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infernal machines posted:no but we will get to see them pawing as the screen with increasing frustration as their sweaty hands fail to register on the digitizer some 330lb offensive lineman with sausage fingers pawing at the screen trying to see the d-line stunts
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Blackula69 posted:some 330lb offensive lineman with sausage fingers pawing at the screen trying to see the d-line stunts i seriously expect some violence to occur.
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# ? Aug 5, 2014 16:32 |
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graph posted:how many sarnsung galaxy tabs did you see on the nhl benches last season how many did I see?? ... none ...
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# ? Aug 5, 2014 16:43 |
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pram posted:how many did I see?? ... none ...
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# ? Aug 5, 2014 19:16 |
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9250144/Surface_damage_mounts_at_Microsoft_as_red_ink_reaches_1.7Bquote:Some of the money in the cost of revenue -- and thus in the negative gross margin, or loss -- was due to a write-off Microsoft took for the quarter. The write-off, which wasn't tied to a dollar amount, was to cover costs of designing and producing an unknown number of Surface Mini tablets. "Current year cost of revenue included Surface inventory adjustments resulting from our transition to newer generation devices and a decision to not ship a new form factor," the company said in the July 22 8-K (emphasis added).
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# ? Aug 5, 2014 19:17 |
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qirex posted:
does that include the $900m they had to write off on unsold surface ones and the $500m promotion budget they threw at that?
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# ? Aug 5, 2014 19:24 |
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i'd assume marketing counts as cost of sales but this is microsoft so who knows
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# ? Aug 5, 2014 20:04 |
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Thanks Ants posted:i'd assume marketing counts as cost of sales but this is microsoft so who knows well, they did have to localize this ad several times, down to changing the "friends" names to better match the names of people you're likely to know Japanese Windows 8 ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASJUZChXKgg Same ad, English version (all UI elements redone in English and "Friends" given more English-sounding names) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giZcbCh4CtU Same ad, English version localized for Singapore (same as previous ad but "Friends" are renamed with generic Singapore names) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UJUVDiFhk8
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# ? Aug 5, 2014 20:06 |
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univbee posted:Same ad, English version localized for Singapore (same as previous ad but "Friends" are renamed with generic Singapore names) also sped up by 33% for some reasosn
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# ? Aug 6, 2014 11:24 |
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i guess singapore has smaller regular ad spots?
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# ? Aug 6, 2014 11:24 |
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Miley Virus posted:i guess singapore has smaller regular ad spots? probably. i don't know if they still do, but japan at one point had a game show where the prize was on-air time to pitch your product, the number of seconds you got based on how well you did it was great if you wanted to practice listening to people speaking really, really fast due to only having 3 seconds of time at the end
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# ? Aug 6, 2014 13:17 |
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univbee posted:probably. i don't know if they still do, but japan at one point had a game show where the prize was on-air time to pitch your product, the number of seconds you got based on how well you did this would be cool if they could expand it to also include conspiracy theories for the western audience. like a gong show dragons den
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# ? Aug 6, 2014 16:34 |
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quote:Tech giant Microsoft is in negotiations to open its first ever New York City retail store on Fifth Ave., sources told the Daily News. lmao good luck
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:06 |
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Scott Forstall posted:lmao good luck
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:24 |
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every Microsoft store I've seen was directly adjacent to an apple store , larger, and far emptier of people. they cannot be making any money from these. I'm sure someone in the management keeps repeating "apple stores weren't immediately profitable", but how long can they keep this up?
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:29 |
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Scott Forstall posted:lmao good luck jfc...there is no picard shame emoticon big enough. they sell ~10 products in their stores which is pretty slim pickins even for a mall kiosk that sells bedazzled iphone cases..,
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:37 |
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do microsoft stores actually sell computes yet or just surfaces and windows phones
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:38 |
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hrmmmm....gonna need some prime real estate to display type covers AND touch covers. better stick the xbone demo station just outside the storefront so we have the room required to display the arc mouse
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:39 |
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I sometimes think about how Apple is incapable of designing a good mouse and then I remember microsofts ridiculous avant-garde mouse designs.
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:42 |
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Sniep posted:do microsoft stores actually sell computes yet or just surfaces and windows phones they've always sold computers and one of the rules is actually that vendors aren't allowed to put crapware on pcs sold in ms stores so it's the best place to buy a windows
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:42 |
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Pinterest Mom posted:they've always sold computers thats weird the microsoft store near me didnt sell any, just surface tablet computers and phones and then they downsized from an apple store size to a kart in the walkway like the dudes trying to sell those little helecopters, or all the shiny tin foil things you hang from a ceiling, or shirts that have meme faces on them and bold punchlines like "step back bro!" and "For the lose!"
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:43 |
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Sniep posted:and then they downsized from an apple store size to a kart in the walkway like the dudes trying to sell those little helecopters, or all the shiny tin foil things you hang from a ceiling, or shirts that have meme faces on them and bold punchlines like "step back bro!" and "For the lose!" this is the exact perfect type of store microsoft should have. basically ms should build their stores on the hotdog cart model
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:46 |
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the one time i went into the microsoft store some guy accosted me about a nokia lumia
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:47 |
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Scott Forstall posted:lmao good luck didn't that temporary store in Times Square have a live cam and it was completely empty at all times?
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:48 |
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homo punching bag posted:basically ms should build their stores on the hotdog cart model
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:49 |
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FMguru posted:i think you mean hot dog stand model i cant even joke right plz hire me for store mngr.
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homo punching bag posted:i cant even joke right plz hire me for store mngr.
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 01:56 |
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microsoft stores would do much better if they stocked some bsaic components (hard drives, memory, etc) as well as a better variety of common accessories (headphones, speakers, flash drives, etc) and also pc software via custom flahs drive (no discs, pick what you want at a kiosk thingy, it's loaded onto a verified Microsoft flash thingy and then you can install on your machine). they could also rotate branded shirts/merch in a small space in the back corner, that'd net a not insignificant number of ironic sales (
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:07 |
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fleshweasel posted:I sometimes think about how Apple is incapable of designing a good mouse and then I remember microsofts ridiculous avant-garde mouse designs. for real logitech is the only good mouse manufacturer and their os x drivers are the biggest pile of poo poo since the microsoft surface landfill
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:10 |
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mice are really lovely these days... ive had like 3 logitechs develop this awful double clicking issue. microsoft used to make good mouses
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:12 |
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The windows 9 backpedaling continues, this time the charms bar hidden on the right side of apps might get the axe: http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-windows-threshold-expected-to-add-virtual-desktops-drop-charms-7000032401/quote:Winbeta suggested that Microsoft might eliminate the Charms Bar for desktop users, not tablet users. But my sources say the Charms Bar will be going away completely for all desktop, laptop and tablet users with Threshold. Haha drat, I remember they made so much fuss about charms being this amazing thing that will save you mouse clicks.
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:13 |
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duTrieux. posted:microsoft stores would do much better if they stocked some bsaic components (hard drives, memory, etc) as well as a better variety of common accessories (headphones, speakers, flash drives, etc) and also pc software via custom flahs drive (no discs, pick what you want at a kiosk thingy, it's loaded onto a verified Microsoft flash thingy and then you can install on your machine). lmao @ these legit decent ideas. such wasted breath
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:13 |
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i found charms out by accident on our surface unit at work how is a user supposed to infer that you're supposed to do that? there's not even little drawer pull tabs like on the iphone
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:16 |
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Sniep posted:i found charms out by accident on our surface unit at work the first time a user logs into widows 8 there's a long, obnoxious, and unskippable "how to use windows 8 with a mouse" thing
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:20 |
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charms are the most useless things ever, the only functional one is search and i always call that up with win+q so in short charm my neg rear end in a top hat
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:20 |
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duTrieux. posted:the first time a user logs into widows 8 there's a long, obnoxious, and unskippable "how to use windows 8 with a mouse" thing oh wow this was on a surface tho not a desktop so no mouse also i didn't unbox it or anything so if there were any forced tutorial shits i missed them i dont recall the ipad having a tutorial tho
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:21 |
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Authentically digital
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:22 |
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Sniep posted:i found charms out by accident on our surface unit at work clearly you don't understand the sinofsky vision of windows 8 and should just use your surface as a skateboard
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:24 |
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microsoft still owning
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:26 |
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homo punching bag posted:lmao @ these legit decent ideas. such wasted breath ikr seriously, all they have to do is put up a rack of 80s-style ms-dos and 90s windows 95 shirts they'd sell themselves
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