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  1. Comment - Nearly half the money spent at US retail on desktop PCs goes to Apple

    (Nov 25, 2009 - 4:48 PM)

    How about this:

    Dell (Inspiron 545) with 24" LCD = $1100
    The Dell specs kinda blow the iMac out of the water with the exception of the graphics card.

    Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q8200 (4MB L2, 2.33GHz, 1333FSB)
    Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
    8GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
    1TB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
    ATI Radeon HD 4350 512MB
    16X DVD+/-RW Drive
    Dell 1525 Wireless-N PCIe Card
    Can run Windows (XP, Vista, 7), and Linux natively
    Can (but won't) run Mac OS X, but I think that's because Apple won't sell the OS seperately...
    = $807.00
    + $300ish for a 24-26" LCD monitor
    = $1107

  2. Comment - Yahoo Returns to its Roots with 'Search Assist'

    (Oct 2, 2007 - 2:17 PM)

    Cool, now Yahoo has implemented a feature Google has had available for nearly 2 years.
    http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en

    Although nicely implemented and made available on their front page, the article has dumbfounded me, specifically comparing Yahoo's search to the pitfall's of Google's toolbar (which uses the same technology as Google Suggest).

    "Yahoo's feature also appears to be far less ambiguous than Google's..."
    "For example, I just barely manage to get the "P-a" poked out in the query "Panasonic Blu-ray," and Google has already flashed me "Paris Hilton" along the top of its suggestions.

    By contrast, Yahoo appears to make suggestions based on a mix of both popularity and practicality. It doesn't jump to conclusions until I've entered three letters. At "P-a-n," it indeed suggests "panasonic" as one possibility..."

    Ambiguous?? Really? When I type in 'Pan' into Google Suggest, the first result is Panasonic. The very same query and result that this revolutionary Yahoo Assist returns to you...

    If you're going to write your personal (mis-informed) opinions and bash our good friend Google, perhaps you should Yahoo Search Assist to see what comparable technologies are already available. :p