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Microsoft planning to release Windows 8 in 2012
The latest word from Microsoft’s partners regarding Microsoft’s Windows roadmap suggests that the next significant Windows upgrade is scheduled for 2012 and is tentatively titled Windows 8. Now what are the odds that Microsoft keeps up the numeric title releases for Windows, a strategy that will culminate with the epic release, a few years down [...]
Continue reading...Windows 3.1 Launch Party
Friday, October 23, 2009
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Check out this hilarious spoof of those atrocious Windows Launch Party videos.
Continue reading...Is apathy Windows 7′s greatest threat?
Friday, October 16, 2009
John Gruber of DaringFireball writes that the general ambivalence PC users have towards their computing experience may be the biggest challenge Microsoft faces as it attempts to convince users to upgrade from Windows XP, a goal which they didn’t achieve with the release of Vista. But so here’s a thought: What if the reason why [...]
Continue reading...Will the release of Windows 7 actually help increase Mac sales?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Computerworld cites analyst Brian Marshall of Broadpoint Am Tech who submits that Mac sales actually increase in the aftermath of a large WIndows OS release. I analyzed the impact of the last four Windows launches and found no negative correlation between them and Mac sales. In fact, [Microsoft's launches] almost act like a delayed accelerant [...]
Continue reading...Windows 7 Upgrade Chart – Say what?!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
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Gotta love Windows and how easy it is for consumers to figure out appropriate upgrade paths from Vista to Windows 7.
Continue reading...Explaining the shift to Macs and the decline of Windows
Saturday, August 1, 2009
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The passion the Mac faithful have for their OS of choice is well-known, and indeed, these minions often serve as unofficial advertising sounding boards for Apple. I myself remember, way back when, being flabbergasted at people who preferred using Windows 3.1 over the Mac, and tried, often unsuccessfully, to convince them to take a look [...]
Continue reading...Author of ‘Windows File Copy Dialogue’ hits the road [Funny Photo]
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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In case you missed this, this xkcd comic is actually pretty funny. via xkcd
Continue reading...“The Amazing World of Version Numbers”
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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Harry McCracken of Technologizer has a great read up about, you guesed it, the use of version numbers when marketing software. Believe it or not, it’s a great read and well worth checking out. Trust me, your inner geek will be glad you did. Regarding Apple’s use of version numbers, or lack thereof, McCracken writes: [...]
Continue reading...Report: Microsoft to remove 3 app limit on Windows Starter edition of Windows 7
Friday, May 22, 2009
Turns out Microsoft has some sense after all. Paul Thurrott chimes in with a tersely worded post: Exclusive: Microsoft to remove 3 app limit from Windows 7 Starter No word yet on whether the other lame limitation–the bizarre inability to change the desktop wallpaper–will be fixed as well. To be honest, this is a bigger [...]
Continue reading...“Welcome to Hell, here’s your Computer”
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
It’s one thing to be in hell, but having to use this computer takes things to a completely different level! title via Digg
Continue reading...Some of the features in Windows 7 have been a long time coming
Monday, April 20, 2009
Yahoo reports on the development process of Windows 7: To design Windows 7, Microsoft analyzed billions of pieces of data. It studied exactly what PC users do in front of their screens. It tallied hundreds of thousands of Windows surveys. It got feedback from people all over the world who tried different versions of the [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft’s latest commercial misses the point
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Microsoft’s latest commercial has been getting a lot of buzz over the past few days, but lost in the discussion is whether or not the ad is even effective in the first place. I, for one, thought the ad was pretty entertaining, but feel that it ultimately failed to adequately address the actual reasons people [...]
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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