apart from market economics, it's frustrating to not have political choice. intel invests heavily in israel and for some of us, that was reason enough to buy amd (and yes, i know they recently opened a centre in tel aviv). really frustrating news.
Oh please spare us. You buy [just about everything] from china, your car/bus runs on gas from [some dictatorship], your home is powered by coal. You don't want to buy from a multinational because they employ Israelis? You need to get out and meet some israelis, nice people. Probably worried about a rocket landing on thier heads, but nice people.
actually, i do know some israelis (and you are right - they are nice people). in general they are also as frustrated as i am with current politics and are quite happy with my attitude (in my experience, it's the american jews i know who get more annoyed, but some of them are cool too). in short, it's a complicated world, and takes all sorts. you're welcome to not share - and even belittle - my opinion, but i am, thankfully, free to state it...
Andrew, I decided to delete my rant because we are not understanding each other and you dont deserve to be ripped into publicly, no matter how stressed I am. I think my comment above is enough of a response.
your arguments don't make much sense to me, and i suspect everyone would be happier if we took this to email. so feel free to contact me at andrew@acooke.org if you think there's something worth rationally discussing here - all i am getting is that you disagree with my politics and that makes you mad.
(i don't blame you for being mad - i am angry too, but from a different viewpoint, obviously.)
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apart from market economics, it's frustrating to not have political choice. intel invests heavily in israel and for some of us, that was reason enough to buy amd (and yes, i know they recently opened a centre in tel aviv). really frustrating news.
Oh please spare us. You buy [just about everything] from china, your car/bus runs on gas from [some dictatorship], your home is powered by coal. You don't want to buy from a multinational because they employ Israelis? You need to get out and meet some israelis, nice people. Probably worried about a rocket landing on thier heads, but nice people.
actually, i do know some israelis (and you are right - they are nice people). in general they are also as frustrated as i am with current politics and are quite happy with my attitude (in my experience, it's the american jews i know who get more annoyed, but some of them are cool too). in short, it's a complicated world, and takes all sorts. you're welcome to not share - and even belittle - my opinion, but i am, thankfully, free to state it...
Andrew, I decided to delete my rant because we are not understanding each other and you dont deserve to be ripped into publicly, no matter how stressed I am. I think my comment above is enough of a response.
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your arguments don't make much sense to me, and i suspect everyone would be happier if we took this to email. so feel free to contact me at andrew@acooke.org if you think there's something worth rationally discussing here - all i am getting is that you disagree with my politics and that makes you mad.
(i don't blame you for being mad - i am angry too, but from a different viewpoint, obviously.)
[edit: ok, no problem.]
It's already answered here:
http://www.quora.com/Which-companies-have-major-investments-...
In short avoid any PC with Intel and AMD CPUs.
You need to buy a laptop with ARM CPU ...
Shit! No luck! ARM also has office in Israel:
http://www.arm.com/about/offices/kfar-saba.php