{"id":12916,"date":"2009-10-29T08:12:45","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T13:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=12916"},"modified":"2009-10-29T08:12:45","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T13:12:45","slug":"wall-street-journal-mossbergs-fall-pc-buying-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wall-street-journal-mossbergs-fall-pc-buying-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street Journal: Mossberg&#8217;s Fall PC Buying Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wall Street Journal computer guru Walt Mossberg has released his annual <a href=\"http:\/\/ptech.allthingsd.com\/20091028\/operating-systems-offer-new-choices-in-pc-shopping\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fall Computer Buying Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"wsj_fp\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/s.wsj.net\/media\/swf\/main.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoGUID={6873DA0C-91C7-4E14-88BE-183C1EB6E5B4}&#038;playerid=4001&#038;plyMediaEnabled=1&#038;configURL=http:\/\/wsj.vo.llnwd.net\/o28\/players\/&#038;autoStart=false\" base=\"http:\/\/s.wsj.net\/media\/swf\/\"name=\"microflashPlayer\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/s.wsj.net\/media\/swf\/main.swf\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"flashVars=\"videoGUID={6873DA0C-91C7-4E14-88BE-183C1EB6E5B4}&#038;playerid=4001&#038;plyMediaEnabled=1&#038;configURL=http:\/\/wsj.vo.llnwd.net\/o28\/players\/&#038;autoStart=false\" base=\"http:\/\/s.wsj.net\/media\/swf\/\" name=\"microflashPlayer\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20091029win7_new.jpg\" alt=\"win7new\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7167 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wall Street Journal computer guru Walt Mossberg has released his annual Fall Computer Buying Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mossberg says:<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Consumers shopping for new computers this fall have a wide variety of choices with the new operating systems pre-installed, making the machines faster and better. 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