http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/ Engadget Comments for Windows PC Scout patronizes, offers surprisingly good comparison tool http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 20th 2009 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
you mean the 1 video which wasnt a promo or ad and was actually a tutorial video with jokes in it for houseparty.com? yea what about it. why would you compare a tutorial video to a tool that filters laptops?
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The comparison tool itself is pretty good, it gets the important questions such as gaming, music/video editing and portability out of the way and makes a point to differentiate between casual flash games and demanding retail games. I've heard stories about people who've been sold computers with monstrous graphics cards because they played "a lot of games on miniclip"...]]>Oct 21st 2009 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 20th 2009 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 20th 2009 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 20th 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 20th 2009 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 20th 2009 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
Wonder if they will add the same thing for desktops.]]>Oct 20th 2009 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
PC Scout was up and running more than a month ago, if any of you had bothered to go to the windows website.

Although to be fair, I expect that Engadget prefers to get their microsoft news third-hand from an Apple fansite.]]>Oct 21st 2009 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
Err... you do realise it's not an Apple article, right?]]>Oct 21st 2009 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
I think I hurt the guy's feelings though by skipping his intro.

Gotta love American instant gratification shopping!

I'm a PC. Woot woot.]]>Oct 21st 2009 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
Skipping to the straight up browsing section, we find that the database contains exactly 45 laptops, of which all but 7 have screens 14" or more.

Not exactly comprehensive.

You could do much the same browsing and parameter selection at Newegg and have over 150 models to choose from in notebooks alone, with another 130 or so filed under netbooks. And the prices would be "street".

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God damn it... Safari locked up again.

::force quits::

damn it, that's not working

::holds down power button::

damn it, that's not working either

::unplugs and removes battery::

wait, I can't remove the battery. what the fuck am I suppose to do now!?!]]>Oct 21st 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
Why did we bring up Mac vs Windows again?]]>Oct 21st 2009 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
No way I'm letting him near my files. Better make a guest account for him.

Just as a precaution, better back it up on my Time Capsule.

http://media.photobucket.com/image/rage%20guy/BobAsh_album/RageGuy.jpg]]>Oct 21st 2009 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
Just askin']]>Oct 21st 2009 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
You don't have a Mac nor a TimeCapsule.]]>Oct 21st 2009 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
Last quarter, Apple sold 3.05 million computers. That is a good number, no doubt about it - I wish I sold that many copies of my software. But then I am not a huge, multi-national corporation.
Last quarter, there were (averaging IDC and Gartner numbers) 79.48 million computers sold.

79.48 + 3.05 = 82.53 million total computers sold.
79.48 / 82.53 = 96.3% of all computers sold were PCs (PC == computer not Apple computers)
1.00 - .963 = 3.7% of all computers sold were Apple computers.

Yep, 3.7% vs. 96.3% means that Apple is a wild, wild success. Let us compare some percentages:

A baseball player has a 3.7% batting average. How long do you think they would last in the Majors, let alone in the Minors?
A politician has a 3.7% favorable rating. How long do you think they would last before they were voted out of office?
A mortgage broker has a 3.7% success rate of selling mortgages to people who do not go bankrupt. How long do you think they would last before they were fired?
A surgeon has a 3.7% success rate of saving the lives of people who have simple surgeries such as appendix removal. How long do you think that surgeon would be able to practice before his insurance is revoked?
A lawyer has a 3.7% success rate of defending his clients. How long do you think that lawyer is able to continue his practice before he no longer has any clients?
A mailman delivers 3.7% of the mail to the correct address. How long do you think that mailman is able to keep his job?
An investment banker loses all but 3.7% of his entire portfolio. How long until the people withdrawl all their money and go to another fund?
A person gets sick and loses all but 3.7% of their body weight. How long until that person dies?
A construction worker build 3.7% of a house. How long until that person loses his license?

A computer salesman sells to 3.7% of all the people who are looking to buy a computer. How long before that salesman loses his job for having a sad, pathetic, sales record?
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That 80 million includes the Mac sales so you're seriously understating their market share - it's actually a might 3.9%.

Awesome.]]>Oct 21st 2009 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 4:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
;)]]>Oct 21st 2009 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/Oct 21st 2009 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
Best well thought out and funny argument i've read on here in a while.

Nice one.]]>Oct 21st 2009 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
An 18" screen with only 1366 x 768 resolution is just not something I'm interested in and want some way to filter those out short of looking up every singe model individually.]]>Oct 21st 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
Your numbers and deductions are perfect for the OS X operating system. But, if you take Apple the computer maker, shouldn't you be comparing them to other brands such as Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc.?

Also, does anyone have the numbers of the Win/Linux split among the rest?

Talking about Lenovo, M$'s scout doesn't even list any of their T series models :(]]>Oct 21st 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2179) put the Linux marketshare at less than 1%. These figures are from a year ago, so it could be different now but do you think they would have changed that much in that time?

But even if we gave 50% of the PC sales to Linux, how does that change my analysis? How does that change the figures for Apple? They would still be at 3.7% (or 3.9% as Mark commented). But Linux does not have that per centage. I will be generous and give Linux the same amout as Apple, and so that leaves Windows with a 92.6% share of computers sold. That loss of a (hypothetical) 3.7%, I guess that means Microsoft is even closer to collapse as compared to the 3.7% owned by Apple (which people claim is a wild success) and the 3.7% (hypothetical) market share of the other OS that is a wild success - Linux.]]>Oct 21st 2009 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/windows-pc-scout-patronizes-offers-surprisingly-good-comparison/
"We're sorry, but we don't have any PCs that match the exact criteria you selected. To see PCs that meet your needs as closely as possible, click the "Back to search results" link to the left and adjust your selection criteria."
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