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CFW on this thing and I'm in. I haven't used a UMD since i bought the thing. Sounds like that could be difficult on this guy though, we'll see!
No way, now is a great time to buy. If they improve it like they improved the 3GS then now is the perfect time to get a slick pmp for a discount price!
i need this... for my mom!

No but seriously... my mom DOES need this.
I liked the I'm a Mac/PC commercials where the Mac made fun of the PC for spending so much money on Ad's when ALL WE SAW was those I'm a Mac/PC ad's... I think MS was in the middle of throwing a few ads out there at the time, as they do, but still...
I have owned a PS3 for a long time now and recently purchased an Xbox 360 and after taking it out of the box kinda thought the xbox controller felt cheap. Now I'm not disagreeing that I will eventually like it more but here's the big picture of this thing (maybe): What if you already have PS3 controllers and only one Xbox controller? Well then you don't have to buy more xbox controllers.... just an 84.99 dollar thing....
"actually you don't find samsung fanboys here because 1) there aren't any, and b) you wouldn't call them fanboys. That's clearly a negative term reserved almost exclusively for Apple fans."

Now don't be ridiculous. There are probably not very many people who get up on the soap box to sing Samsung's praise and defend them tooth and nail like good fanboy's do, but to say that the term fanboy is reserved exclusively for Apple is too much. There are fanboy's of everything, from computer companies to operating systems to video game consoles...

And to your second point, EVEN I said there is value in the company, but I'm only saying that people wouldn't defend them so aggressively if it wasn't about a little bit more than just some run of the mill value in their products. And THAT has everything to do with the logo and the (perceived) lifestyle...
It's just that once you get that Apple on the device people get so snotty and protective. We're stretching to call the devices other companies make, "copy cats," and at the same time companies that do things differently will "never learn." Don't get me wrong, I kinda want an Ipod touch, neat little device, but to me Apple is impossible to defend as an exclusive provider of all the computer hardware/software you own. There's a reason Mac's come with boot camp pre-installed.

There's also a reason you don't find any Samsung fanboy's trolling around in these comments. Having an apple on your gear "looks cool." That's my take anway...
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I am trying to configure out a really dumbed down and intuitive PC for my grandmother. She recently had a stroke and while she is under my care I would like to repurpose a laptop for her to surf and email her children. Anyone have any experience with what input devices and UI's are really understandable for the over 80 crowd?"
 

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