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While suits from
Psystar and Apple are currently attempting to
work things out via
alternative dispute resolution, the former company is doing something the latter company won't: offer OS X-capable machines with built-in Blu-ray and NVIDIA's GeForce 9800GT. Showing no mercy whatsoever in a recent release, Psystar calls Steve Jobs out for his controversial "
bag of hurt" comment and proceeds to inform the general public that it's "
now shipping" OS X-compatible PCs (better known as
Open Computers) with Blu-ray optical drives and the GeForce 9800GT GPU. Based on pricing figures gathered from the company's website, a 6x Blu-ray writer is a $310 upgrade over a dual-layer DVD burner, while the 512MB GeForce 9800GT will set you back $200 more than the 8600GT. Whatcha got to say now, Steve? Huh? Huh?
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MacUser]
Psystar slaps Apple around, releases Mac clones with Blu-ray / GeForce 9800GT originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tagi: dual layer dvd burner, mac clones, capable machines, compatible pcs, macuser, steve jobs, entertainment media, no mercy, optical drives, blu ray, geforce, 6x, cles, home entertainment, hdtv, os x, nvidia, proceeds, nbsp, suits
Posted by on under wwdc keynote, iphone, steve jobs |
A lot of questions for today's big WWDC keynote in San Francisco. Let's hope it's a yes for both of them, I really like Steve Jobs presenting new products.
Tagi: wwdc keynote, iphone, steve jobs
Posted by on under fake steve jobs, microsoft messenger, outlook microsoft, video windows, steve jobs, jackass, cutting edge, microsoft |
Earlier this afternoon
Fake Steve Jobs took one look at Microsoft's new Windows Mobile commercial and wrote, "
Dancing Twitter icons do not translate into cutting-edge advertising." I don't know. I think the commercial is pretty good, but only because it seems to me the strategy here was to turn Internet Explorer, Outlook, Microsoft Messenger and the others into Party Boy from
Jackass.
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Posted by Jason Kottke on under amaz, h company, ppos, hsieh, specific company, steve jobs, rk, new yorker, snapshot, shoulders, cult, housewares, ty, pers, ceo, clothes, shoes, experiences |
From last week's New Yorker, a snapshot of the cult of Zappos just before the Amazon acquisition. I found it somewhat odd that the CEO, Tony Hsieh, doesn't particularly care about the products his company sells:
"I've never been into shoes -- and I'm still not," he said. Zappos has begun to expand from shoes, as Amazon did from its base of books, into other categories of merchandise: handbags, clothes. "Kitchenware, housewares, whatever," Hsieh said. But he's not really interested in those things, either. "I much prefer experiences to stuff," he said.
Hsieh also doesn't downplay the cultish aspects of the company either (unintentionally or not):
Though he has become increasingly visible as the face of Zappos and spends almost all his time proselytizing its culture, Hsieh resists the idea that he is powerful, or that the perpetuation of the brand rests on his shoulders. "For any company or movement or religion or whatever, if there's one person that personifies it then that puts that company or vision at risk, if the person, say, dies," he said. "What's gonna happen to Apple if something happens with Steve Jobs? That's why it needs to be about a movement, not about a person or even a specific company."
Tags: Tony Hsieh zappos
Tagi: amaz, h company, ppos, hsieh, specific company, steve jobs, rk, new yorker, snapshot, shoulders, cult, housewares, ty, pers, ceo, clothes, shoes, experiences
Posted by on under festivus, ugly things, gizmodo, hdmi, steve jobs |
Happy Festivus, readers! You lot have disappointed me in so many ways, I'm deciding to punish you with these Remainders four: HDMI prepares new 3D-ready spec, Kindle DRM stripped, Steve Jobs takes a...
Tagi: festivus, ugly things, gizmodo, hdmi, steve jobs
