I recently posted a quote from Steve Ballmer discussing a key difference between Apple and Microsoft, which I titled A Complete Experience. Having spent a bit more time thinking about it, I thought I would capture some of those thoughts…
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A Complete Experience
9/16/2008 – 11:35 am
In the competition between PCs and Macs, we outsell Apple 30-to-1. But there is no doubt that Apple is thriving. Why? Because they are good at providing an experience that is narrow but complete, while our commitment to choice often…
Burning Chrome
9/2/2008 – 10:12 am
Google Chrome Comic
Google plans to release a new browser soon, based on Webkit, but with a new JavaScript engine, which is expected to be significantly faster than most browsers and will be sandboxed to ensure that a crash in one tab…
Print to PDF on Windows Without Acrobat
1/15/2008 – 3:15 pm
I recently needed to produce a PDF on my XP box at work, but as I didn’t have Adobe Acrobat Professional installed I had to do some digging. Luckily it didn’t take too long to find a convenient solution. Even…
Virtual PC set free - further thoughts
7/13/2006 – 8:45 am
After my initial post about Virtual PC and subsequent mailings to a couple of Web dev lists that I am subscribed to, I had a couple of interesting conversations on what this release means and why/if it is important. The question…
Virtual PC Set Free
7/12/2006 – 4:49 pm
Microsoft has set Virtual PC free. Makes me wonder if the folks in Redmond have taken notice of Apple’s free BootCamp or Parallel’s Desktop app. Use Virtual PC to “run multiple operating systems at the same time on the same physical computer. Switch…
Right-click in XP on MacBook Pro
5/31/2006 – 10:41 am
Add right-click to XP on MacBook and MacBook Pro - This should make life much easier while testing code on XP in Bootcamp, and I would assume Parallels as well.
Games on XP/MacTel
4/15/2006 – 9:52 am
Apparently some games running on XP on the MacTel run insanely fast - too fast in fact. To fix the speed issue, one has to tell the system to only use one of the procesors for the game. Good to…
Boot Camp
4/5/2006 – 9:22 am
The pieces are falling into place… My shift to the Mac will be complete, now that Apple has released Boot Camp, software that will allow users to run Windows XP on Intel based Macs. A tasty quote from the release:
“Apple…
XP on MacTel is official
3/16/2006 – 9:25 am
The fine folks at Engadget bring word that the installation of Windows XP on an Intel-powered Mac has been verified, generating $13,000 of prize money for the winner, narf2006. It sounds like extensive hacking was involved, so it is by no means ready…