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Microsoft shelves its Virtual PC for Mac

Microsoft shelves its Virtual PC for MacHow many fools have said this with every version of Office.Far too many for you to be the first in line...MBU is too important to MSNo way do I see them dropping Office for the Macs - it's been around (Word & Excel) even...

Tags: Desktops, MBU, Microsoft Virtual PC, PC, OpenOffice, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2006-08-07

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Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your

Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your Microsoft vs. AppleMicrosoft would be nuts to try that again. The DOJ would be all over them if they did.Just because you discover a killer instinct or re-discover one does not mean the other side will loose their killer instinct. Pagan jimConvoluted, upside...

Tags: Desktops, Web browsers, Microsoft Office, Digital music, Office 2008, Mac BU, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-03

Why Microsoft

Why MicrosoftIt was just an analogyI had a good idea how it worked, it was just a a simplistic example.But at the same time, I am sure that Apple would not sign a contract with Microsoft that would allow for them to walk away, leaving Apple without one of the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Strategy, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-01

Office 2008 for Mac details revealed at Apple Expo

Office 2008 for Mac details revealed at Apple ExpoVastly overpriced bloatware from the Bloatfarmas usual.When Apple can produce a suite of software for a small fraction of the cost with better interfaces and user friendliness, you know that the bloat ethos with its vastly overblown "content" and vastly overblown prices...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., bloatware

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

VMware Fusion for OS X ready to lift off

VMware Fusion for OS X ready to lift offThink different?The ability to reboot into different OSs on different partitions is hardly something that is unique to Macs. Typically, when one says "Think Different", they mean "Think outside of the box to come up with a better solution than one could...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Apple Macintosh, OSX, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Inc., Leopard, VMware Fusion

Discussion threads 2007-08-02

What can we learn from Microsoft's Mac BU blog?

What can we learn from Microsoft's Mac BU blog?I'd really like to work there...From these blogs, the MBU sounds like a great place to work. It seems like everyone is very passionate about what they do. The entry 'Being a macintosh girl in Microsoft' confirms what I expected (i.e....

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., password, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Mac BU, dot-Mac, blog

Discussion threads 2006-08-31

iWork '07 wishlist

It looks like Apple is preparing to make a big splash at Macworld Expo in January with iWork '07. Apple is believed to preparing Charts 1.0, a spreadsheet application that will round out their iWork '07 suite. I prefer the name that Apple trademarked in June 2005 ("Numbers"), so...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple iWork

Blog posts 2006-07-11

Microsoft delays Virtual PC 7 for Macs

Microsoft delays Virtual PC 7 for MacsI Can See It Now ...When a user buys the new version, they will notice it is a bit larger than previous packages. Inside they will find the new and improved Virtual PC, which includes a real pc and a copy of Windows.Convicted Monopolist...

Tags: Desktops, VPC version 6.x, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Virtual PC, PC, FireWire, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2004-05-12