* Posts by Cy STarkman

2 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Jul 2009

Apple-apeing Microsoft spins out retail store prototype

Cy STarkman
Boffin

Oh yeah...

So I went and looked at the pictures.

It looks like a really noisy place, with all these wall long screens pumping out video non-stop.

I am really puzzled at the personalisation area where you can buy stickers for your laptop, oh yeah imagine the stickers, mmm, stickers, stuck down, peeling back a bit, getting hair and dirt stuck to them... should look real hot.

and yeah, how does the Task Bar provide service for all the things that might be wrong with innumerable brands and white boxes. I also find it curious that the person with the busted computer in their hand standing in line waiting will be checking their email to figure out how many people are in the line in front of them; that all hasn't been thought right through.

Playing with Surface would be fun for 5-10 minutes

Attending a birthday party would not

TechCrunch dubs Linux a 'big ol’ bag of drivers'

Cy STarkman

Love it

You had me laughing. Love the Horse comment.

Indeed. We have been waiting for the non event of the browser OS ever since Netscape launched Navigator.