adds their likeness to Company B's product, and WHABAM!, the price tag soars, and the quality declines to comment.
Another example would be the present generation iPods. Now they have a touch screen, and a larger price tag. Whoopty-doodoo. Buy a 30GB Zune, which I have found online for $100+sh, buy whatever color case you want from Ebay, less than $10 with shipping, upgrade the firmware so that it functions like the newest Zune, and get what I think may be Microsoft's best idea since XP. I have read COUNTLESS exceptional reviews from both newbies and ipod fanboys on the Zune.
So I back up the idea that it's the hardware that really counts, not the brand name of the OEM trolls pushing their retail crack.
The only real plus I can see in this machine, is that it IS from Dell, which means that they can load up Ubuntu Linux (which does play WoW) and save you money, slave ties to Microsoft, and the ability to use more of the high priced computing power that is putting you into level 70 debt. The internet is a wonderous and plentiful thing. Use it.
wow indeed.
-ThoughtCriminal