7 is to Vista as XP was to.....Do you remember Windows ME? Anyone? Well, if you do, you should remember how aweful it was too. ME was released by Microsoft in mid-2000 to a ton of fanfare and hoopla, and in no time at all, it was soon crystal clear what it was and what it wasn't. It was supposed to be the new face of Windows; a softer, more user friendly Windows experience. It was supposed to be Windows 98, but much better. Instead, it was a buggy, bloated, virtually unusable operating system. It was sooo bad that everyone, including OEM manufacturers, held a death grip on Windows 98 and to a lesser extent Windows 2000. (Does any of this sound familiar to anyone??) And then it happened. The savior came. Soon after ME hit the scene (and then the floor), Microsoft released its new big gun. Windows XP. And just like that, all was well. Of course, when XP was released, it was received with skepticism and trepidation. The hangover from the release of ME was still there and no one was ready to do another dance. But opinions were quickly changed... Success was achieved. And then it happened... again. Windows Vista (say it out loud and try not to cringe.... I dare you). The cycle began again. It was supposed to be more stable and safer.... It wasn't. It was ME all over again. Bloated, unstable and generally unusable. That's the bad news. The good news is, it's done. and once again, the savior has come!
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No, not Obama and McCain. That's over and done with. I'm talking about Apple and Microsoft. After seeing the string of recent ads between the two companies, I'm starting to think this isn't about computers anymore. At least from the ads, you would never know. It all started with the now infamous 'Get a Mac' campaign from apple. While I didn't always agree with the statements made in some of the ads, the truth is they were at least trying to promote their own product. It really did just start as Mac promoting 'why Macs are cool and edgy'. I get that. Then Microsoft came back swinging with the Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates commercials, which to this day no one really knows what they were advertising. I personally think those weren't commercials but rather a secret communiqué to members of the Illuminati, but thats a conversation for another day... Then Microsoft quickly kicked out The Mojave Experiment ads. I liked these ads only because they were documenting behavior I see regularly. The media did such a complete and thorough job of absolutely trashing Vista upon its release (some of it legitimate, some not) that to this day most people think it's not a viable operating system. That is, until you put someone in front of a machine properly equipped to handle it and then they love it. The Mojave Experiment ads made sense to me. They directly addressed the main quip of the "Get a Mac" ads and made people rethink their notions of Vista (mostly based on having never even seen it). Meanwhile, Apple continues chugging along with "Get a Mac", but now they're taking a different approach. Now they're just blantly saying that Vista doesn't work and needs to be fixed. And the Irony of Apple pointing out the money Microsoft is spending on ads is not lost on me. |
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On August 25th Nasa released a statement revealing that several laptops aboard the International Space Station were infected with the 'W32.TGammima.AG' virus. This particular virus is a worm that steals passwords to online games. "So what?" you may be asking. The virus was discovered during a routine scan on one of the infected laptops, highlighting to us earthbound creatures the importance of regular virus scanning even on what may seem like the most well protected and isolated of computers. There is no virus scanning program that can detect and stop every single threat. If you ever get infected, don't feel bad... even NASA catches a bug from time to time! |
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