Vista What?

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:26 am

Either Harvey Norman or Microsoft Australia are on drugs

Like why market the worse one for a higher price?

Mind my camera quality...I just flashed the firmware and haven't modified the settings yet...

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:31 am

Uhh... sale?

That's wierd.

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:32 am

What crap camera quality

<3

Rokai · Post by **Rokai** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:40 am

They probably think more people will buy Home Basic so they don't have to send their pc to surgery aka replace/upgrade a crapload of stuff for those who haven't seen the mac commercial.

ExileLord · Post by **ExileLord** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:59 am

I would imagine that it was an error.

Alexander · Post by **Alexander** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:20 pm

Rokai wrote:They probably think more people will buy Home Basic so they don't have to send their pc to surgery aka replace/upgrade a crapload of stuff for those who haven't seen the mac commercial.

lol fanboys

DWells55 · Post by **DWells55** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:03 pm

This is the same retailer that hooked up an Xbox 360 to a TV and covered it with a cardboard cutout of a PS3 and used it as their PS3 display unit.

bricksarefun · Post by **bricksarefun** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:09 pm

Vista sux, it still has the huge safe-mode flaw and I put a batch in the startup folder at Sam's, made a new account and deleted the current one. Now the computer restarts every 5 minutes, lolnubs.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:10 pm

bricksarefun wrote:Vista sux, it still has the huge safe-mode flaw and I put a batch in the startup folder at Sam's, made a new account and deleted the current one. Now the computer restarts every 5 minutes, lolnubs.

No offence, but shutup.... We're talking about the picture and the wierd retailer...

bricksarefun · Post by **bricksarefun** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:13 pm

ScottyGEE wrote:
bricksarefun wrote:Vista sux, it still has the huge safe-mode flaw and I put a batch in the startup folder at Sam's, made a new account and deleted the current one. Now the computer restarts every 5 minutes, lolnubs.
No offence, but shutup.... We're talking about the picture and the wierd retailer...

lol, I know. The pic is kinda retarded you should go say something to them say like Ultimate is the basic version and should be cheaper, they'll probably fall for it.

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:30 pm

DWells55 wrote:This is the same retailer that hooked up an Xbox 360 to a TV and covered it with a cardboard cutout of a PS3 and used it as their PS3 display unit.

...seriously? wtf were they thinking?

bricksarefun wrote:Vista sux, it still has the huge safe-mode flaw and I put a batch in the startup folder at Sam's, made a new account and deleted the current one. Now the computer restarts every 5 minutes, lolnubs.

yeah, i don't think they will ever get rid of batch files, so as long as they are allowed to run, and you have local access to the pc, that can always happen.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:33 pm

I'm missing something here... I don't see anything wrong...

Ombre · Post by **Ombre** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:34 pm

bricksarefun wrote:Vista sux, it still has the huge safe-mode flaw and I put a batch in the startup folder at Sam's, made a new account and deleted the current one. Now the computer restarts every 5 minutes, lolnubs.

Errrr... You know you can set a password that prevents that right?
JK-47, I believe they mean how the Basic costs more then the version above it.

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:34 pm

JK-47 wrote:I'm missing something here... I don't see anything wrong...

Price of Home Basic > Home Premium.

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:35 pm

JK-47 wrote:I'm missing something here... I don't see anything wrong...

The home premium costs less than the home basic.

Then again, that could be seen as an improvement in some people's eyes. >_>

EDIT: Damn it, Gametag...

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:39 pm

Oh I see now... I think it's safe to say I'm never going to buy software with such variety... I'd end up buying the less efficient one that costs the most.

DWells55 · Post by **DWells55** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:55 pm

[cc]z@nd! wrote:
DWells55 wrote:This is the same retailer that hooked up an Xbox 360 to a TV and covered it with a cardboard cutout of a PS3 and used it as their PS3 display unit.
...seriously? wtf were they thinking?

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/15/one-ps3-store-display-hides-a-terrible-secret/ wrote:
You suddenly find yourself inside Harvey Norman. Don't panic -- Harvey Norman is the name of an Australian retailer. Uh, retailer, as in a store. In Australia.
Right, so you're in Harvey Norman and you spot a stunning (albeit strangely two-dimensional) PS3 display, one that exhibits the sort of aristocratic class you'd expect from an inebriated hobo rolling down the stairs in his finest paper bag outfit. Still, it's functional enough and does indeed inform you of the impending arrival of Sony's behemoth. But ... you sense something unusual. Drawn to the vaguely disingenuous vibe emanating from the display, you investigate further. Perhaps it's this -- NO! It just can't be!

That white exterior! You're sure you've seen something like it before.

That's no PS3! Why, if you remove the mask, it's ...

Xbox 360! How? Why?! It would would have gotten away with it too, had it not been for your constant meddling.

Harvey Norman is stupid. Very, very stupid.

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:59 pm

I had a good lawl.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:44 pm

Haha, oh wow.

You Australians and your koalas. And Aborigines. Mmm, Aborigine koalas.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:49 pm

Your all a budget cuts you crazy people.

But honestly, the move for more OS's on MS's part is pretty good idea, because people don't always use what they pay for and then complain...However, the pricing and the restrictions aren't done too well.