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1. Comment - Mac fanboys should get a life and some Windows 7 common sense

   (Oct 14, 2009 - 12:42 PM)

   The article has some good points, but is so unnecessarily passionate that it sounds a lot like the fanboys it criticizes. I thought journalism was about facts. I guess I was wrong. All in all, Apple hasn't been a threat to Microsoft in the OS arena for quite some time, and that's not going to change. Much like Apple fans aren't going to give up using Apple products just because MS has a good OS out. It takes a lot more than that. But one of the positive points of the article is the mention of netbooks. Netbooks have the potential of making users get in touch with Linux releases which are getting friendlier and friendlier. And as the world moves more and more into the online camp, the OS will lose much of its relevance. And a free alternative starts to look more and more attractive when the differences are blurred.

2. Comment - Windows XP forever? The OS that just won't die

   (Aug 6, 2009 - 3:43 PM)

   XP will die for a simple reason. It is XP x86 that is popular, not XP x64. The 32-bit XP won't go beyond addressing a little over 3 gb of RAM. As new computers come out, they will naturally tend to have Windows 7 x64 installed in them, because they will gradually have more RAM. It's a good enough OS to make manufacturers comfortable in adopting them. I doubt it'll last for the entire Windows 7 lifecycle as it did with Vista. As for older machines, then yes, it's hard to justify the upgrade.

3. Comment - Microsoft and Yahoo have sealed the deal

   (Jul 29, 2009 - 9:34 AM)

   Snow Leopard is not about new features. It's about rewriting a great deal of the OS to make it much faster and more optimized. The approach is not very different from Windows 7. There is only so much an OS can offer. What else would you like it to do for you? Bring breakfast in bed? This whole "bells and whistles" approach to newer OSes is coming to an end, and thank goodness for that. Give me an OS that is fast, and will not require me to spend a lot of money on newer hardware just to get basic functionality, and I'll be happy. And both Apple and Microsoft have learned their lessons and are doing just that. In Microsoft's case, it's even more needed as OSX is already a much better performer than Windows Vista.

4. Comment - Windows finally breaks into the Top 10 among supercomputers

   (Nov 19, 2008 - 8:32 AM)

   Most likely, they got the #1 machine, and installed Windows, making it now the 10th fastest computer on the earth. ;-)
   Seriously though, Windows OSes are still by far the slowest in the market. I think Windows 7 (which has a pretty fast beta - much faster than Vista) is a change in focus for Microsoft. But I remember when, at home, I wanted to compile an audio recorded with Audacity. Same machine (an iMac) using bootcamp. Using MacOS, it took me half the time to compile the same audio, on the same hardware, using the same version of Audacity. Shows that MS has a lot of work to do on performance. Perhaps the legacy compatibility is one of the greastest things dragging them down.

5. Comment - Court forces ex-IBMer to leave his job at Apple

   (Nov 11, 2008 - 12:44 PM)

   You do realize that as far as computers are concerned, 25 years of trade secrets are not exactly very important, right? Heck, most of the technological stuff he's had access to is likely to be considered obsolete in 2-3 years. Had he been a Coca-Cola employee getting a job at Pepsico, I'd understand. But in this case, it's an absolutely ridiculous attitude from the IBM camp. They are most likely more concerned about setting an example for former employees than concerned with anything he might actually have had access to. Unless, of course, IBM has plans that will revolutionize the computer market in the next few years.