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Does Windows have a viable future?

Thu Feb 21 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)apple linux windows

Microsoft have enjoyed a long stretch as dominant market-share holder in the desktop market; but now they face stiff competition from two sides: OSX and Linux. Can they maintain their strong position?

7 things Windows 7 has to do to win me back

Wed Jan 30 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)linux windows windows 7

As I keep harking on, I moved to Linux. I’m happy and things are getting a lot more routine for me. I’ve been seeing a lot of fake screenshots this week for Windows 7 and it made me think what I would need from the next version of Windows to migrate back.

This Operatic madness must not succeed

Fri Dec 14 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)ie microsoft opera windows

It’s an Opera of gigantic proportions with the company behind the, err, Opera browser whinging to the European Commission that Microsoft shouldn’t be allowed to include their browser IE with Windows.

Will Windows 7 be another driver disaster?

Fri Nov 02 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)windows

As Linux and OSX toddle on, catering for every hardware device under the sun, Windows 7 looks like it’s going to have a complete refresh of drivers, effectively taking it back to square 1 in the game of hardware support.

3 moments in Vista that make me consider Linux

Thu Sep 06 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)linux vista windows

While I definitely think some elements of Vista are definite improvements, 10 months of experience has shown me there are some things that just annoy me to my very core. Here are the three things that most make me wish I had the strength to move over to Linux — full time.

MPEGs cause Vista’s Explorer to crash

Sun Sep 02 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)crash rant windows

Video: watch a simple download crash explorer over and over again. This really reminds me how feeble the underlying systems are in Windows.

I’m a Windows enthusiast

Wed Feb 28 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)rant windows

Reason 172: Solitaire

Wed Feb 07 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)games microsoft vista windows

Disabling Explorer Tooltips

Tue Nov 28 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)windows

The People vs IE7

Wed Nov 01 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)browsers ie7 releases windows

Moving to Ubuntu — Part 1

Mon Oct 30 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)linux news ubuntu windows

Ubuntu and Linux are NOT consumer ready

Mon Oct 30 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)linux rant ubuntu windows

What Really Slows Windows Down

Fri Sep 22 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)benchmarks other windows

The follow up experiment testing more software with improved benchmarks. If you want to know what applications are slowing down your machine, check out this post.

What Slows Windows Down?

Sun Sep 10 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)benchmarks other windows

The first of two studies carried out in September 2006 showing what types of software and more interestingly which versions of those types make Windows XP slow down.

UK Government to make Vista EVEN worse

Fri Feb 17 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)uk vista windows