Microsoft bought Skype this morning. I expect the deal has been in the works for some time, but I think it’s a good move; market potential for new versions of Windows and Office is dropping due to saturation and consumer comfort with ever-better versions of both (I’ll be hard pressed to move off of Windows [...]
A Little Rant About Vista
June 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Ok. I’ve heard it. You’ve heard it. Justin Long, Mr “Hello, I’m A Mac” has all but said it a few dozen ways. But really, is it that big of a deal? I was one of the early adopters who got a Vista-based computer right out of the gate in 2006, and the day I bought it, I would have agreed, it sucked. It blew worse than going back to Windows 3.1 and being stuck with a 13inch big-box CRT monitor.
What The Bleep is a Netbook, Anyway?
June 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I recently went on a bit of a rant at Engadget. A rather smart man named Michael Gartenberg, one of the VPs of a company called Interpret, LLC, wrote an article about the definitions and changes the class of small, portable computers most recently called the Netbook has undergone recently. In short, a Netbook is [...]
