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Discount?!
did you get some kind of discount for being an early adopter?

In fact, you are expected to pay a hefty premium. The iPhone is perhaps the most blatant example of this, but lets not pretend this isnt the norm.
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Discount?!  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 11/16/07
RE: Friday Rant - It's new technology stupid, you should expect problems!  jwspicer | 11/16/07
windows vista tops the list  christopher@... | 11/16/07
A few observations:  ye | 11/16/07
The issues you list  xuniL_z | 11/16/07
Yup! Vista is terrible.  TechExec2 | 11/16/07
ROFL  Badgered | 11/16/07
Shhh!!!  James T. Kirk | 11/16/07
PC and Mac  Cindy Joffrion | 11/16/07
Inferior releases  sdyates2001@... | 11/16/07
Mac Advantage  jongunn@... | 11/16/07
how would you know TechExec2 by your own words you will never use vista so  SO.CAL Guy | 11/17/07
Wrong again, Vista seller.  TechExec2 | 11/17/07
I second the emotion  Ole Man | 11/18/07
"Broken by design..."  itpro_z | 11/17/07
More fanboy-style hyperbole from you...  TechExec2 | 11/18/07
Tounge in cheek  itpro_z | 11/18/07
You should join the Cheese-Eaters Club  Ole Man | 11/18/07
"Broken by design..."  itpro_z | 11/17/07
Hey, at least  Ole Man | 11/18/07
Cars?  itpro_z | 11/18/07
Hey, it's your car  Ole Man | 11/18/07
Naw, OS X Leapord is much worse.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/07
Say, about those Powerpoint books  nizuse | 11/17/07
Vista Stinks, It a Fact  chessmen | 11/17/07
Unfortunately it depends on Strange Economics  BanjoPaterson | 11/16/07
won't last long  Sonny Maou | 11/16/07
The forgotten word  jongunn@... | 11/16/07
Thanks - you're correct  BanjoPaterson | 11/17/07
Software has always been rushed to market...  JonathonDoe | 11/16/07
I bought KOTOR2 for the PC  mtgarden | 11/16/07
Well said.  bjbrock | 11/16/07
Agreed, But The Cure Isn't So Simple  Whyaylooh | 11/16/07
Is it being apologetic or pragmatic?  ye | 11/16/07
Or defeatist? (NT)  johnay | 11/16/07
You tell me. Is it possible to write bug free code?  ye | 11/16/07
Yes, it is  mdemuth | 11/16/07
Uh no, it's not. From the article:  ye | 11/16/07
There is a small difference...  jasonp@... | 11/17/07
Then by all means start your own software company and make billions.  ye | 11/17/07
Secret???  jasonp@... | 11/18/07
Yes "secret".  ye | 11/18/07
Re: Then by all means start your own software company and make billions.  none none | 11/18/07
The disanalogy is:  jongunn@... | 11/16/07
And not only software  jongunn@... | 11/16/07
RE: Friday Rant - It's new technology stupid, you should expect problems!  wkulecz | 11/16/07
RE: Friday Rant - It's new technology stupid, you should expect problems!  Badgered | 11/16/07
This is NOT news!  andrej770 | 11/16/07
A good analysis of the psycological evaluation  Ole Man | 11/16/07
Again I ask: Is it possible produce something without fault?  ye | 11/16/07
The answer, my friend  Ole Man | 11/16/07
Why does everything need to be anti-Microsoft with you?  ye | 11/16/07
Its simple..when you have no real comment - blame MS!  andrej770 | 11/16/07
And I suppose your comment  Ole Man | 11/16/07
You seen through his smoke? You are spot on! (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/07
A connection is of no use  Ole Man | 11/16/07
There's also a connection to Leopard. Or Linux. Or Solaris.  ye | 11/16/07
There's also a connection to Leopard. Or Linux. Or Solaris.  Ole Man | 11/16/07
The difference is that I didn't single any one out. You did.  ye | 11/17/07
That was my intention  Ole Man | 11/17/07
I will.  Rick_K | 11/16/07
I'm missing the point of your response?  andrej770 | 11/16/07
It was dripping with sarcasm  Ole Man | 11/16/07
Fanboys Of Vista Are Pathetic Fools  itanalyst | 11/16/07
fanboys of Leopard, and fanboys of Gutsy are pathetic fools.  rtk | 11/16/07
I Don't See Six Years Between Those Releases..  itanalyst | 11/16/07
I don't know about Gutsy  Badgered | 11/16/07
Couldn't have summed it up better  zaine_ridling | 11/18/07
The world is my QA dept...I shall not test.  MGP2 | 11/16/07
You're on the high road now, Adrian  Ole Man | 11/16/07
America was built on the fat cats.  andrej770 | 11/16/07
This country was NOT built on treachery  Ole Man | 11/16/07
Vista comes to mind  Chad_z | 11/16/07
I think you meant Leopard  rtk | 11/16/07
Financial responsibility...  bjbrock | 11/16/07
It IS the consumers' fault  Rick_R | 11/16/07
They're all the same...  Arapey | 11/16/07
Well, maybe...  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/16/07
Again Touche!! So very true '75 &.....  fredfarkwater@... | 11/16/07
RE: Friday Rant - It's new technology stupid, you should expect problems!  toddo12 | 11/16/07
According to NoAxe you should stop complaining.  nizuse | 11/16/07
It's impossible for new software to be 100% perfect  j.m.galvin | 11/16/07
Nobody expects perfection in software  Ole Man | 11/16/07
10.0 Was so good I had to print it. (NT)  devlin_X | 11/17/07
100%  cynthia.joffrion@... | 11/16/07
Just what he was talking about...the  devlin_X | 11/17/07
Apologists  M.R. Kennedy | 11/17/07
M. R. Ostrich  Ole Man | 11/17/07
Agreed, so ZDNET is going to do ...  johnfenjackson@... | 11/17/07
stuffing it down your throat  christopher@... | 11/17/07
You mean like ZDNet's web site  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/07
NoAxe missed the point.  nizuse | 11/17/07
Thank gaud someone else shares this opinion  terrance.lacluster | 11/17/07
Oh and another thing  terrance.lacluster | 11/17/07
Games  itpro_z | 11/18/07
The unintended consequence  Ole Man | 11/18/07
We were talking about games...  itpro_z | 11/18/07
A one track mind is not an asset  Ole Man | 11/18/07
Rambling is not an asset  itpro_z | 11/19/07
RE: Friday Rant - It's new technology stupid, you should expect problems!  sawatzky | 11/17/07
Being an early adopter sux  zaine_ridling | 11/18/07
This has nothing to do with technology.  kraterz | 11/18/07
Article  cindyljoffrion@... | 11/18/07
RE: Friday Rant - It's new technology stupid, you should expect problems!  zero7404 | 11/19/07
Adrian, are you saying.....  xuniL_z | 11/20/07

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