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Microsoft shows off "snippet" of Windows 7 at D6, reveals multi-touch support {Engadget}
May 30th 2008 10:03AM @generally.
Apparently you don't use Windows much. Applications crashing can cause the whole system to go down. It is not a pre-95 issue. You are telling me that you have never had an app crash in Windows and had to never restart your computer because its locked? You must have the most stable version of Windows ever.
Yes, not only can I install Windows on my Mac, there are similar programs available for my Mac that have the same functionality as software for Windows. Meaning, anything you can do on a Windows box, you can do on a Mac, with Mac software. Which is what I was said, but apparently was too subtle for you to pick up on.
As far as Flaws go, offering Windows is many different flavors is not a flaw, but it is a way for Microsoft to upsell to customers. They consistently do this with stuff they sell. The Xbox for example does not come with WiFi. However, the PS3 does, the Wii does, the lowly Nintendo DS does. To get added functionality, Microsoft always charges more whereas Apple doesn''t really do this.
As far as innovation goes, Microsoft does not have much of it. Apple does. Microsoft always plays catch up after a technology becomes popular. Apple releases an IPod, and M$ comes out with a Zune, Sony and Nintendo, release game machines, then out comes Microsoft., Apple released the first commercially available computer with a graphical user interface (First the Lisa, then the Mac), so did Commodore and Atari then Microsoft followed a few YEARS later. How about Netscape Navigator, then M$ includes IE with their version of Windows, driving Netscape out of the browser business. Even MS DOS was not an innovation of theirs. IBM gave them the source code to upgrade IBM DOS to a newer version, which they did, but then in turn used it as a basis for MS DOS which they sold to computer manufacturers and the general public. Aero and Flip, was Sun Microsystems invention which they wanted, so they settled nicely on the Sun Java Lawsuit to get their hands on it. I cannot think of one thing that Microsoft has developed that is an original idea of theirs, and not ripped off or bought from someone else. Microsoft is anything but innovative, imitative but not innovative. I suppose, that they did invent the Start button.
As a side note, someone mentioned in this thread, that Windows was the first with Pre-emptive multitasking. Wrong! The first computer available to the public that did that was the Commodore Amiga 1000 which was released in 1985. It could do it well on a measly 256 K of RAM, and the multitasking was built into the hardware, not the OS. An Amiga could emulate a PC years before a PC could emulate an Amiga - it was that advanced.
Microsoft shows off "snippet" of Windows 7 at D6, reveals multi-touch support {Engadget}
May 29th 2008 2:52AM I think that the real reason that they brought out this video clip, is to take attention away from the failure of Vista. Their message is this, although not stated bluntly - "Vista sucks, but look how great the new and improved Windows is!"
Oooh, Multitouch. I can be just like Leonardo, and paint with all 10 fingers at once. Or, I can move, rotate and resize pictures on my screen - all without actually editing them. Wow. I can just imagine what it will do for my MP3s. It will let me touch the screen, move a conductors wand, and not hear the effect. Useful.
They just said a day ago or so, that Windows 7 will not have a shiny new microkernal, and the computer industry shook it's head in disbelief. I bet it won't have WinFS either.
I have used Vista - as a contracted IT guy, I have to know it. It is slow, clunky, bloated (Installed from a Windows DVD) and has compatibility issues. It is secure to the point where you turn off the warnings, or stop reading them and just click through warnings potentially damaging your system. It is unstable. Have you ever done one of their snappy searches? Like most Windows upgrades, they moved around the furniture, changed the drapes and replaced the carpet. Mostly everything they did was cosmetic, not structural.
I am a Mac convert. They work. They are stable. You can do some very cool things with them. The OS is secure without annoying you with prompts. I spend more time working on my Mac than fixing it - unlike my Windows boxes. If an application crashes, the whole system doesn't burn with it. I can do everything on my Mac than I can do on my PC. Except games of course where I use a game console - neither a PC nor a Mac.
Mac OS X Leopard comes in one flavour - not six or eight or whatever Vista comes in - Ultimate, Business, economy, utility and homeless shelter.
I think that Apple is going to garner a greater market share in the near future. There are stats that are showing this to be true already. Apple builds great products that work, they play nice with each other, and are easy to use. Microsoft on the other hand is killing XP within the next two months forcing you, me and everyone else to choose Vista if we wish to stay within Windows. XP might not be the prettiest, but it is the most stable of all the Windows versions. Forcing us to buy an inferior OS is not the most consumer friendly way of doing business and keeping customers.
I do wish Apple would release an Approved Hardware list, so that some of us could build powerful, Mac clones that run Leopard legally.
Shaw cable customers still facing quality issues? {Engadget HD}
Feb 28th 2008 2:07AM I wouldn't have HD through cable. Too much compression degrades the picture. Satellite HD is the way too go! Better picture, and a greater selection of channels.
Monster brings Speed-Rated HDMI cables to Canada, gross markup likely in tow {Engadget HD}
Feb 18th 2008 1:13PM I actually had a salesman from either Futureshop, or Best Buy try and sell me on a gold plated fibre-optic (toslink) cable. He actually pointed out the greater conductivity of gold. I challenged him on it, and he backed down quite embarrassed. Not embarrassed because he was lying, but because he was caught.
There are sites on the net that compare cables from different manufacturers, and for the most part,cheap cables are just as good as the pricey ones.
Niveus pledges allegiance to Blu-ray, bids adieu to HD DVD {Engadget HD}
Feb 15th 2008 7:31PM Even if the big conspiracy is on, and Sony bought and paid everyone to use their "inferior" format, it doesn't change the fact that HD-DVD is dead. The cause of death is moot, HD-DVD is dead. Ignoring all the other bad news for HD-DVD this month, having Wal-Mart pull HD-DVD is like a lethal injection for HD-DVD.
HD-DVD est mort!
Niveus pledges allegiance to Blu-ray, bids adieu to HD DVD {Engadget HD}
Feb 15th 2008 6:40PM Geez Nfinity didn't you hear about the Wal-Mart news? One of the worlds largest retailers dropping HD-DVD. I noticed that you didn't comment on that bit of news - I did, perhaps you could give it a read. Why didn't you comment? Too busy prying your head out of your ass? Even die hard HD-DVD adopters are admitting defeat. Please, grab a bit of reality.
Wal-Mart to officially discontinue HD DVD sales by June {Engadget HD}
Feb 15th 2008 2:00PM I can't wait to get my HD DVD copy of the Dark Knight at Wal-Mart. It's gonna be huge!
When a retailer as large as Wal-Mart discontinues something, it has got to hurt the company that manufactures or endorses that product. Combine that, with the Best Buy and Net Flix announcements, and the only reasonable conclusion is that HD DVD is dead. I would expect to hear an announcement from those studios that still support HD-DVD soon. They need a place to sell their product, and with no one carrying HD-DVD, that only leaves one option - to go Blu. Anyone who cannot see this is deluding themselves or know nothing of business.
