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February 12, 2007
Microsoft determines biggest threat on the net is their own software:
I'm not making this crap up people, it's featured on Digg.com even. An MSN article has, in essence, determined that using Internet Explorer is not a bright move on the net. Seriously... demoing Windows Vista on a Mac, trashing their own software... these guys need to learn PR basics. At least they are honest.
Posted by Decemberice at 12:20 PM | Comments (0)
February 11, 2007
My baby is going to the plastic surgeon
As you may know, my 6 year old iBook (yes I checked, it is that old now) is very dear to me. For a long time the screen has not worked following it's 3rd horrific 4 ft fall to the lenoleum floor in my old apartment. Well, after all these years, I have decided to have my baby's vision fixed. I am sending it off for an overnight LCD repair. While it is at the Dr.'s I'm also getting it a hard drive upgrade. This will be the most excitement my poor laptop has seen since the great fall that blinded it.
I've also purchased a new license to Tiger so that I can upgrade it's OS. It had been running on Panther going on several years now, but it's time to take it up a notch. This will be a great experience for the laptop. Despite being 3 processors and 1 OS behind the times, it is still every bit as fast as my new PC laptop, So I look forward to being able to take it place with me again! I'm excited that I will be able to load some cool new aps onto it that I was previously unable to, due to limited space and the lack of a monitor!
Posted by Decemberice at 12:55 PM | Comments (0)
February 03, 2007
Music never dies
So, my music is now back from the dead. My Apple Computer suffered total failure after I loaded a new program called Toast 8, got impatient while it was rebooting and decided I would do it later, held down the power button till it turned off.
My Mac was easily restored in all of an hour, but I lost EVERYTHING on my hard drive. I backup, but not as often as I should. Thus, I was left in a sticky situation. My Mac had my entire life on it, luckily my iPod did too. I was very leary of syncing my iPod to the Mac after it died for fear that the hateful DRM would leap into action and steal all of my songs and tv shows that I bought.
That actually wasn't the case. It restored all of the songs, tv shows, everything to my refreshed Mac.
Unfortunately, it didn't restore the songs that I didn't buy. Which... totally sucked. SO, luckily I keep all of my MP3s on my other mac... all of them, except for my own songs. I didn't want to take the postmarked version of my CD out of my safe deposit box because it is my insurance against anybody stealing my music.
I thought I was just plain screwed until this morning when a co-worker mentioned that she had finally listened to my music, and I realized that I had lent it out to somebody. She had all of my songs except for my most recent, which I had posted to my personal hard drive.
Success!
I now have my Mac back in working order, All my iTunes purchases, and all of the music I created. It's a good day in my world.
Posted by Decemberice at 03:12 PM | Comments (0)
Gates on Apple; They are liars
Bill Gates, whom I actually respect quite a bit, decided to voice an opinion on the new "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" ads. He claimed that he wasn't sure why they were acting the way they were, and that there is no truth to it.
Though I tend to agree that the personification of a PC as a stodgy business man is inconsistent with the all encompassing user-base that Windows has... he's not really getting the point. The stodgy vs cool advertisement that's going on is the subtext. What's being brought to the surface, that perhaps Gates is uncomfortable with because it hits home, is that PCs crash more often, they don't ship with a decent suite of apps that the home-user can be excited about, they don't do style well, or all-in-one well, viruses and spyware are rampant on PCs...
These things are undeniable. Gates chose not to comment on those areas though... just on the persona chosen to represent a PC. It's interesting to note that he does so being infamous for his stodgy suites while Steve Jobs is equally known for his laidback sweatshirt, jeans, and sneakers image. Perhaps Apple is commenting more so on this than the average PC user.
Posted by Decemberice at 11:56 AM | Comments (4)
February 01, 2007
Sony Slides Yet Another Notch
So it now appears that Sony is so frustrated with the success Nintendo's Wii is experiencing in the face of the less than anticipated sales of the PS3, that they have begun trash talking Nintendo.
Sony claims that the Wii is an impulse buy, and that the PS3 is so almighty that it shouldn't be compared to the Wii at all. Sounds pretty cocky from a company who's console is getting dusty on store shelves. Perhaps they are feeling the sting of charging $600 for a console.
In the meantime, the Xbox 360 has stolen the crown from Sony in the Next Gen console market, and the Wii has moved up a rank as well. Sony better start moving some consoles... I'm sorry, some "Computer Entertainment Centers" as they are calling the PS3.
Check out the article on Engadget
Posted by Decemberice at 10:46 PM | Comments (3)