Slog - Comments on Informed Speculation http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation The 2008 Consumer Electronics Show is about a week away, meaning that on January 7, thousands of tech middle-management types will pay for blowjobs in Las Vegas while their bosses make announcements about HDTVs, cell phones, GPS devices, and so on. What, no video games? Yeah, they'll be there, but CES' timing is pretty bad in that regard, as most games companies have blown their productivity wad on the Christmas season. Gaming PR usually hibernates until February. But that hasn't stopped Brier Dudley at the Seattle Times from foaming at the mouth about Bill Gates' "final" CES keynote speech. ("Gates... Copyright 2008 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:47:12 -0800 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:44:43 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf I think it's telling that most big PC vendors, like Dell and HP, have reversed their original policy and are offering all of their models with XP Pro instead of Vista if you want it. I know for a fact that Vista was killing Dell's notebook sales when that was all they offered. I buy around 50 PCs a year, and I won't touch Vista.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886089 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886089 Tech Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:58:32 -0800 Comment by Abby They've actually called a legitimate computer thing a Fleshlight?

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886105 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886105 Tech Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:20:36 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 @1 - Office 2007 is equally fucked up. Overnight, I went from being an expert Excel user to a beginner (right-click, right-click, right-click ... OK, now I'm an intermediate user). I haven't dared buy a machine with Vista yet.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886107 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886107 Tech Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:23:23 -0800 Comment by Katelyn The Body Entertainment Center sounds like the name of an awesome all-encompassing sex toy.

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886112 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886112 Tech Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:30:37 -0800 Comment by Matt Fuckin' Hickey @ Sam: I'll be there liveblogging the Gates thing. It's going to be cuh-ray-zee! See ya there!


No, really, I am.

]]> Matt Fuckin' Hickey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886118 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886118 Tech Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:37:23 -0800 Comment by Sam M. @2: Depends on your definition of "legitimate."

]]> Sam M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886123 Tech Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:40:37 -0800 Comment by Tiffany @1, I buy about 100 PC's per month, and we get all of them shipped w/ Vista. We have had no problems at all with it.

]]> Tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886128 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886128 Tech Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:44:33 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Microsoft will kick the iPhone’s touch-screen ass by debuting the Zune Suit—an all-in-one body entertainment center that is controlled by touching icons that pop up on your clothes.

Gawd, that's stupid.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886140 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886140 Tech Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:56:01 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Actually, the original prediction about WinVista still sucking was so right, it's being matched by online polls at all the Worst of 2007 tech polls ....

So at least you got one right.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886166 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886166 Tech Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:38:59 -0800 Comment by F You should read David Foster Wallace on the connection between the CES and the Adult Video Awards, which happen at the same time in Vegas. The essay is the first one in his book "Consider the Lobster"

]]> F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886332 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/informed_speculation#c886332 Tech Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:44:43 -0800