On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:38:44 -0500
Kent Borg wrote:
> That I can believe. That might be why the Foxconn workers are
> sometimes thought to be less than happy.
They're actually paid quite well relative to China's general economy,
cost of living, and competition from Taiwan. They're unhappy becaus
The best direct evidence I've seen yet of the size of the Windows tax.
Acer sent me email today about a special offer on a netbook for $279,
which appears to be exactly the same hardware as the $199 Chromebook
but running Windows 8. I don't think I'd actually buy that Chromebook
myself; if I were i
I too, have become aware of my rights -- or lack thereof -- and am concerned.
But, hey, from the blueprints, the resettlement camps look nice and cozy.
Maybe I can join 'em, and land a job as a "internment operations specialist" ;->
--- richard.pi...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Rich Pieri
To:
What the phone did so far today:
Upcoming snow storm report
email check
twitter check
calendar for dental exam
Oops, bad data in the calendar
street and office # for said exam
GPS to get to auto body place
car tunes while doing GPS
Useful stuff,
Doug
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That's evidence of Google subsidising the hardware in expectation of
a return through the Google Play store.
Compare Samsung's Galaxy-branded products with the Samsung-manufactured
Nexus products. You'll see similar subsidizing from Google.
--
Rich P.
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Rich Pieri wrote:
> That's evidence of Google subsidising the hardware in expectation of
> a return through the Google Play store.
>
> Compare Samsung's Galaxy-branded products with the Samsung-manufactured
> Nexus products. You'll see similar subsidizing from Goog
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Brendan Kidwell wrote:
> I wonder how many people buy a Chromebook and don't even look at the
> Google Play store before erasing the whole thing and putting a free OS
> on it.
Really I probably should have said 'ANOTHER free OS on it'. I
understand you can downloa
> "Brendan" == Brendan Kidwell writes:
Brendan> I wonder how many people buy a Chromebook and don't even look at
the
Brendan> Google Play store before erasing the whole thing and putting a
free OS
Brendan> on it.
Linus has one, but he has been looking at Chrome OS while decidi
