I’m a Mac, and I’m a PC. We’ve all seen the ads. Well PC just got a nice upgrade. For those of us who are sick of IE, fed up with FireFox, and not quite getting used to Google Chrome there is now another option on the table. Safari, by Apple.
Safari 4 was just released and it’s available for both PC and Mac. Check it out here:
I just read an amazing article over at this site. They took an old Mac and pitted it against a new PC in a number of tests. Guess who won? It shouldn’t be a surprise to know that the OLD Mac won. Mac’s have always been more efficient with their power and resource usage. The article speaks for itself so there’s no point in me summarizing it. Just check it out!
Speaking of Macs though, I’ve always wanted one. They make computing look like it should be. Sure PC’s can look really nice too but Macs have always been more stable than any PC I’ve ever used, in my experience. I wouldn’t consider myself to be a Mac fan by any means, but, I definitely do not have anything against them. I do a lot of graphic and media design so Mac’s have always been in the back of my mind. I’m running a nice new Intel Core 2 Duo processor right now (as of last week) so right now I’m a big fan of PC’s. There’s just something about being able to have about 100 different programs open at once that just does it for me. Sure a Mac might be able to do that too, but, a Mac is going to cost roughly 3 times as much for the equivalent setup. In my book PC’s are still more practical. Mac’s might be good for creating a MySpace page but at least my PC can run Battlefield 2142 in full resolution.
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs (arch rivals of course) recently shared a stage. Oddly enough they both seem to be saying several good things about eachother. The two companies definitely have both grown as a result of their constant competition. Of course competition leads to innovation and innovation leads to more competition. It’s an endless cycle. Apple of course owes a lot to Microsoft for helping it stay afloat 10 years ago. Microsoft invested $100 million dollars in Apple. The commentators on this video have some good comments.
Anyway check out the video. It’s a cool piece of nerd history. If anybody finds the full video of the session please let me know. I’d love to see it.
Cisco and Apple both want the name iPhone for their own. They have come to a conclusion that is most likely going to confuse consumers.. at least the consumers who don’t pay attention to business news.
In a recent development it was agreed that Apple can use the name iPhone for cell phone (non internet phone use), while Cisco can use it for a VOIP internet phone, but not a cell phone.
Confused? I’m not, but I expect undeducated consumers will undoubtably end up purchasing the wrong item. By uneducated I refer to the tech world.
Little Johnny wants an iPhone for Christmas. There is a good chance that most people will never even hear about the Cisco/Linksys iPhone, and will not know to disclaim their “wish list” with such info.
Little Johnny will be confused when he gets his VOIP iPhone, but at least the brand name will be there.
Read Apple’s Press Release HERE.
Norwegian officials have decided that Apples online music store, Itunes, is in violation of Norwegian law. Media downloaded from the Itunes store is not compatible with non-Apple devices due to the ‘Fairplay’ DRM embedded into each file offered by the giant online store. This sort of ruling could very well spark a great debate over all DRM and it’s purpose in the rest of Europe and the world over.
Here’s a nice bit of dirt on Microsoft. While I’m a fan of Microsoft, and I use a lot of their software, I’m not going to let this one go. Earlier this morning, DaringFireball.net posted a very nice find on Microsoft.com. The error has since been corrected, but screenshots exist, and they will be used in this case to call out the guilty.
Microsoft apparently has a very lazy graphic designer on staff. And by very lazy, I mean he (or she) was probably fired today. The logo above was taken from Apple’s website under Industry-Leading Management Tools. And by taken, I mean by Microsoft.
Earlier today, a page in the Vista business section of Microsoft.com featured that exact same logo. Well, not exactly.. It was slightly bigger and skewed ever so slightly.
