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Technology Of The Noughties: The Modern Operating System (Windows & Mac OS X)
December 30, 2009
When you see how much technology has advanced in the past decade, it’s hard to see ourselves going back to old operating systems (OS) to carry out everyday tasks. Plagued by troublesome networking setups, kernel panics and third party hardware setup (plug and what?), I could never go back to using an OS prior to Windows XP or Mac OS X – could you?
BumpTop Review (3D Desktop Application)
October 7, 2009
Look at a picture of a Windows 95 desktop and a Windows 7 desktop. What’s changed? You may say they look entirely different with flashy themes and an orb in place of the old beige taskbar and start button, but when you see past the themes and modern graphics, you’re left with the same file management system on your desktop that you were using almost 15 years ago! The minimum system requirements for Windows 95 included a whopping 4MB of memory, 50MB of HDD space and a 386DX processor, which could be clocked up to an incredible 40MHz. See where I’m going with this? Needless to say, hardware’s advancing at such a rate, yet we’re still using a 2D desktop with limited functionality.
Windows 7 Beta – First Impressions
January 11, 2009
Well Windows 7 Beta is released and it’s certainly no Chicago! What were our first impressions of this new operating system? Is it any good?
Well, when installed on a moderately capable PC, Windows 7 Beta is a complete, competent, capable and stable solution to any conceivable computing need.
It is intuitive, easier to use than OSX, installs ALL your hardware on it’s own without restarting, it does away with workgroup networking for the home user forever!
Continue reading »When The Windows Blows: A Post-Apocalyptic Commentary On Vista – Part 3
November 7, 2008
This Island Apple
I remember Betamax. It was superior to VHS in many ways. As it turned out, that really didn’t matter in the format war. VHS was backed by the most companies, was a little cheaper and was “good enough” for most of us. The fact that it was the best didn’t make Betamax the right format to back and the same is so true of the Mac.
Everything interesting always happens on the PC, because everyone interesting is almost always using one. The PC market is so overwhelming that innovators and developers will always focus their attentions there. Of course, the truth is that there is now no compelling reason to choose one format over another. Except for.. well.. it’s Windows isn’t it?
Continue reading »When The Windows Blows: A Post-Apocalyptic Commentary On Vista – Part 2
October 10, 2008
You live in a Petri Dish and you suck.
Microsoft have always treated their customers like lab rats. If the NHS were run by Microsoft, we wouldn’t be looking to NICE to test drugs. Microsoft would release every drug on to the market and then release minor drugs later on to help combat the initial drug’s side effects.
In my opinion, it’s one of Microsoft’s biggest flaws and well… They just don’t seem to learn do they?
The Public BETA of Vista was quite a noble proposition. The idea that anyone could download it, test it and provide feedback is a great idea. It makes for a great promotional tool and promises a vast and diverse test bed, leading to a theoretically more stable product and a ready-made consumer base of BETA testers waiting to get their hands on the finished product. The problem was that the BETA2 version of Vista which most people downloaded was a total dog.
Continue reading »When The Windows Blows: A Post-Apocalyptic Commentary On Vista – Part 1
October 1, 2008
I remember Windows 95 on floppies and it was rubbish
I think it came on about 17 of the little buggers (proprietary 2MB formatted so don’t think you’ll be backing any of them up).
Of course, I couldn’t wait to crowbar the thing on to my 486. As the “Start me up” advert with the Rolling Stones resonated in my memory, I was about to install the RTM version of Chicago!! The true power of my Multi-Media PC was about to spring to life! It was all going to be perfect, because Mick said so!
Well, it made a grown man cry.
