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According to this post from http://www.andriasang.com/ , the benchmark program for Street Fighter IV PC will be out tomorrow: Excerpt: In last week's update at the Street Fighter IV blog, writer Natsuki Shiozawa announced that the Street Fighter IV benchmark would be offered at the official SFIV site on June 22, but would be accessible one week before that through an undisclosed means. Today's update filled in the blanks. On June 15, the benchmark program will be downloadable from the following sites: •Famitsu.com •4Gamer.net •GAMEWatch •OEX •GameSpot The benchmark will display the logo of the site of its origin, so you'll want to select the site with the least offensive logo (I'll help you out -- it's 4gamer). They found out by translating this blog post on the Street Fighter IV Blog, here: http://www.capcom-fc.com/sf4/2009/06/post_110.html In other news, the same blog post at the Street Fighter blog had Yoshinori Ono posing with some trophies their game just won,...

To watch Apple's counter-ad to the 'Laptop Hunters' series of ads, click here: http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/video-apple-responds-to-microsofts-laptop-hunters/ That ad just reeks of fail, in more ways than one. Regarding viruses on PC: Responsible computer use/internet surfing and ample prevention meausres can protect you quite easily from viruses on Windows. And its not like Macs are completely free from viruses, either. Crashing/Reliability: Did the ones who wrote this ad use Windows 95? This is not really much of a problem these days, with Windows XP, Windows Vista or the upcoming Windows 7. The ones who usually experience these issues usually have bad memory modules that are already several years old. Mac laptops are also not known to be reliable pieces of hardware. If you're aware of the Xbox 360's 3RL/RROD issue, did you know that the solution to 3RL/RROD originally came from people who repaired Mac laptops? The well-known "Heat Gun Fix" for the...

Just thought these were interesting.... ...because they're true, for me. Macs are either too expensive or too feature limited. They've got great looks, though. But at the end of the day, practical usefulness is what matters more to me than being 'seen' with a particular gadget.