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Snow Kitty and PPC
Those PPC Macs that users will
have to discard will be a
minimum of 6-years-old.
Besides that, Leopard, like XP in
the Windows world, will remain a
supported OS for some time to
come, so no discard required.
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VISTA tax  nizuse | 01/05/09
Oy.. It's not THAT bad...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/05/09
So you say you don't know.  nizuse | 01/06/09
I could have sworn I did... n/t  Wolfie2K3 | 01/07/09
Well said - Apple "tax" seemingly infinite  coppockm@... | 01/06/09
Head in sand? Not this guy . . .  brian ansorge | 01/06/09
Dvorak?  Sleeper Service | 01/07/09
WELL SAID !!  Vinces314 | 01/12/09
Why accept needless changes?  lastar84 | 01/06/09
Change For The Same Reason As Always  Leans_To_Center | 01/07/09
money money money  tmsbrdrs | 01/11/09
coppockm  Axsimulate | 01/07/09
Errr okay...  logicearth@... | 01/07/09
RE: Errr okay...  Axsimulate | 01/08/09
RE: Errr okay,,,  MarkKB | 01/08/09
Another MS preacher  Jim4Prez | 01/06/09
Fix  Jim4Prez | 01/06/09
I have a Mac, and...  coppockm@... | 01/06/09
Snow Kitty and PPC  Asiafish | 01/06/09
Ok... You're missing the point.  Wolfie2K3 | 01/07/09
money money money  tmsbrdrs | 01/11/09
Most of them were at leat six years old  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/06/09
we should not be forced to stop using things that work  hizaleus | 01/06/09
missed detail on printer.  hizaleus | 01/06/09
The devil's in the details...  coppockm@... | 01/06/09
Thank You! Now maybe the clueless will get one?  JustAnAboveAverageJoe | 01/06/09
Basically, you're asking the manufacturer to continue to support you and yo  tmsbrdrs | 01/11/09
We're not being forced...  Sleeper Service | 01/06/09
"Force" is a bad word here...  coppockm@... | 01/06/09
no choice means being forced  tmsbrdrs | 01/11/09
RE: we should not be forced to stop using things that work  RAMChYLD | 01/06/09
Uh...  Sleeper Service | 01/07/09
Funny you should mention the Ford Taurus  clyman6232@... | 01/07/09
Send those replaced parts to  tracy anne | 01/07/09
he will have no trouble making them work with Linux  tmsbrdrs | 01/11/09
much lulz  Spiritusindomit@... | 01/08/09
RE: Six things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  kozmcrae | 01/05/09
Unlikely.  CobraA1 | 01/05/09
Total ReWrite?!?!  Stuka | 01/05/09
You're Wrong  dschlegel@... | 01/05/09
The entire...  logicearth@... | 01/05/09
"of many of the internal parts of Windows"  CobraA1 | 01/06/09
Just like OS X...  coppockm@... | 01/06/09
I don't want Vista  clyman6232@... | 01/07/09
Which count was that?  rtk | 01/07/09
That many?  Sleeper Service | 01/08/09
Actual count  tmsbrdrs | 01/11/09
Is that the same as the...  Sleeper Service | 01/06/09
RE: Six things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  MotorHedd | 01/06/09
Another Point - No Upgrade Path From Windows XP  cnfrisch | 01/05/09
You have a source for that info? (nt)  CobraA1 | 01/05/09
Um.. The toilet paper...?  Wolfie2K3 | 01/06/09
re: another point  Badgered | 01/06/09
What kind of idiot  rag@... | 01/06/09
The Average User...  TBone2k | 01/06/09
The average user...  Sleeper Service | 01/06/09
they can't be stupid enough to stick with that  hizaleus | 01/06/09
Actually you are.  Sleeper Service | 01/06/09
You'd be surprised.  de-void | 01/07/09
The same thing I feel about it  clyman6232@... | 01/07/09
Except  rtk | 01/07/09
That depends........  Ole Man | 01/08/09
Put Your Hand in Your Pocket  cpt_slog@... | 01/05/09
Enterprises will stick with XP then  Patanjali | 01/05/09
Re:  dvm | 01/06/09
Pretty neat!  Ole Man | 01/06/09
The link is broken/incomplete..  dinosaur_z | 01/07/09
Oh, no worries.  rtk | 01/07/09
No benefits?  slaphappy | 01/06/09
Enterprise Upgrades  alan.douglas | 01/06/09
A note on #4: The scenic ribbon.  CobraA1 | 01/05/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  Ammalgam | 01/05/09
Ballmer Won't Tell You How Much He Ripped Consumers Off With Vista Capable  itanalyst2@... | 01/05/09
Hmm.. Gotta wonder...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/06/09
None of them.  ye | 01/06/09
Irrelevent if they wanted to upgrade or not  deaf_e_kate | 01/06/09
Irrelevent to my point. How would these people even have...  ye | 01/06/09
your point is irrelevent  deaf_e_kate | 01/06/09
But one is more than none.  ye | 01/06/09
re: But one is more than none.  deaf_e_kate | 01/06/09
@rtfa: What your talking about is irrelevent.  ye | 01/06/09
@ye  Axsimulate | 01/06/09
@Axsimulate  deaf_e_kate | 01/07/09
Because that's what paid shills do  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 01/06/09
They're getting paid to?  Ole Man | 01/06/09
Why should you wonder...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 01/06/09
Vista != Aero  SnoopDougEDoug | 01/06/09
The Sixth Thing  pccoder28@... | 01/05/09
Randall, is that you?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/05/09
Point one gave you away as a M$ fanboy...  pccoder28@... | 01/05/09
Do you code at all?  pccoder28@... | 01/05/09
LOL  shellcodes_coder | 01/06/09
Great call Ed!!  MyBlueRex | 01/05/09
Namecalling is not a sound refutation.  pccoder28@... | 01/05/09
Then refute it point by point  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 01/06/09
Some points are so stupid that they don't deserve to be refuted.  Sleeper Service | 01/06/09
Prolly because you can't...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 01/06/09
Why should Ed refute it?  Sleeper Service | 01/07/09
No you didn't...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 01/07/09
*Yawn*  Sleeper Service | 01/08/09
Yawn is right  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 01/09/09
Citation time!  pccoder28@... | 01/06/09
Nah... Randall Kennedy signs his own name...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/06/09
I thought he signed it "Not Responding"  pccoder28@... | 01/06/09
See for yourself..  Wolfie2K3 | 01/06/09
Yawn  pccoder28@... | 01/06/09
BTW, how do I unsubscribe?  pccoder28@... | 01/06/09
Ok.. C-Ya.. Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya... n/t  Wolfie2K3 | 01/06/09
Huh?!  MotorHedd | 01/06/09
Erm,  Bozzer | 01/06/09
The funny thing is.....  Badgered | 01/06/09
Who cares whether you do or not...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 01/06/09
If you're leaving...  rapson | 01/06/09
But if enough people do...  John L. Ries | 01/06/09
Newsflash: Pot call kettle black  SnoopDougEDoug | 01/06/09
Oh, the irony.  rtk | 01/06/09
Blah Blah Blah  tybren1@... | 01/06/09
Re:  dvm | 01/06/09
Shh...  Sleeper Service | 01/06/09
Waiting around...  justanitguy | 01/06/09
I think you're right on the predictions...  John L. Ries | 01/05/09
Agree with #3  shellcodes_coder | 01/06/09
$  pccoder28@... | 01/06/09
Not necessarily...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/06/09
Removing Crapware  alan.douglas | 01/06/09
The Add/Remove can also be used.. Depends...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/07/09
Really? The Dell's I've worked with were fairly clean...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/06/09
Dell install crap-ware and unnecessary software too...  ed209 | 01/06/09
Bundling saves us $$$  SnoopDougEDoug | 01/06/09
Bundling saves us  MotorHedd | 01/06/09
Killer app  anonymuos | 01/06/09
Dealing with point 3  Alan Smithie | 01/06/09
Do a bit of research before you go off on the whack tangent...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/06/09
Take your own advice  frgough | 01/06/09
MS Margins make Hardware margins look very sick  deaf_e_kate | 01/06/09
Lets compare Microsoft to dell.  isulzer | 01/06/09
A response  Alan Smithie | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  V@... | 01/06/09
Virtualization is wow  SnoopDougEDoug | 01/06/09
I use it almost exclusively  V@... | 01/06/09
Vista and 7 offer nothing....  bjbrock | 01/06/09
You need to understand refresh cycles...  Sleeper Service | 01/06/09
Hmmm  frgough | 01/06/09
Apple does seem to have a better record...  John L. Ries | 01/06/09
How Apple keeps it's customers happy between versions  de-void | 01/07/09
One thing ZDnet won't tell you about Microsoft  whisperycat | 01/06/09
Layoffs? What layoffs?  SnoopDougEDoug | 01/06/09
Fudzilla?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/06/09
Updated report from Seattle PI indicates  alaniane@... | 01/06/09
Is your current OS broken?  cwallen19803@... | 01/06/09
If your current OS isn't broken, why replace it?  deaf_e_kate | 01/06/09
And even if it's open source...  John L. Ries | 01/06/09
true but you can get someone to fix it  deaf_e_kate | 01/06/09
That is the big advantage  John L. Ries | 01/06/09
It certainly is  Alan Smithie | 01/06/09
Application updates dictate OS updates  SnoopDougEDoug | 01/06/09
Correct  John L. Ries | 01/06/09
A reprise of Monkey Boy dance?  rag@... | 01/06/09
Excellent commentary, Ed...  chas_2 | 01/06/09
No.6: Windows 7 is Vista in a party dress  SteveMak | 01/06/09
Are you being serious here...  Sleeper Service | 01/06/09
You change one issue for another  SnoopDougEDoug | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  rdawson@... | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  ausdog@... | 01/06/09
True for EVERY OS update  SnoopDougEDoug | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  lcarliner@... | 01/06/09
New Start Up Company for Drivers  windozefreak | 01/06/09
There Are No Killer Apps  fwarren | 01/06/09
There Are No Killer Apps  windozefreak | 01/06/09
What ticks me off the most..  20kwfence | 01/06/09
Apple has the right idea with the 5 user home license for $200.  ye | 01/06/09
Sounds great  20kwfence | 01/06/09
Welcome to Linux!  bswiss | 01/06/09
I like point 1. Because its soooo very true and it  James Quinn | 01/06/09
I like point 1. Because its soooo very true ...  alan.douglas | 01/06/09
Not saying they should but in decreases the  James Quinn | 01/06/09
Why pay to change? OpenSource is free  johnnydoe1894 | 01/06/09
Easier? Well I don't know about that. Name the  James Quinn | 01/06/09
Apple zombie, tipical  Soulstorm | 01/06/09
You just don't get it.....  James Quinn | 01/06/09
@Soulstorm  Axsimulate | 01/06/09
@johnnydoe1894  Axsimulate | 01/06/09
The supreme irony...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/07/09
Really?  krsanford | 01/06/09
Really  windozefreak | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  MikeBytes@... | 01/06/09
I'll answer that when it's ready to buy  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/06/09
A truly disappointing answer.  nizuse | 01/06/09
Price?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/06/09
Disappointing, maybe, but still the right answer.  Wolfie2K3 | 01/07/09
a small addendum  rtk | 01/07/09
Too true...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/07/09
What about Halo2  david@... | 01/06/09
It's a game, not a piece of software  zomgguy | 01/08/09
Drivers exist for XP anyway.  Sleeper Service | 01/08/09
I have a cure! I have a cure!  mikifinaz1@... | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  ebhb2004@... | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  Main Street | 01/06/09
I keep hearing this but nobody ever posts specifics.  JustAnAboveAverageJoe | 01/06/09
Better Graphics  kyron.gustafson@... | 01/06/09
Windows 7 - De Ja Vu  rwbyshe@... | 01/06/09
Windows 6.1 != Windows 7  Omega Master | 01/06/09
Not everyone likes change......  hondahawkrider | 01/06/09
they kept the ver # so software will think it's Vista  eggmanbubbagee@... | 01/06/09
Goodwill or Similar it.  TripleII | 01/06/09
I think...  melekali | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  rich3page | 01/06/09
It will be a hard sell  jpr75_z | 01/07/09
Not Luddites  tbcass | 01/07/09
Vista has never been that  dprozzo | 01/07/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  ramnet@... | 01/07/09
RE: Killer Apps  julian.lawton@... | 01/07/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  Jim from NoVA | 01/07/09
W7 will make more users BAIL  ThePoke | 01/07/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  rod@... | 01/07/09
Actually... They DO stop..  Wolfie2K3 | 01/07/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  Juergen Hartl | 01/07/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  ladyjet@... | 01/07/09
Windows 7 and Ed  chaz15 | 01/07/09
Amen: support-life is the choice of the manufacturer  pianoguy@... | 01/07/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  jimk_z | 01/07/09
Do ya do the same with cars?  rtk | 01/08/09
Check the car lots  Ole Man | 01/08/09
He didn't say  rtk | 01/08/09
Don't be too cocky......  Ole Man | 01/08/09
One more thing Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7.  trentreviso | 01/08/09
One OS One Edition  robocso@... | 01/09/09
re: One OS One Edition  ksarkies@... | 01/09/09
RE: IS WINDOWS 7 REALLY GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING?  Vinces314 | 01/10/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  attila2 | 01/11/09
That's what killed Vista -Clueless OEM  tzcannon | 01/11/09
Hardware EXACTLY!!!  Vinces314 | 01/12/09
Shakes head in dismay ...  de-void | 01/13/09
O M G!!!  Vinces314 | 01/14/09
Wrong  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/14/09
Thou dost protest too much?  Ole Man | 01/17/09
I read Talkbacks in an RSS reader  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/17/09
Vista sucked for many reasons.  Ivan_the_stinky | 08/17/09

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