Comments on: What it was like at the Vista line at CompUSA http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vista and iTunes Don’t Play Nice Together http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317661 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:38:48 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317661 [...] all the hoopla (or lack of hoopla) surrounding the Vista release to the general public, a problem has apparently come to light with [...]

]]> By: apple » Blog Archive » Vista and iTunes Don’t Play Nice Together http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317662 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:48:08 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317662 [...] all the hoopla (or lack of hoopla) surrounding the Vista release to the general public, a problem has apparently come to light with [...]

]]> By: Mike http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317654 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:27:56 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317654 I typed 650 instead of 997.

]]> By: Mike http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317655 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:27:01 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317655 this article is crap.
apple is light-years ahead.
Windows is a legacy product.
Windows has 650 different versions: just do the following count
8 versions in 99 languages = 792 different packages
8 modified versions for the European Union in 25 languages = 200 packages
3 modified versions for Korea = 3 packages
2 modifiied versions for China
TOTAL = 792 + 200 + 3 + 2 = 997 different products.

Imagine dealing with that… almost 1000 packages having to be upgraded, pached, etc.

On the other side of the galaxy, ligh-years ahead, Apple stands with one package for all languages. This is modern. Windows is legacy.

so, this article is lame and was written without any knowledge.

]]> By: Vernon http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317653 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:51:38 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317653 Mac is doing fine in the business side? That is laughable. Where do you work? the mac store? I am a professional consultant and I can tell you that only the art/marketing departments in all the companies I worked for use macs. You have been bit by the Apple marketing machine. You didn’t even know it. Btw, you cant play any good games on a mac.

]]> By: Inigo Montoya http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317656 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:37:10 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317656 /yawn

Nothing of interest here either…

]]> By: Namo http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317658 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:50:42 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317658 jayson knight. I’ll let you know Apple’s current market share is 4.33 PPC and 1.88 %Intel. So I’ve let you know. And Apple is doing fine in the business side. take a look at this company(marketcircle.com)

]]> By: jayson knight http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317660 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:04:12 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317660 Did you seriously just say the words “Office System” and “iWork” in the same sentence? Credibility shot.

Let us know when Apple has more than 2% marketshare, or any business presence whatsoever, then they’ll be taken seriously.

]]> By: Jason Alexander http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317659 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:39:04 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317659 Wow, yeah, I’ve been an Apple convert the past year and proud to call myself that. But, this post takes the cake. This makes me embarrassed to call myself an Apple fan now.

I really wish you guys would have been a bit more professional about it.

]]> By: What it was like at the Vista line at CompUSA at The Apple Blog at My Own Reality http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317657 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:54:23 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317657 [...] When I bought OS X Tiger I seem to remember people at the store. In fact, I remember being there for two hours, giggling like a school girl every time I found a new cool widget….more at theappleblog [...]

]]> By: Steve P http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317652 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:00:24 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317652 Gee, you guys!
Can’t you give this micro&soft (glad mine isn’t) bashing a break?
I get sooo tired!

Vista DOES have a WoW factor.
Gates was just explaining the ability to play certain games that had not been locked out by Vista’s new DRM.
Why do you insist on turning this into unjustified criticism?
Get a life you jealous Apple fanboys!

]]> By: MisterKen http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317651 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:24:27 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317651 Office 2007 is the real star of this release.
That said, the new Office for the Mac is not too shabby either.

Still, I cannot keep from smirking when I see those ‘The Wow begins now’ signs at Fry’s and CompUSA. Yeah, “wow, Apple did this 2 years ago…it took them how long? Wow.”

]]> By: jbelkin http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317650 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:38:32 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317650 And they made the boxes all different colors but NO brown? Damn … :-)

]]> By: Rattyuk http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317649 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:40:13 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317649 Well I wonder.

Bill Gates spent a lot of time spouting LIES about how Vista is the first OS with parental controls.

Also he kept telling everyone that it had a WOW factor.

Now forgive me if I am wrong but surely if it DID have the wow factor you wouldn’t need the boss of the company to TELL you that it had.

Just my 2 cents…

]]> By: Blinx http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317648 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:13:56 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317648 The thing is, after paying for Vista, Microsoft still owns it, and can hobble your OS – and computer on a whim. Read the EULA – Vista is DRM’ed to death.

Get in line, sheep!

]]> By: Chris http://gigaom.com/apple/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317647 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:58:47 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/01/30/what-it-was-like-at-the-vista-line-at-compusa/#comment-317647 Any bets as to how long until Vista is selling out of Starbucks?

Desperation, man, desperation.

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