Confessions of a Unix Addict

Friday, April 30, 2004

XP Users Cop a Feel of OS X. What's better than a nice new Mac running OS X? For some people, it's a cheap Windows XP box hacked and tweaked to look just like an OS X machine. For a lot of XP users, converting PCs into faux Macs is a consuming pastime. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
Maybe it's not the software but the look and feel? The best way to avoid headaches is to avoid a Windows™-Box in the first place. Based on the article, most people seem to think that a Mac is more expensive than a WinDOS machine, actually this isn't true if you compare the machines on a level playing field.
A customer told me once that there is a WinDOS machine at Wal-Mart costing about 75% of a comparable Mac. Well, if Apple would build a Mac supposed to last about a year, they would be able to match that price. My oldest Mac is about six years old and still usable. Most Windows users budget their machines for about a year, then the technology will be obsolete. I used a four year old G3 Laptop with OS X and couldn't complain about the speed, even while using M$-Word ;-)
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Microsoft SSL patch creating SSLowdowns. Microsoft said on Wednesday that a recently released software patch for its Windows operating system is causing some Windows 2000 machines to stop responding after it is installed. [InfoWorld: Top News]
Maybe this patch is about security and tries to do the right thing???
4:38:13 PM

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MS Office vastly overpriced, says UK consumer outfit. Votes for StarOffice By John Lettice . [The Register]
Duh??
Wait until Microsoft's customers are locked out of their own documents by TCPA/DMCA or the next thing promoted by the industry to milk their customers a little more. Then it will get really expensive.
10:50:13 AM

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BTW: The work on my book keeps me from posting as much as I'd like to, sorry.
9:50:56 AM

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I really like the word of today on The Word Spy ;-)
9:38:50 AM

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Well said: Innovation Is More Important Than Invention [Techdirt]
9:34:13 AM

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Comcast pulls out of Disney bid. The US cable TV firm scraps plans to buy Walt Disney after the entertainment giant shows "no interest" in its bid approach. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
See, I told you so in this article in February. ;-)
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