Choice is important. Whether it's some flavor of Linux, Mac, Chromebook, Windows 7 or Windows 8x, there are options that each have benefits and draw backs. Unless someone has a specific business need for a specific OS, there's...
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Good points on the key messages, Michael. I agree that 4/8/14 is not the end of computing as we know it. However, there does need to be an awareness that if something happens after 4/8/14, Microsoft isn't going to release...
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My friend was very happy with Windows/XP. He also has a perfectly good computer, thank you very much, and didn't want to spend a lot of money getting a new machine. So I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on it, with...
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Here is a brief upbeat compelling video overview of the Dell PowerEdge C6220 for Windows Server
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJZs2EUy9Vg
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I can understand the reluctance for banks or ATM manufacturers to disclose what version of OS their ATM runs but I think when we're talking about personal data security someone needs to get out in front of this issue and...
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After seeing Her, I'm definitely a lot more interested in the potential for a digital assistant, but the functionality is going to have to take some major leaps before I see it being useful in a way that's faster than just...
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Very good examples - Novell and Lotus all lost the big business due to a wrong decision from the beginning. For MS, I will sit back and keep my fingers crossed. MS is not the same as before, especially when Mr.Gates is still...
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"Cortana" makes me nostalgic for the naming simplicity of Microsoft Bob. I wish these digital assistants could call people who aren't listed among my contacts. That would be worth having.
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Storage, yes. Camera megapixels, yes. Screen size, yes. Screen resolution/pixel density/brightness, yes. Wireless radios (LTE, multi-carrier/multi topologies), yes. CPU cores, yes. CPU...
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I'll admit its just a guess Win8 is actually a "hybrid". The Win8 updates are a temporatary measure to stay in the game. Win9 will have a "unified" user interface more likely totally based on Metro...
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You are absolutely right! They need a simple machine that requires a smaller Kinect and can be not much bigger than an Apple TV. I am not sure if that is possible but it would be FANTASTIC!. I would like...
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Novell was the number one work group network vendor but refused to support native IP insisting IPX was the better route meanwhile Microsoft took OS2's networking ability from IBM creating Lan Manager which suported IP. ...
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I would like to know how you know that. That would be one of the worst moves MS could make.
Why did they put out 8.1 then? Just to pacify people? I don't think so.
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In response to DDURBINI, I don't recall the likes of Novell, WordPerfect, or VisiCalc losing to Microsoft because they lacked a willingness to change. They made great products but were simply buried by Microsoft's near-monopoly...
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Probably sooner than later all apps will be Metro apps (bye bye desktop) so get use to them. :-)
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The start sceen might be very useful to you... But for me the start screen and metro apps are useless on a non touch device.
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Returning the start menu will help with Win7 transition however the start screen is very usefull. What needs to be fix most is the dual personality going from Desktop to Metro apps. I've been told to just...
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Less optimistic. Remember Novell? Remember Wordperfect? Remember VisiCalc? These companies suffered at the hands of Microsoft because they lacked a williness to change, put profit formost while lacking...
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Yeah, I agree: The public conversation has been skewed. I talked to Microsoft last week about the ATMs, and there's a ton of incomplete and misleading information floating around out there. My interview about the ATMs is...
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The article fails to make any measurable comparisons between Android and iOS. 1. No app on either Mac OS or iOS normally runs with administrator privileges. iOS apps never run with administrative rights because...
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iOS always had multitasking. They simply chose to limit the amount of multitasking and background capabilities available to apps in order to preserve battery life. They specifically did not give apps free reign...
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