They'll be okay, provided they don't start selling a "Linux Torvalds" as well....

So if I were to buy Microsoft, could I fire Ballmer? Pix of him carrying a little cardboard box while being escorted to the parking lot by security would be worth the money...

Maybe I'd let him keep his job if he did the monkey dance for me. Nah... first I'd make him do the monkey dance, _then_ I'd fire him.

I reckon if I wait a bit, the price will drop below £100.00

And think about it - if M$ is £100, that makes Ask about £5, and Lycos about 3p.

I've always wanted my very own pet monkey. Although not sure about the excess sweating but at least if I get bored I can lock him in a room with a load of chairs and yell "google".

This is probably just payment to arrange a date with Ballmer. You have to pay for the meal , the monkey suit and the chairs for him to throw as this is not included in the price. He will provide the sweat and for an extra £200 he will do his monkey boy lap dance for you.

If your surname is Google then be prepared for some abuse! He may fu%#*ing kill you.

Once he has had his meal he will more than likely accuse you of infringing on their patents or something.

Apparently, they won't let you run linux on it - voids the warranty.

That 'image currently not available'

Made me smile anyway

someone needs to buy it then sue pc world for false advertising! it would be hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do I have to buy a piece of hardware with that? ;-)

The difference between a donkey and a mule is that a donkey is a cross between a duck and a monkey, whereas a mule is a cross between a monk and an eel.

My monitor's £100 cheaper now than when I bought it last year. Bunch of depreciating technology arse. Still, they're charging more than they are for Microsoft.

...for a company that is worth, in my opinion, no more than 1p with FREE postage.

I mean I've heard of selling your soul, but actually giving them money to take it?

Mind you there is a few things I'd like to do to clippy...

*gets shock paddles*

I guess that installing Linux on it would void that warranty..?

Just like everything else at PChell?

can I get it from Dabs for half the price?

Typically inflated PC World price. My advice? Shop around.

We sell it for that price to our clients anyway. It's only home and student version, so no Outlook, and only Excel 2007, OneNote 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Word 2007.

I think we nearly sold one copy of it since it came out! Would have been more amazing if it was small business or pro! But of course, they wouldn't be making their tenner or so then!

...the chairs that Ballmer will throw around when he finds out I am going to open source the whole Windows code base?

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I like to go into a store, look at the instore price, then whip out my PDA, reserve it online with some stupid discount, give PDA to PC World employee who looks confused then agrees.

It'll probably cost about half that, thanks to the way they convert dollars to pounds sterling.

I Suppose it's used, but reboxed to look new.

Not available for dollars then? What about the export laws? Not to mention passports, visas, &c.?

Even if it was free it would still be...

1. buggy

2. pointless

3. require perfectly good hardware to be replaced

4. Fail the WGA authentication