50 Reasons to switch from Windows to OS X?
Or, a lost sheep’s ongoing struggle to stay relevant in this internet age.
In a post last week, on St. Valentine’s Day no less, Pirillo states his 50 reasons to switch from Windows (any version?) to OS X.
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19.2.2008 Office 2007 'Stun Switch' Nothing New
There doesn't seem to be as much confusion over what this thing does as over what to call it: With a name that sounds straight out of "1984," what exactly is Reduced Functionality Mode (RFM) in Office 2007?
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21.11.2006 Will Vista cause a switch to Macs, Linux?
The cost of upgrading to Windows Vista is forcing more organizations to evaluate alternatives including Apple Macs and Linux for the desktop.
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16.7.2007 Kill switch dropped from Vista
Microsoft is to withdraw an anti-piracy tool from Windows Vista, which disables the operating system when invoked, following customer complaints.
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5.12.2007 Small Businesses Switch to Vista Fastest, Study Says
Nearly half of businesses are in some phase of preparing to update desktops to Windows Vista, with small businesses moving the fastest to implement the OS, according to a xreport released last week.
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21.1.2008 Hack to Activate and Switch Window in Windows 7 By Mouse Over Hover Without Click
When there are many windows open on desktop of Windows 7, normally users will click on another window in order activate the window into front or foreground and switch to the task or window.
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19.5.2009 10 reasons not to get Vista
It's all too easy to get caught up in the million dollar marketing engine as we approach the consumer release of Windows Vista, so lets not forget that it isn't the second coming, and by all counts is an upgrade you can do without.
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22.1.2007 10 reasons you should get Vista
My colleague Ashton Mills published
the top 10 reasons you shouldn't get Vista few days ago. I see his point on some fronts -- admittedly, Microsoft's official publicity material hasn't done a great job of explaining the basic benefits of Vista.
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24.1.2007 Eight Reasons to Think Before Buying an iPhone
Apple made a big splash when it announced the iPhone last month. But with its hefty price tag, restriction to a single carrier and departure from many traditional smart-phone features, buying the iPhone requires careful forethought.
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8.2.2007 Six reasons OSX will not go mainstream
Apple has a great consumer OS on its hands. Its sleek, it's easy to use and it will not ever make it to mainstream America.
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13.11.2008 The 5 Reasons Why Blu-Ray Will Win
This week Stephen Speicher and his engadget column The Clicker discusses the five reasons why he believes Blu-Ray will win the battle against HD-DVD. Some of the major points made are format security, computer manufacturer support, and overall capacity.
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Three reasons why CES is a waste of time
For those of you who have made it to CES at least once in your life, you probably know all about the amount walking and waiting in line and shoving that goes in to any good trip to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show.
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9.1.2008 Google Chrome - reasons to avoid
As we reported, Google has released the first beta of their new web browser, Google Chrome. Within a day of its release, there are already a couple of points that users should be cautioned of before using this new browser.
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5.9.2008 10 Reasons Why You Won't Ever Want to Go Back to XP from Vista
Released for businesses in November 2006, and for the general public in January 2007, Windows Vista is but a couple of days away from passing the first six months of availability milestone.
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28.7.2007 Top 6 Vista Application Incompatibility Reasons
Application incompatibility is one of the aspects that have managed to deliver extensive damage to the adoption rate of Windows Vista.
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24.5.2008 10 reasons to buy new hardware now - during a recession
TechRepublic guest post: It may seem like the last thing you want to do in the midst of tough economic times is invest in new hardware.
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20.1.2009 Top 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Windows 7
With the Windows 7 Release Candidate already leaked to the public, and the the official bits coming May 5, there's been a lot of hype surrounding Windows 7, with generally positive reviews from the community. Windows 7 is everything Vista wasn't... and some of what it should of been.
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28.4.2009 Six reasons Microsoft will continue to lose market share
Microsoft has positioned itself at the top, a top that is targeted by hundreds if not thousands of companies.
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21.11.2008 Reasons to skip Microsoft’s Windows 7 Beta download
As many of you know, I’m a hardcore Mac guy - but I wasn’t always this way. My experiences with Windows Vista sent me over the edge, prompting me to add the “hardcore” next to my “Mac guy” title.
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11.1.2009 5 Reasons Windows 7 Is A Better Deal For Students Than Snow Leopard
Microsoft took on rival Apple head on this week in the education market with a special offer for students to purchase Windows 7 for $30, about the same price as Apple's competing Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
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19.9.2009 Microsoft: Top 10 Reasons to Stay Away from Google Apps
Google Apps and the Microsoft Office 2007 System have been sicced one another as rivals and with both the Mountain View and the Redmond companies failing to share a common perspective on either the two solutions are indeed competing.
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11.9.2007 Top Ten Reasons to use Windows Small Business Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 is designed for businesses like yours. It is a complete, affordable network solution that helps you stay connected with your customers and run your business more efficiently. And it helps secure your network by automatically protecting your information to keep your business up and running.
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2.3.2006 Microsoft Cites Top 10 Reasons Partners Should Pitch Vista
Microsoft cut the WinFS file system and PC-to-PC synchronization from Windows Vista, but the company says there are at least 10 key reasons for partners to push the upgraded desktop operating system to their SMB customers.
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11.7.2006 3 Reasons Why You Should Jump on Vista SP1 and Completely Ignore XP SP3
By maintaining the parallel availability of Windows Vista and Windows XP, Microsoft is successfully offering inhouse competition to its own products.
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18.10.2007 XP SP3 and Windows 7, the Wrong Reasons to Skip Vista SP1
In the evolution of the Windows client, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is a step set firmly between Windows XP SP2 and Windows 7, just as well as the RTM version of the operating system.
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29.4.2008 Tasty Morsels Found In Dogfood-Top 10 reasons Microsoft.com chose IIS7
Dogfood….yummmm! Yes it is true, Microsoft.com has been running Beta 3 of Windows Server 2008 in production since June 12, 2007. What does that mean?
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8.9.2007 MAC meeting?
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Windows XP on a MAC?
Apple has formally given its thumbs-up to attempts to install and run Windows XP on Intel-based Macs. It has posted a tool called Boot Camp that allows iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini owners to run the Microsoft OS more easily. The company also confirmed the next major Mac OS X release, Leopard, will integrate the twin-OS technology.
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5.4.2006 Apple's "Get a Mac" attack
Apple Computer may have broken bread with the Wintel camp, but that doesn't mean it's finding the closer association easy to swallow.
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5.5.200650 Reasons to switch from Windows to OS X?
Or, a lost sheep’s ongoing struggle to stay relevant in this internet age. Now don't get me wrong, I have always had quite a lot of respect
for Chris Pirillo, but something happened when Microsoft talked up Longhorn and eventually shipped Vista. Chris was enraged most of the time because
the promise of "Longhorn 2003" never happened, and I think he probably feels that Microsoft cheated themselves, and him out of a worthwhile upgrade.
Ever since, he hasn't involved himself in Microsoft (lab) events and has become quite outspoken against Windows Vista.
From
John's AbsoluteVista Blog: In a post last week, on St. Valentine’s Day no less, Chris Pirillo states his
50 reasons to switch
from Windows (any version?) to OS X.
After getting past his preamble about neutrality, he delivers his thoughts. Actually, we are
supposed to take his thoughts as neutral since it is not a Windows bash. Furthermore, since in his opening statements he declared his relationships
with some sponsors, we should take the product plugs as gospel. Feel free to ingest a grain/several grains of salt with his recommendations.
I have taken it upon myself to provide a public service by attempting to debunk some of the outright errors, factual errors, product plugs, and
gross misconceptions in his beliefs.
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19.02.2008Mac Dock and Windows 7 Superbar - Part 1
Mac Dock and Windows Taskbar Overview The Dock in OS X Leopard is a bar of icons that sits at the bottom or side of the screen, and employs a 3D
perspective. The Dock is a prominent feature of OS X. It is also a prominent feature of Mac OS X's predecessors NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP operating
systems. It is primarily a way to launch and switch between running applications. It not only provides easy access to applications, but allows the
user to organize them to their taste within the Dock. Any file or app can be attached to the Dock.
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24.02.2009Need a Mac on a budget? Go retro
One of the top reasons people wont commit to switching to Macs is price.
Though Mac technology isnt any
more expensive than Windows-based technology when considering long-term value, here are a few great ways to break into the Mac world without
buying a brand spanking new iMac or Macbook.
First, its important to note that Macs, unlike Windows-based machines, do not
depreciate at fast rates. The reason for this is Macs have longer lasting value and performance than their Windows-based competitors.
Why does that matter a hill of beans? Simply put, it matters because you can buy an older Mac in great condition that will run the Tiger or
even Leopard with little to no upgrading required. You dont have to buy that new iMac just to go Mac.
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19.11.2007No Mac version of Madden '08 NFL, yet
EA chief technical officer
Bing Gordon said at Apple's
Worldwide Developers
Conference in June that the
company would simultaneously
release Madden '08 for both
Windows PCs and Macs when the
title went on sale last night.
However, as noted by
VNUnet,
the Mac version is nowhere to
be found.
Mac users have had to put
up with late-arriving game
titles for years, as game
studios have put their PC
gaming efforts around the
Windows platform, by far and
away the choice of serious PC
gamers. But with the
company's switch to Intel
processors and the growing
number of Macs out in the
wild, it seemed that Mac
gaming had turned a corner
with Gordon's endorsement.
Not yet,
apparently. Other Mac sites
such as Inside Mac Games noted
the frustrations of Mac users
who still haven't yet seen
copies of Harry Potter and the
Order of the Phoenix and
Battlefield 2142, two games
promised by Gordon for a July
release during Apple's
developer conference...
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16.08.2007Belkin says 'Switch to Mac'
Today, Belkin announced what would have otherwise been an unremarkable piece of cabling had it not been given a name that sounds like a piece of
advice...
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13.11.2008DTV likely delayed till June 12
The Senate Republicans and Obama have been pushing the need to keep analog signals online instead of switching all television transmissions to
digital, to free up wireless spectrum, meaning that we could see a delay in the switch. It would seem after reports of the delay, and with the FCC
backing to prevent the switch, it is likely the Senate will postpone it. A new bill has been presented to delay the switch of DTV till June 12, 2009
because too many Americans, up to 6.5 million households, are not prepared for the switch. The original bill was passed by Congress in 2005,
mandating that the switch would be February 17, 2009.
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24.01.2009Five reasons why XP will never die
Preston Gralla: Microsoft is doing its best to kill Windows XP, but that's not going to happen. No matter what the company does, the operating system
will live on. Here are five reasons why XP will never die.
Enterprises want XP
There's no escaping the
simple fact that enterprises have snubbed Vista, and show no signs of abandoning XP. Just a few days ago, Forrester said that a survey of 50,000
enterprise users found that throughout 2007, Windows XP use remained at a steady 89%. Vista grew from zero to 6% in that same time, but that came
about because users moved from Windows 2000 to Vista, not from XP to Vista. Don't expect corporations to switch to Vista from XP in 2008.
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03.04.2008FCC tells 25% of requesting TV stations they can't switch on 2/17
Claiming that certain areas of the country are less ready than others for the switch to digital broadcast television, the FCC denied 123 termination
notices from a list of 491...
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13.02.2009Microsoft's latest environmental contribution: a mouse with a switch
Microsoft has announced a new "green" wireless mouse, with such environmentally-minded features as...an on/off switch...
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06.02.2008Apple refreshes its Mac desktops with Intel Nehalem CPUs
The latest Mac desktops will include a new Mac Mini, iMac, and Mac Pro, as well as a new dual band Airport Extreme Wi-Fi base station and Time
Capsule.
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03.03.2009Sam's Tip of the Week #3 - Switching to Gmail, the No-Pain Way
Gmail is a very powerful web-based email solution with free IMAP access. I’m not going to go over reasons to switch to Gmail in this tip,
just a way to ease your transition.
The problem every time you switch email services is that you have to switch your address at every site
you use and notify all of your contacts that you have a new address. Oh, and you lose all of your mail.
Gmail includes a really nice
feature: it can receive email from your old address and plop it right into your Gmail inbox, as if it were sent to your Gmail address. This means that
you don’t have to switch your address anywhere if you don’t want to bother.
To enable this feature, first log in to your Gmail
account. Open Settings, and select the “Accounts” tab. Under this tab, you’ll see a section labeled “Get mail from other
accounts.” Click “Add a mail account you own.”
jcxp.net - 27.08.2009
Report: Android will also come with a kill switch
Google's Android Marketplace carries a warning that Google has the power to remotely remove applications that violate the developer distribution
agreement, putting the G1 on par with the iPhone at least in the kill switch department...
betanews.com - 17.10.2008
A Switch from VMware Is a Tough Sell
Would you rather fight than switch from VMware vSphere to HyperV or Xen-based implementations? eWEEK Labs compares the benefits and drawbacks of
current virtualization platforms...
winbeta.org - 16.07.2009
Microsoft Battles UNIX with
NXT
Microsoft has embarked on a
yet another campaign aimed at
getting users of competing
platforms to switch to the
Windows operating system.
Called NXT, the program
targets those ISVs, or
independent software vendors,
with more than $5 million in
revenue who are ready to make
the switch...
betanews.com - 11.01.2006
German publisher drops 12,000 PCs for Mac
In a major overhaul of its IT system, German publisher Axel Springer AG said it has struck
a deal with Apple to replace every one of its 12,000 active computers with Macs.
Axel Springer produces the popular German
newspaper Bild and becomes the single-largest company in Europe to depend entirely on Apple hardware for its day-to-day business. The shift
helps modernize the publisher's culture, according to company chief Dr. Mathias Döpfner.
The total cost of ownership of each
system over its useful lifespan and simple design are also cited as reasons for the switch.
winbeta.org - 05.07.2008
Apple Says 'No ZFS' in Leopard
Apple executives at WWDC said
that Mac OS X Leopard will not
use Sun's ZFS 128-bit file
system, contrary to reports
that surfaced last week.
Apparently, somebody forgot to
tell Sun CEO Jonathan
Schwartz, who told a
conference that Apple would
announce the switch Monday...
betanews.com - 12.06.2007
How Vista screws dual-booting
nirvana
Declan Kennedy at APC Magazine
has written an interesting
analysis looking at
Microsoft's suspicious
lack of advancement in OS boot
technique.
Put
simply, Vista will still
overwrite the master boot
record with no regard for any
other boot loader that may be
present.
But
Kennedy also describes how,
with the right boot loader
configuration, you can setup a
dual-boot system that allows
you to switch between Windows
and Linux without having to
reboot either OS, using
hibernation.
His
observations open up
interesting possibilities for
Mac users too. Boot Camp would
be considerably more useful if
it didn't involve closing
all applications and fully
restarting the system each
time. If it were just a case
of sleeping one OS to switch
to the other, it'd be the
next best thing to perfect
virtualisation. Will Apple
implement this in time for
Panther?..
windowsvistax.com - 03.09.2006
Mac Mojo: Audio/Video support in Messenger for Mac next year
One of the nifty features missing in the Messenger for Mac is Audio/Video (A/V) support. It is not possible to do a video or audio chat using the
Messenger for Mac. The recent update, Messenger for Mac 7 added A/V support for corporate services (works with Office Live Communications Server 2007)
but not for personal services(Windows Live Services). Mac Mojo, the Office for Mac team announced today that A/V support for personal services will be
available next year as an update on Messenger for Mac. Mac Mojo team said that the new release of Windows Live Messenger, which is currently in beta
delivers a new A/V protocol which makes easier to deliver A/V support in Messenger for Mac.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 19.12.2008
Mac cloner plans to take on Apple's Mac OS EULA
Miami-based Psystar is now offering a Mac clone for $399, and is vowing to fight for its right to produce the device should Cupertino's lawyers come
a-knocking...
betanews.com - 16.04.2008
Get Back to the Farm, Mac Boy
Has Leopard let the malware cat out of the bag? It's time to ask, given all the security potholes Apple has hit since the release of Mac OS X
10.5. The new QuickTime flaws and exploit are reasons enough to wonder.
Mac users have long lived in a la-la land of enchantment, free
from thieving malware marauders. But times change. Increases in Mac market share and Apple's adoption of Intel processors have opened La-La Land
to outside trade. Watch out, the big-city felons have followed the trade roads back to the Land of Enchantment. It's not a question of if they
will attack, but when.
neowin.net - 29.11.2007
