Saturday, February 23, 2008

Judge OKs suit over 'Vista Capable': A consumer class-action suit claims labeling computers as "Vista Capable" in late 2006 was misleading because many of the machines could run only the most basic version of Vista. People bought the machines hoping to enjoy the glassy transparencies of Vista's "Aero" graphical user interface. Many were only capable of running the stripped down "Home Basic" version of Vista. [CNET News.com] 8:16:55 PM

Monday, September 17, 2007

Microsoft's Bad Eurotrip: An evenhanded commentary on the European Union's highest court of commercial law puts the smack-down in perspective. Microsoft was (again) found guilty of using it's monopoly operating system to leverage a further monopoly in media players. The European Court of First Instance (ECI) upholds the previous penalty of $600 million agains Microsoft, and requires the company to offer a version of Windows OS without Windows Media Player. So far several thousand consumers have opted for the unencumbered version. [Motley Fool via TameBear Radio] 12:30:22 PM

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Vulnerabilities Don't Equal Attacks: Security pros say Apple's Mac OS X is not a high-risk operating system and is more secure than Microsoft's Windows XP. [Information Week via MyAppleMenu] 7:25:49 AM

Monday, March 26, 2007

Apple of Our Eye - Macs Save Money: According to this viewpoint, there's been a distinct sea change in the way people think about Apple Inc. in the last few weeks. People have been saying the strangest things about Apple and Macintosh computers; everything is topsy-turvy. Pundits aren't trotting out the old conventional wisdoms any more. They're saying odd stuff, like Macs are good for business; Macs can save money; and that Apple's stock -- at $90 a share -- is a bargain. As a long-time Mac user, The Bear was convinced many years ago of the benefits of Macintosh computers -- especially regarding price. You see, my time is valuable. Therefore when I pay a bit more for a Mac (and mind you it's never been a lot more), the time I save in wasted days not spent in useless troubleshooting has always been a huge benefit. Macs just work, period. My current laptop has been in service for over six years, and it just works. And as for Apple's stock price, well, as an Apple shareholder I can tell you the increase in share price over the past several years has more than paid for all the Apple toys I care to buy. [Wired News] 7:00:19 AM

Friday, March 23, 2007

Apple and Microsoft Users Differ in Age and Outlook: A new report by internet metrics firm Hitwise sharply contradicts an earlier market research survey from MetaFacts regarding the demographics of the two titan's customer base... "The majority of traffic to the Apple web site came from users under 45, while the majority of traffic to the Microsoft web site came from users over 35." And 22% of Microsoft traffic is in the 55-and-over age bracket. Microsoft's new Vista ad personality is 73-year-old actor Tom Skerrit. "It's tempting to say that Microsoft is promoting Vista with the tagline 'The Wow Starts Now' because most of its customers don't have much time left." [Information Week] 7:46:00 AM

Friday, March 9, 2007

Microsoft's OneCare Antivirus Fails Test: Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare security suite has been rated at the bottom of the league in the latest industry antivirus tests. [CNET News] 8:01:38 AM

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Time To Get A Mac: When the Windows diehards like Chris Pirillo all begin "upgrading" from Windows Vista to Windows XP, the writing is on the wall. Thomas Hawk advises all his Windows power users to make the switch, and admits that he "should have done it years ago". Now a satisfied Mac user, Hawk has no regrets. [Digital Connection via MyAppleMenu] 7:48:10 AM

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