Tuesday, October 4, 2011

On systems and the ways in which they are operated

I'm in the market for a new Windows machine right now, having retired my old one a couple months ago and feeling a PC-game-shaped hole in my heart. Also, I would like to have a media system in my living room that isn't preposterously loud and I'm not completely happy with the slate of multimedia software available for Linux. I was pricing components earlier this evening and saw that the first seven items in Amazon's list of things frequently purchased with Windows 7 Professional were the following:

  • Parallels Desktop 6
  • Parallels Desktop 7
  • Office Home and Business 2010 (Windows)
  • VMWare Fusion 3
  • Office Professional 2010 (Windows)
  • Office Home and Business 2010 (Mac)
  • Windows 7 Ultimate... somehow

I saw these for Windows 7 Ultimate:

  • Parallels Desktop 6
  • Corsair AX1200 power supply
  • Office Professional 2010 (Windows)
  • Intel Core i7-2600K processor
  • 3x4GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000 MHz DDR3 SDRAM
  • Cooler Master HAF X full tower case
  • Asus P8 Z68-V PRO mainboard

It appears that the Ultimate edition appeals to a fairly specialized market.

...although, twenty bucks isn't that much of a premium when I'm already paying over two hundred, and the addition of Windows Service Technology for Unix might help me feel at home...

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