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A rant. Sort of... ;)

Microsoft is good. (*cough...*) Yeah, I can hear you rumble. But think of it: MS has spent the past two or three years helping Apple. They've let viri and worms take over the desktops and notebooks running Windows XP. They've made it harder than ever to actually use their OS, since it now takes even activation to get to a working system. But they didn't stop there! They admitted there's a spyware problem (a big one) with Windows by putting out an anti-spyware software now. And they don't even stop there and have postponed Longhorn over and over again.

Wake Up, Apple! - I mean: How much opportunities can Microsoft give Apple to succeed? They've done everything imaginable apart from going out of business, which is understandable, I believe. Wouldn't make much sense now, would it. But Apple: Are you, at all, willing to take the chance? The Mac mini is certainly one step in the right direction. But I don't see you fighting for it just yet. The window's still open. But Microsoft isn't known to be very patient with competitors. They've given you some time, but that time will close when Longhorn arrives. Then, people will upgrade their PCs and upgrade to Longhorn.
Before that is the time when you can persuade people out there that there's a better way. Come on! Bring on iBooks for 699 and 799 USD. Come ON! Bring us faster PowerMacs and PowerBooks already. Give what it bloody takes. If MS makes it to Longhorn before Apple can snatch back some of the market, if Linux continues to eat into that window MS has opened - and Apple continues to struggle along with cash to spare in the back pocket... Could we really forgive Apple?

[ written by fryke™ on 2005-01-17 at 13:04 CET ]
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VGA PocketPC and VNC -> Mac

WIRED has a story about an Austrian Mac user who leaves his PowerBook at home and uses it from cafés and other places via VNC over WiFi on his PocketPC, which has a 640*480 screen. While I'd rather see Apple do a real subnotebook once again (we've got the cheap Mac now, now we're pushing other stuff, right?), I think it's a nice story. Not that _I_ would consider working like that, really - although I sure hope there'll be a VNC client for my Nokia Communicator one day... ;)

[ written by fryke™ on 2005-01-17 at 12:09 CET ]
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