[givemeabreak1]

TonyTheTiger said:

How did no one mention this, at the door, you'll be greeted by a giant PAPER CLIP asking you if you're lost!!

HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

omg that is hysterical... a guy in a giant foam paperclip outfit pops out of the closet and says: "Looks like you want to buy some electronics!"

ooooooooooooh, thanks for that - i can't believe everybody missed that so far, i'm gonna laugh out loud for the next week ever time i think of it. they should set this up as a photoshop contest on Fark.

thanks again

[McMoz]

It's called "humor", prehaps you've heard of it?

Or...

Why don't you cry about it?

[Maverick2589]

lol do you work for MS or just suscribe to their bullshit unreservedly?

ive used MS OS for the last 10 years and they have all been buggy, unreliable and degrade on a monthly basis (programs slow down/stop working for no apparant reason etc)
have you EVER understood an error message from a MS system?
fiddle with a MAC/Linux/xylophone for 15 minutes and you'll be seeing the differences very quickly!

[llgcdg]

Actually, Mac OS X is far more hardened than Windows, because it is based on UNIX, which has been around since the 70's, and was originally developed as an multi-user, networked OS. So it was set up from the get go as a more secure OS. Windows, developed before the Internet, was never set up for the world we have today. Apple, partially because they had such a small market share, around 2% (US), was able to rebuild from the bottom up. MS has never had that luxury, partially because, if they were to do that, they'd have to break backwards compatibility with so many business, government, and individual customers.

Apple was able to build an extremely secure OS. You are probably right that fewer hackers take it on, but not for the reasons you think.

LLG

[CrazyRooster]

13. The longer you stay in the store, the worse the products will appear.

[kaola4549]

4) The Windows Genuine Advantage team will run storefront security, assuming everybody is a thief until they can prove otherwise.
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How funny！Consider all the customers thieves? Where is the 'GOD'?

[fmaxwell]

LarryT said:

Don't forget number 11:

Microsoft Store personnel will allow the user to select the products and way of using them that they want, instead of acting like evangelical fanatics about the superiority of their box.

After the item is paid for, the customer will be escorted to another room filled with angry, frustrated customers all trying to find some way to get any support or even find a Microsoft employee that they can talk with.

I've been a Microsoft customer since 1980 (back when all they sold was BASIC interpreters). I finally got fed up with their ever-escalating prices, bloated software, constant security patches, instability, etc. and switched to Mac OS X about five or six months ago. No regrets. And no one in the Apple store behaved anything like what you describe. I seriously doubt that you have even been in an Apple store.

[Evildave]

1. Micro$oft store employees will pretend to possess humility. Micro$oft employees will receive a ton of training to emulate people who care.

2. Micro$oft store employees won't know sh about their products, either.

3. Micro$oft stores will bundle lots of inoperable junk requiring separate credit card 'activation' with every purchase.

4. If you don't purchase anything before you leave, Micro$erfs will follow you home and wait until you go to work, and then attempt to convince your wife or children to make the purchase.

5. On December 31st, a calendar based bug will cause the doors to lock shut for 24 hours, and all of the stores with the latest window display will HCF (halt-catch-fire).

6. Throughout the day, their cash registers will lock up and prevent purchases until power cycled.

7. Sales people will always have 'nice' things to say about other products... 'except'....

8. They will employ a bunch of shills to hang around the store pretending to be other customers, and tell you how happy Micro$oft makes them. Good work for pimply high school kids that can lie convincingly on cue.

9. Like Home Despot/Loze stores, Micro$oft will always open stores in close proximity to Apple stores, buy banners and advertising to obscure the existence of Apple stores, use seemingly infinite advertising budgets to out-shout Apple stores.

10. Micro$oft stores will all be out of business in a year or two. Even Apple closed down quite a few of their initial stores. Nobody needs to go to a 'Microsoft Store' to find out how the mice and keyboards feel or see how the computers look. Their junk litters all of the big box stores already. People either end up with the software bundled with their PC, or buy the software online from the place with the lowest price. If Micro$oft provides prices lower than FULL RETAIL in their own stores, EVERY M$ reseller will sue them for competing with their own partners.

[RoddyMacRoddy]

Could also have bought a spoon to dig a ditch.......but I bought a shovel. Works great too. Every time.

[moishglukovsky]

The "Exit" door will be labeled "Enter."

[IT22]

@ stellis11 who said:
"Actually, Windows has better security than Mac OS X."

You must not be an IT actually caring for hundreds of computers or you wouldn't state something so ridiculous.

Go here for a good geeky explanation of why you are so wrong, best explanation is posted by TTD near the bottom:
http://blackhole.xer...read.php?t=9263

[globoglom]

Get a sense of humor you deranged automaton.

[mictester]

The word is "worst", but your broken Windows-ware wouldn't correct your grammatical faux-pas.

[mictester]

Actually, Windows has better security than Mac OS X.

Can I have some of what you're drinking? Windows has no security whatsoever.

[markbrit]

Presumably the Windows stores will have to cope with nine times as many customers as the Apple stores, but I don't really understand what they'll sell.
Surely MS isn't going to waste time and money on the Zune any more? I don't see any need to provide another place to buy an X Box. Will it be a software shop? Do people still buy software in boxes from a store?
MS need to stop panicking by copying every move by Apple. They should be concentrating on what they do best. Oh wait, that's copying Apple.

[markbrit]

I love your argument that correcting problems you have with Windows fills up your time sufficiently to give you a 'life'!

Get a better job that earns more money and you'll be able to afford a better computer, like a MacBook Pro. Until then, I'm afraid you'll have to keep using Windows.

[Alex20850]

I'm sorry. I seem to stepped into the wrong world...a world where Microsoft products are known for their stability, their high value to price ratio, their goodness. Microsoft has a C- reputation in the world of techies BEFORE Vista. Now, they are simply a acceptable in a world of minimal alternatives.

[emeek77]

Windows has better security than OSX? This is the DuMBEST statement I've ever heard adn if this is the most your informed than something is wrong. OSX is twice as secure as windows if only because of its uNIX nature. Its sounds like to me that pc fanboys are getting jealous of mac fanboys because we are proud of our machines. Microsoft store? Come on man. thats a complete and utter BITE off apple. And MS has a long history of doing this. Let everybody else figure out what works than copy. Let everybody else invest in R&D to see what works while they sit back, let everyone else spend the money, then steal teh final ideas. When pc fans say things like windows is more secure than osx it convinces me even more that the pc world is in huge denial and cant stand that for once, since windows came out, Apple has a better OS. Some would argue all mac os's were better but thats beside the point. There is no doubt that finally apple has done something right with osx and you guys cant stand it. Everyone knows how MS is and thats why this article was written. Talk about mac guys not being able to take a joke. if this bothers you, your a fanboy like the rest of us. you like MS enough to let this bother you enough to unsub? lol, no your not a fanboy at all. I get preached at everyday by people telling me a mac is a pc. Well, pc world has every right to cover macs if thats the case. If not, let me know, cause ive been saying that al along. But if PC means personal computer than PC world has every right to cover the best ones. to expensive? hate apple. Cant open it up and tear it apart? Hate apple. cant get a 400 dollar mac? Hate apple. I see a patten dont you? Sell cheap software to match cheap harware? Love Microsoft. Look at the zune or anything MS makes. Its mostly junk. You really wonder why they dont make the own pc?

[mortsahl]

Hey Gates, chill man.

[Evildave]

mortsahl said:

Hey Gates, chill man.

My favorite bit...

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Please learn to write sensible journalism and not use the Microsoft powered PC to type some CRAP like this.

I mean, it has so many delicious layers.