Where Microsoft so often goes wrong is in ordering a heroic development programme every five years or so, which winds up everyone to such a fever pitch that we’re grateful when the damn thing finally arrives. That’s the nature of software development, and is nothing special to Microsoft. There is, however, still scope for things to be pulled out. The rest of 2006 will be spent on bug fixes and filling in the gaps, but don’t expect any more major additions. ![]() At this late stage in the development game, you can be assured this is pretty much what will ship. This build looks much more polished and finished and, although there are more holes in it than a colander, it’s clear that it’s finally coming together. ![]() I should point out that I used an “Ultimate” installation key of this build, so I should have been seeing all the new toys and features. For example, the dock is now an active area at the right-hand side of the Desktop, and there’s a whole heap of nice-looking widgets that you can drop into this area, many of which make great use of the 3D rendering effects in the full version of the Vista display engine. Want more consumer news? Visit our parent organization, Consumer Reports, for the latest on scams, recalls, and other consumer issues.Okay then, I’m running build 5365, which is a few builds short of the “True Beta 2”, so what’s it like? Well, it’s only been a month or two since I last looked at a build in any detail, but I’d have to say that lots of small changes have been affected. Raiders Of The Lost Walmart Discover Cache Of Ancient Flash Drives HQ Notices Raiders Of The Lost Walmart Discovery, Fixes Problem Raiders Of The Lost Walmart Uncover More Retail Antiquities Raiders Of The Lost Walmart Find More Ancient Gadgets Is this a Raiders of the Lost Walmart discovery? What do the gamers here in the Hive Mind think: something customers might genuinely need for an older system, or retail antiquity? (Don’t ask me I still can’t part with my NES.) Kraig found these PlayStation 2 memory cards for sale and submitted them for consideration in this section. Top of that, I already have the figure anyway! But it was quite the I could get it onĮBay, or probably even the old action figure store, for less… And on It was very tempting to buy, but $9 was too much. Up as a current Darth Sidious figure, for $9. The originalīarcode had been covered up with a sticker that had a new one. I took it to a price scanner to see what it rang up as. Probably sitting behind a shelf the whole time. So the way I see it, this figure has been lost in Walmart’s stock roomįor 15 or 16 years! It’s fun to picture some Toy Story-esque world,Īnd wonder what adventure it’s been through. The package was 1996, and it was released by Kenner (a brand which I flipped it over, and saw the copyright date on They’re doing a series of reissues that look like the 90s style ofīut then I looked around, and realized this was the only figure they I was looking in the Star Wars section at How old? Well, not “actually worth anything” old, but more “most of the Consumerist staff was still in high school” old. Justin found some old Star Wars figurines on the shelves of the toy department. Sure, there are people out there with older computers who might need them, but does anyone, anywhere, really need Vista? “Funny part is doesn’t even have a spot for it,” he writes, “so they use it to fill in empty spots.”Īndrew snapped this picture of Windows Vista and Office 2007 for sale at full original price. No matter how much they charge for this box, the game is now free to download and play. Kain noticed a copy of DC Universe Online on the shelves at an Illinois Walmart. Almost as if our readers are experts in that sort of thing. ![]() No old cameras this time, but plenty of (now) free games, old memory, and not-quite-vintage action figures. The Raiders of the Lost Walmart have been busy since April, finding the oldest and obsoletest items on the shelves at Walmart. 6.22.12 8:00 AM EDT By Laura Northrup microsoft office 2007 kenner raiders of the lost walmart windows vista windows star wars toys
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