Official Vista “performance” and “compatibility” packs released
August 8, 2007
“Something SP1 this way comes… in the form of two significant updates to Windows Vista. New performance and compatibility updates scratch a few longstanding Vista itches (including file transfer speed). Read more
The State of the Net is… not so strong
August 7, 2007
Consumer Reports takes a look at the State of the Net and finds that viruses, spyware, and phishing have cost Americans $7 billion over two years and have led 1.8 million households to replace their PCs. That doesn’t even account for all the money people spend to purchase products advertised in spam. Read more
Fusion Is Latest Way For Macs to Operate Windows, PC Software
August 5, 2007
Walt Mossberg on VMware’s new Fusion product. Is being able to run Windows on the Mac (in multiple ways) the key to the new growth in Mac sales?
“In classrooms and offices, homes and coffee shops, Macs are far more visible in the U.S. than they were just a few years ago. Part of this success results from the fact that Macs are excellent machines that handle the most important and common tasks as well as — or better than — computers running Microsoft Windows. But the new popularity of the Mac is also partly due to the fact that it can now run Windows along with Apple’s superior Mac OS X operating system.”
Office delayed. Who cares?
August 5, 2007
This is irony for you… The Macalope is exactly right - Microsoft is not hurting Apple by delaying its next release, it is simply giving Mac users more time to get used to the steadily improving alternatives!
“Macworld editor Philip Michaels has a piece up about the implications of Microsoft’s delay of the first universal version of Office for the Mac and wonders if it isn’t bad news for Microsoft rather than for Mac users. In fact, other than for the symbolic purpose of having such a major suite of applications run universally on all Macs, I don’t recall hearing much of a popular demand for an Intel-native Office.”
Businesses having second thoughts about Vista
August 5, 2007
No real surprises here - I’m guessing most will stick with XP… it works!
“Fewer businesses are now planning to move to Windows Vista than seven months ago, according to a survey by patch management company PatchLink, while more said they will either stick with the Windows they have, or turn to Linux or Mac OS X.”
See the full article by Gregg Keizer Framingham.
