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Thursday | January 8th, 2009

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Apple and Microsoft: The Difference in OS Sales Models

Posted under vista, mac, os-x, microsoft, os, software, Commentary, Hardware, Apple on December 26th, 2008 by admin0 comments

In a previous article I discussed Apple’s approach to cloning and how far they should go in shutting down that business. This led to the question “why can’t I just buy Mac OS X and install it on any hardware I want?”, which led to a pretty typical answer that the boxed OS X is sold […]

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November OS Share Numbers: Should Microsoft Be Scared?

Posted under mac, market share, xp, vista, windows, software, Commentary, Apple on December 3rd, 2008 by admin0 comments

The latest numbers from Net Applications’ Operating System stats are available, and they provide a nice epilogue to last month’s numbers. In October the Mac’s share was down, and Vista’s was up, prompting some to write about the apparent anomaly.
I countered that notion with my own writeup that showed both Windows and Mac have ups and downs in […]

Snow Leopard Coming in Q1 2009

Posted under snow-leopard, Windows 7, release-date, os-x, vista, News, Commentary, Apple on November 19th, 2008 by admin0 comments

We knew we weren’t going to have to wait too long for Snow Leopard (10.6) to make its appearance on store shelves, but according to MacRumors, things just got a little more specific courtesy of a slide from a conference presentation.
Apple’s Director of Engineering for their Unix Tech branch, Jordan Hubbard, spoke at the Large […]

Vista Internet Use Up (and Mac Down) in October

Posted under os-x, market share, vista, Commentary, software, Apple on November 3rd, 2008 by admin0 comments

Fortune’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt comments on the latest Internet market share numbers from Net Applications. Seems Vista got a bump in October while the Mac went down, and he’s curious as to why. 
It’s important to note that, as Philip himself explains, these numbers are an inexact measurement in the first place: 
The first thing to be said […]

Microsoft Windows 7 Sooner Rather Than Later

Posted under vista, Windows 7, microsoft, Commentary, software, Apple on October 27th, 2008 by admin0 comments

When Bill Gates mentioned in January, rather arbitrarily, that Windows 7 may ship “next year”, a general consensus was that a more reasonable delivery would be 2010. With that in mind, many expected it would then “slip” to 2011, as Microsoft’s deadlines are known to do.
I was, and have been, always of the opinion that Microsoft needed […]

Vista Themed iPhone

Posted under vista, Cult of Mac, iPhone, Apple on June 16th, 2008 by admin0 comments

When you buy the new iPhone, are you going to jailbreak it? Are you really a closet Windows fanboy? If you answered yes to each of these questions, then the VistaPerfection 2.0 iPhone Theme by Spec Works was created just for you.

It is very customizable with:

Over 90 icons
Dock
WiFi icon
Boot and restore images
Sliders
Edge icon
Vista […]

It’s good to see Apple’s focus on quality in 10.6

Posted under vista, os-x, snow-leopard, microsoft, leopard, software, Commentary, Apple on June 10th, 2008 by admin0 comments

I find it sad that in the time past since the keynote very few bloggers or news have really understood what 10.6 promises. From what I know inside of Apple, they’re not kidding about improving OS X. Let’s take a quick inventory of the IT industry and what is about to happen in the next […]

Defending Apple’s Good Looks

Posted under form, function, linux, vista, leopard, software, Commentary, Apple on November 14th, 2007 by admin0 comments

The Apple nay-sayers of today offer what they think is a solid argument against the Apple consumer; that Apple’s “game” is solely based on good looks alone and, as such, Apple consumers are nothing more then superficial ego-consumers who buy the product solely for social value. Trend, it would seem, is the buying power for […]

New GetAMac Ads…Little Focus on Leopard

Posted under get-a-mac, vista, ads, leopard, News, Apple on November 12th, 2007 by admin0 comments

Its been a while, but we now have three shiny new GetAMac ads to laugh at and gloat over! Justin Long and John Hodgeman both reprise there roles as the mac and PC respectively for the new commercials Podium, Boxer and PR lady.
Both “Podium” and “PR lady” focus on PC users’ dislike for Vista and […]