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Previously on "Alan Sugar - What a Joke!"

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  • wendigo100
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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    MC68008... now there was a processor... whatever happened to Motorola?
    Didn't you eat their Research Director?

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  • Kyajae
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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    Certainly cheap, some of it was reasonable quality compared with other manufactures (i.e. Sinclair).

    Yes.

    The Amstrad wordprocessor thingie was quite cleverly designed. The bios code was in the gate array, so no boot eprom. Quite clever for 1985(ish)
    Seemed to do the job ok to me... though the 1512 CGA screen was painful. At £1200 it was a bargain at the time compared with the competition.

    dunno. Never seen or used one. Remember the ICL "One per desk"?

    Geek Alert!!!!

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  • Bagpuss
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    Originally posted by wendigo100
    I rather like Alan Sugar. There's only one thing wrong with him - he's a Labour Luvvie. That explains why his products are crap.
    No that explains why his taxes are low

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  • zeitghost
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    Originally posted by Kyajae
    Sugar has made his money by peddling cheap low quality crap.
    Certainly cheap, some of it was reasonable quality compared with other manufactures (i.e. Sinclair).
    Originally posted by Kyajae
    Anyone here old enough to remeber Amstrad PC's with it's mickey Mouse CP/M o/s and Locoscript word processor.
    Yes.

    The Amstrad wordprocessor thingie was quite cleverly designed. The bios code was in the gate array, so no boot eprom. Quite clever for 1985(ish)
    Originally posted by Kyajae
    Even when the penny dropped, his IBM compatible was total b0ll0x.
    Seemed to do the job ok to me... though the 1512 CGA screen was painful. At £1200 it was a bargain at the time compared with the competition.
    Originally posted by Kyajae
    That email/communicator/phone thing he's marketing (you can see it on his receptionist's desk) - looks like it was conceived by a complete retard.
    dunno. Never seen or used one. Remember the ICL "One per desk"?

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  • wendigo100
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    I rather like Alan Sugar. There's only one thing wrong with him - he's a Labour Luvvie. That explains why his products are crap.

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  • xoggoth
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    Yeh! That old Sinclair was much better. QL Brill!

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  • ratewhore
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    Originally posted by TheRightStuff
    just because he has expensive material objects does not mean he can't be slagged off. He is rude and talks down to people. Repect is not earned by the amount of money you have. It's alot deeper then that.
    I've seen him interviewed a few times and I thought he came across OK. Like Baggy said, editing is key.

    Anyways, I'm not jealous, I've been commuting by chopper for a while now. Raleigh chopper that is...

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  • Bagpuss
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    Originally posted by TheRightStuff
    just because he has expensive material objects does not mean he can't be slagged off. He is rude and talks down to people. Repect is not earned by the amount of money you have. It's alot deeper then that.
    To be fair on AS, he said on breakfast the other day that the programme is heavily edited in favour of his shouty moments, like he said, would he have so many long serving staff if he didn't have a lighter side.

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  • TheRightStuff
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    Originally posted by ratewhore
    I will refrain from slagging him off until I too have my own yacht and take the helicopter to work.

    just because he has expensive material objects does not mean he can't be slagged off. He is rude and talks down to people. Repect is not earned by the amount of money you have. It's alot deeper then that.

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  • Maxamus
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    Originally posted by booradley
    hes an obnoxious little runt of a man and i'd love to punch his face into custard with a cpc464

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  • booradley
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    hes an obnoxious little runt of a man and i'd love to punch his face into custard with a cpc464

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  • ratewhore
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    I will refrain from slagging him off until I too have my own yacht and take the helicopter to work.

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  • Clippy
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    Originally posted by Maxamus
    You dont see Richard Branson doing crap like this now do you? NO because the man has got self respect and isnt interested in all this false rubbish.
    Alan Sugar should be more like Richard Branson rather than Alan Sugar.
    Ahem...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...m.2C_and_print

    "He also was the star of a reality television show on Fox called The Rebel Billionaire, in which sixteen contestants were tested for their entrepreneurship and sense of adventure. It did not succeed as a rival show to Donald Trump's The Apprentice and only lasted one season."

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  • Maxamus
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    i have to give him credit for the empire he has created for himself. Hes worked hard is is rightfully where he is BUT what in gods name is he doing still on the apprentice. 1st series was alright but 2 and the current one is a poop scoop.

    Hes making himself look like a retard now. Im bored of him. You dont see Richard Branson doing crap like this now do you? NO because the man has got self respect and isnt interested in all this false rubbish.
    Alan Sugar should be more like Richard Branson rather than Alan Sugar.

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  • andy
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    No he is self made so he cloned himself

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