Comments on: Windows 7’s biggest threat: journalists http://notnews.today.com/2008/11/12/windows-7s-biggest-threat-journalists/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:27:33 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 By: Greg http://notnews.today.com/2008/11/12/windows-7s-biggest-threat-journalists/#comment-4834 Greg Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:47:55 +0000 http://notnews.today.com/2008/11/12/windows-7s-biggest-threat-journalists/#comment-4834 MS didn't bail Apple out. MS copied Apple's interface for Windows. They've been following Apple's and Sony's leads ever since. (Zune, Xbox, the new web store nobody remembers...) Microsoft has made a fortune out of a business strategy of "never invent anything -- follow the leads". Who cares. BTW, I use Windows, OS X, and Linux, and I have use for them all. And Microsoft is no worse than Google, Apple, or any other megacorp. MS didn’t bail Apple out. MS copied Apple’s interface for Windows. They’ve been following Apple’s and Sony’s leads ever since. (Zune, Xbox, the new web store nobody remembers…) Microsoft has made a fortune out of a business strategy of “never invent anything — follow the leads”. Who cares.

BTW, I use Windows, OS X, and Linux, and I have use for them all. And Microsoft is no worse than Google, Apple, or any other megacorp.

]]> By: Srihari http://notnews.today.com/2008/11/12/windows-7s-biggest-threat-journalists/#comment-1152 Srihari Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:03:24 +0000 http://notnews.today.com/2008/11/12/windows-7s-biggest-threat-journalists/#comment-1152 I always suspected that most of the crappy stuff you read about MS was motivated by Apple, at least in part. Looks like it may be right after all. This, after MS bailed Apple in the '90s. I always suspected that most of the crappy stuff you read about MS was motivated by Apple, at least in part. Looks like it may be right after all. This, after MS bailed Apple in the ’90s.

]]> By: Kbac http://notnews.today.com/2008/11/12/windows-7s-biggest-threat-journalists/#comment-1030 Kbac Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:18:23 +0000 http://notnews.today.com/2008/11/12/windows-7s-biggest-threat-journalists/#comment-1030 One question that is still unanswered about the "Windows Mojave" ads is "what kind of computers are they?" these 'random' people they have on the ads clearly know very little about computers. I have only seen rumors so far about the "Mojave PCs" (claiming they had an overclocked 4.0 - 5.0 GHz Quad core{s} CPU{s}, four - sixteen gigabytes ram, one - two gigabyte{s} video card{s}, and multiple SSD's on a RAID 0 controller) and no word from Microsoft about it. The rumors and questions I see in regards to the "Mojave PC's" are in about 75% of the forums I have visited on Vista. It would seem to me that the typical user would not have the same views about Vista as say a gamer, programmer, or others who would being really pushing the CPU and GPU maybe even the sound card to the maximum. My view of a typical PC user being one who mostly uses the computer from internet (Ie, AOL, so on), flash games (Pogo and such) and other minimal type tasks. Also the bulk of the negative remarks ‘seem’ to be coming from Apple/Linux fanboys as most are followed by a statement about how great Apple/Linux is, Never ever take advice on anything from a fanboy, they only show the good about "their" product and the bad about the others (be it an OS, car, bike, video game console and so on). Vista may not be as good as XP by any means but many stores (Best Buy, Sam's Club, Office Max) let you try the product in stores so try Vista and form your own opinion but basically if you use intense programs like cutting edge games or 3d rendering you want to avoid Vista (and Windows "7") if you mainly use your PC for surfing the net, watching movies on youtube, typing in word pad and so on Vista is not the pile others will tell you it is. Now as for the Apple and Linux fanboys I have used Mac OS X (Apple) and Ubuntu Linux I was impressed by many of the features of OS X but the lack of third party software in contrast to Windows XP left me wanting and customer support acts like you are bothering them when you call, and Linux for the 'typical' user is very hard to get comfortable with, plus the fact that you can not just go to a store a purchase programs. Just installing and using programs for a user with little computer skills can be a daughnting and even impossible task with no tech support save for forums but they can be of little help in some cases and “seeking” information on performing a task as basic a installing a new program is not something a basic user is willing to accept regardless of if the OS is free or cost $350 most will buy an OS that is “idiot proof” and has tons of third party support. So in closing for basic users XP, Vista, and OS X will all get you on the internet, play music, movies, and basic game fine. For middle of the road user Vista and Linux okay but XP and OS X are better. For “extreme” user Vista and Linux are bad, XP is good, so is OS X but make sure the games or programs you want are an option before you buy one. One question that is still unanswered about the “Windows Mojave” ads is “what kind of computers are they?” these ‘random’ people they have on the ads clearly know very little about computers. I have only seen rumors so far about the “Mojave PCs” (claiming they had an overclocked 4.0 - 5.0 GHz Quad core{s} CPU{s}, four - sixteen gigabytes ram, one - two gigabyte{s} video card{s}, and multiple SSD’s on a RAID 0 controller) and no word from Microsoft about it. The rumors and questions I see in regards to the “Mojave PC’s” are in about 75% of the forums I have visited on Vista. It would seem to me that the typical user would not have the same views about Vista as say a gamer, programmer, or others who would being really pushing the CPU and GPU maybe even the sound card to the maximum. My view of a typical PC user being one who mostly uses the computer from internet (Ie, AOL, so on), flash games (Pogo and such) and other minimal type tasks. Also the bulk of the negative remarks ‘seem’ to be coming from Apple/Linux fanboys as most are followed by a statement about how great Apple/Linux is, Never ever take advice on anything from a fanboy, they only show the good about “their” product and the bad about the others (be it an OS, car, bike, video game console and so on). Vista may not be as good as XP by any means but many stores (Best Buy, Sam’s Club, Office Max) let you try the product in stores so try Vista and form your own opinion but basically if you use intense programs like cutting edge games or 3d rendering you want to avoid Vista (and Windows “7″) if you mainly use your PC for surfing the net, watching movies on youtube, typing in word pad and so on Vista is not the pile others will tell you it is. Now as for the Apple and Linux fanboys I have used Mac OS X (Apple) and Ubuntu Linux I was impressed by many of the features of OS X but the lack of third party software in contrast to Windows XP left me wanting and customer support acts like you are bothering them when you call, and Linux for the ‘typical’ user is very hard to get comfortable with, plus the fact that you can not just go to a store a purchase programs. Just installing and using programs for a user with little computer skills can be a daughnting and even impossible task with no tech support save for forums but they can be of little help in some cases and “seeking” information on performing a task as basic a installing a new program is not something a basic user is willing to accept regardless of if the OS is free or cost $350 most will buy an OS that is “idiot proof” and has tons of third party support. So in closing for basic users XP, Vista, and OS X will all get you on the internet, play music, movies, and basic game fine. For middle of the road user Vista and Linux okay but XP and OS X are better. For “extreme” user Vista and Linux are bad, XP is good, so is OS X but make sure the games or programs you want are an option before you buy one.

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