Friday, October 16, 2009
Are Operating Systems a Dying Breed?
The perception is that operating systems are dying. In truth, they are evolving.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
OEMs Pay Microsoft About $50 for Each Copy of Windows
Microsoft has revealed that, for a $1000 PC, it has always charged the OEM about $50, or five percent, for Windows.
Monday, August 10, 2009
The Case Against Apple–-In Five Parts
About six years and $20,000 ago, I made the switch to Apple products after a 20-year love affair with Microsoft.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Sun Valley: Gates and Schmidt Do Lunch But Don’t Comment on Google OS
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Google CEO Eric Schmidt had an awkward encounter this morning at the Sun Valley mogulfest this morning — and after Google detailed plans Tuesday to create software it hopes will challenge Microsoft’s dominant Windows operating system.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
An Android Netbook From Dell?
If you believe one Washington State software company, PC giant Dell is coming out with a netbook that uses Google’s operating system instead of Microsoft software.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Microsoft Does the Math on the “Apple Tax.” Badly.
As I said in my post last Sunday on Microsoft’s “Laptop Hunter” ads, it’s unrealistic to expect TV commercials to contribute to a thoughtful discussion of anything.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
How I Came to Get a PC and Not a Mac
Microsoft’s “Laptop Hunters” commercials have generated lots of Mac vs. Windows PC debate. Surely there can’t be enough, so I’d like to generate even more. Quite unexpectedly, I’m a PC.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Hey, Lauren! Is Apple’s 17-Inch MacBook Pro Expensive?
There’s something about comparing the prices of Windows PCs and Macs that makes otherwise cool and collected people–Windows and Mac users alike–become profoundly emotional and partisan, until steam shoots out of their ears and their eyeballs turn bright red.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The Worm That Ate the Web
Last week, I pulled out my Internet cable, unplugged my USB drives, and searched my Windows machine for Conficker, the astounding computer worm that threatens to wreak global havoc once its latest version begins to phone home for further instructions on April 1. Well, maybe: While security researchers warn that the worm’s creators may be planning on conducting fraud or even “information warfare” aimed at disrupting the Internet, nobody knows what terrible deed Conficker will ultimately pull off.
Friday, March 27, 2009
PC to Mac: I’m Cheaper
For months, Microsoft has jabbed at Apple with an, at times, baffling advertising campaign for Windows PCs. Now Microsoft may finally land a solid blow against its rival.
In a new chapter to its ad campaign that will begin airing during the NCAA basketball playoffs on CBS Thursday evening, Microsoft will begin hammering on a theme that could resonate in these times of economic hardship: how much less expensive Windows PCs are than Macs.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The Cellphone, Navigating Our Lives
The cellphone is the world’s most ubiquitous computer. With the dominance of the cellphone, a new metaphor is emerging for how we organize, find and use information. That metaphor is the map.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Ten Ways Microsoft’s Retail Stores Will Differ From Apple Stores
Microsoft announced plans to open retail stores, hoping to boost visibility of many of its products and its brand (Apple mimicry, perhaps?). The news is just too tempting not to have some fun with. So here are some yet-to-be-officially-revealed details about the Microsoft stores.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Microsoft Realizes No One Wants to Pay Microsoft to Fix Its Own Security Flaws
Back in 2005, when Microsoft was first mulling the idea of offering security software, we noted that the company was between something of a rock and a hard place. If it decided to charge for the software, people would accuse the company of trying to get people to pay to protect themselves from the security vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s own software.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Does Windows Still Matter?
“Chrome is not going to replace Windows. A computer requires an operating system such as Windows, Apple’s OS X or Linux to make the machine work. It does, however, have the potential to do what Mr. Gates feared: make the choice of operating system less important.”
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Just Say It Google: Chrome Is a Modern OS
A couple of observations on Chrome: It’s good, it’s an OS, and where the hell is Intel. Multiprocess? Hello, multicore on the desktop. Hello, Intel? Wake up.
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