The User Experience, Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard
On 2009/10/04
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The User Interface (UI) is the point at which we interact with all sorts of devices. System designers control the UI. They [...]
Microsoft needs to fix their installer application
On 2009/08/20
Updating to Windows Live Movie Maker (version 14.0.8091.0730) from a beta on my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit machine was typical of many Microsoft software installs, fail upon fail upon fail. This should have been a simple process. It wasn’t.
I saw the dialog window pictured to the left [...]
Windows 7 RTM – My first install
On 2009/08/09
I just posted the following on my FriendFeed feed:
#Windows7RTM 64-bit box final – 75+ apps 36 good Windows updates 5 failed 17 hrs tot. Whew! glad it’s over. Process stinks. Macs are easier.
I am my own guinea pig. I never recommend products that I haven’t tried myself. My [...]
Microsoft upgrade pricing has no discount for Ultimate
Microsoft’s complex Windows 7 upgrade pricing structure burns owners of Vista Ultimate. They currently offer no discount for an upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate.
The published retail price for the upgrade is $219.99. Microsoft is running a limited offer (see [...]
Windows 7 Upgrades compared to Snow Leopard Upgrades
On 2009/06/25
Below is the abbreviated Microsoft upgrade table, which is useful in evaluating whether or not you can upgrade your Windows OS and if so to what.
And here is the Apple upgrade table for Snow Leopard, excluding server upgrades.
Do you notice a difference?
This post does not address [...]
I have a residential client who uses Macs. It is a large house with day-to-day activities more akin to a small business than a traditional household. Besides the residents, there are two assistants and many visitors using the network and the computers. Two years ago they decided to build a new house. [...]
Hello, I’m not a Mac and I’m not a PC
On 2009/04/24
The Help Desk by Richard Frisch
Apple gets in Microsoft’s face
Apple began the “Get a Mac” advertising campaign in 2006. The US versions of Apples ads begin with the hip looking guy saying, “Hello, I’m a Mac.” The frumpy looking [...]
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack 3
On 2009/04/23
Microsoft has released an updated version of the Office Compatibility Pack. The Pack allows users of Office versions 2003 or XP (AKA 2002) to open, edit and save files in the Office 2007 file formats. This applies to Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
My very first blog post, The Curse of the New Computer, written four years ago, recounts my experience replacing a failed computer. I cursed Gates to an eternity of installing Microsoft software. Surely, no one who had experienced the frustrations of what Microsoft wrought and ran the company would allow it to [...]
I’m a PC. I’m a Mac and I cost a lot more.
On 2009/03/27
Microsoft is running new video ads, Lauren is one, that highlight the affordability of Windows computers compared to Macs. The ad is quite good, the best that Microsoft has done in recent memory.
Mac enthusiasts are likely to counter that they get value for the extra expense—simplicity of use, [...]
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