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Windows 7 and the beast: the user experience extreme makeover

by Aaron Kraus on Aug 3, 2009 at 06:27 PM

Assuming you had the right hardware, properly loaded software drivers, and the gods of fortune were smiling favorably upon you, Windows Vista brought what was arguably one of the biggest changes to the Windows User Interface since Windows 95. XP really warmed over what had already been accomplished, then wrapped… Continue Reading »

Windows 7 to come in 6 different flavors; Microsoft still doesn’t get it

by Josh Holat on Feb 4, 2009 at 07:15 AM

Microsoft’s highly anticipated Windows 7 operating system fixes many of the problems in the tragedy that is Vista. However, when it comes to one thing, Microsoft still doesn’t understand what they are doing. It has been announced that the Windows 7 SKU (stock keeping unit) will offer six different varieties… Continue Reading »

Are you a PC? Or, has Microsoft missed the point?

by Aaron Kraus on Oct 27, 2008 at 06:38 AM

Apple has fired back in the ad wars. See the ads here, read thoughtful analysis of the point Apple seeks to make here or here. More important than this second round of cinematic squabbling, however, are reactions to the campaigns: blogs the world over are sounding off with reactions, analysis,… Continue Reading »

Darwine 1.0 stable release is here, run Windows apps on a Mac

by Aaron Kraus on Jul 6, 2008 at 09:14 AM

Darwine, the OS X port of the popular wine compatibility layer, has reached a stable version 1.0. Thanks to Mike over at kronenberg.org, it is available pre-compiled and ready to run. Until now, the alternative has been to download the source from SourceForge, which requires compiling the code. Version 1… Continue Reading »

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