In a conference, Steve Ballmer gave its opinion on the renewal of market shares by Apple. According to him, recent data prove that Apple is now in retreat. He considers that this turn down is related to the economic reversal and that it is useless to pay $500 more to buy a machine identical to a PC juste with a logo in the apple shape.
If we are often accused of playing the anti PC troll, however it is not right to let such statements pass by. It is somewhat revealing; Ballmer sought to compare the hardware side whereas its company is concerned with the software. Admittedly, Mac is often very close a PC internally; the greatest difference is precisely at the level of the operating system , and let us leave no doubt about best OS, Vista haa proved that it is difficult to sell with or without Apple as competition.
In fact, and in a more general way, since Ballmer took command of Microsoft, the company did not record any great success:
- Vista? A resounding failure.
- Zune? Without comment.
- Xbox 360? It is not imposed as standard.
Apple announces 17" iMac for $899
In its March eNews mailing to education users, Apple has revealed plans to offer a 17" iMac starting at $899, alongside its current 20" and 24" iMac models now being sold to the general public.
Why no iPhone support for Firefox mobile beta?
The beta version is still slow and has a ways to go before it can compete with Apple's iPhone-ized Safari browser, but these are forgivable shortcomings, given its beta status.No, the real problem with Fennec is that it's available only for one platform: Nokia's N810 Internet Tablet. Who cares about that device?
Macgamestore releases Sally's Spa for Mac
Macgamestore.com has released the sequel to its Sallyís Salon game for the Mac, Sallyís Spa. In the game Sally has taken a break from the salon business and teamed up with her friend Nell, in order to begin running a spa. Featuring 10 different spas across the world, Players will have to deal with over 12 different customer types including wedding brides, couples, and high rollers, and provides ni...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8’s Epic Fail: Scores 20/100 on Acid3 vs. Apple Safari’s perfect 100
When IE 8 dropped on Thursday, many in the development community rushed to download it...
Nova updates GlobeSurfer III 3G wireless router
Nova media has announced an update to its 3G wireless router GlobeSurfer III. The device works by connecting to the internet via a mobile network provider, and allows a local network to share the internet through a wireless LAN and Ethernet. The new version comes with a failover principal that enables the device to automatically switch to a 3G connection when the current internet connection goes d...
Apple seeds new Mac OS X 10.5.7 build; release imminent
Apple has this weekend seeded a new build (9J34) of the next update to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard...
Over 80% of Mac Intel on Hardmac
From time to time, we post news about the evolution of software, hardware and browser of our readers. Thanks to google analytics, it turns out that over 80% of our Mac visitors are using a Mac Intel, the part of PPC hardware keeps reducing every day.
Similarly, the hardware distibuton is as follow:
Indeed, the iPhone is now the third platform of our readers, and the iPod touch is even ranked on the 5th positions. We will follow the evolution other the coming months.
Did Apple just leak $899 17-inch iMac model?
An Apple educational newsletter for March 2009 apparently offers a 17-inch iMac starting at $899...
Did Lenovo invent Apple's netbook?
A series of reports and rumors predict that Apple will ship a netbook this year. Lenovo suddenly "leaks" a two-year-old prototype with a unique form-factor that would be *perfect* for Apple's netbook. Coincidence?
For Ballmer, a Mac is a PC costing $500 more
In a conference, Steve Ballmer gave its opinion on the renewal of market shares by Apple. According to him, recent data prove that Apple is now in retreat. He considers that this turn down is related to the economic reversal and that it is useless to pay $500 more to buy a machine identical to a PC juste with a logo in the apple shape.
If we are often accused of playing the anti PC troll, however it is not right to let such statements pass by. It is somewhat revealing; Ballmer sought to compare the hardware side whereas its company is concerned with the software. Admittedly, Mac is often very close a PC internally; the greatest difference is precisely at the level of the operating system , and let us leave no doubt about best OS, Vista haa proved that it is difficult to sell with or without Apple as competition.
In fact, and in a more general way, since Ballmer took command of Microsoft, the company did not record any great success:
- Vista? A resounding failure.
- Zune? Without comment.
- Xbox 360? It is not imposed as standard.
Apple announces 17" iMac for $899
In its March eNews mailing to education users, Apple has revealed plans to offer a 17" iMac starting at $899, alongside its current 20" and 24" iMac models now being sold to the general public.
Why no iPhone support for Firefox mobile beta?
The beta version is still slow and has a ways to go before it can compete with Apple's iPhone-ized Safari browser, but these are forgivable shortcomings, given its beta status.No, the real problem with Fennec is that it's available only for one platform: Nokia's N810 Internet Tablet. Who cares about that device?
Macgamestore releases Sally's Spa for Mac
Macgamestore.com has released the sequel to its Sallyís Salon game for the Mac, Sallyís Spa. In the game Sally has taken a break from the salon business and teamed up with her friend Nell, in order to begin running a spa. Featuring 10 different spas across the world, Players will have to deal with over 12 different customer types including wedding brides, couples, and high rollers, and provides ni...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8’s Epic Fail: Scores 20/100 on Acid3 vs. Apple Safari’s perfect 100
When IE 8 dropped on Thursday, many in the development community rushed to download it...
Nova updates GlobeSurfer III 3G wireless router
Nova media has announced an update to its 3G wireless router GlobeSurfer III. The device works by connecting to the internet via a mobile network provider, and allows a local network to share the internet through a wireless LAN and Ethernet. The new version comes with a failover principal that enables the device to automatically switch to a 3G connection when the current internet connection goes d...
Apple seeds new Mac OS X 10.5.7 build; release imminent
Apple has this weekend seeded a new build (9J34) of the next update to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard...
Over 80% of Mac Intel on Hardmac
From time to time, we post news about the evolution of software, hardware and browser of our readers. Thanks to google analytics, it turns out that over 80% of our Mac visitors are using a Mac Intel, the part of PPC hardware keeps reducing every day.
Similarly, the hardware distibuton is as follow:
Indeed, the iPhone is now the third platform of our readers, and the iPod touch is even ranked on the 5th positions. We will follow the evolution other the coming months.
Did Apple just leak $899 17-inch iMac model?
An Apple educational newsletter for March 2009 apparently offers a 17-inch iMac starting at $899...
Did Lenovo invent Apple's netbook?
A series of reports and rumors predict that Apple will ship a netbook this year. Lenovo suddenly "leaks" a two-year-old prototype with a unique form-factor that would be *perfect* for Apple's netbook. Coincidence?
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