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Why OS X costs twice as much as Windows

Because people are happy to pay it. Microsoft's continuing Vista woes, including price cuts and a retreat to Windows XP on the low-end, obscures an important fact: Mac users pay more than double for Mac OS X than Windows. Are Mac users mindless robots, buying...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., OS X Upgrade, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-04-09

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Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fade

Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fadeTalk about beating a horse to death.How many more articles are we going to see about Windows pricing. Let me make it really simple for everyone:You either find the price acceptable for what you get and you buy Windows 7...

Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows, rose-colored discount, Windows 7 pricing, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Jul/Aug 09

Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Jul/Aug 09Adrian:Use Intel much?I appreciated your lineup, but noticed one glaring fact: while I can agree that Intel offers the best extreme processor in the i7 965 EE (for $1000), I noticed the glaring omission of any AMD parts. I think that if...

Tags: Processors, Virtualization, RAID, Jul/Aug 09, Hardware 2.0, Intel Corp., CPU, HyperThreading, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium

Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium3 Full copies or 3 Upgrade copies?The hard thing about comparing OS X with Windows is that you can only compare the Windows Upgrade version to the OS X in the retail chain because Windows Full, unlike OS X or Windows...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Home, Windows 7 Home Premium, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Why Windows 7 should be free

Why Windows 7 should be freeAm I the only one who had zero problems with Vista?This issue has been debated thoroughly across zdnet, so I have no desire to rehash it. But I am still not convinced that Vista's problems are systemic...and I think they are more a PR issue....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Flux 2.26 (Mac)

Flux 2 is a XHTML/CSS design tool for Mac OS X which brings professional features to an amateur price tags. Making full use of the power of Leopard, it's the most modern web design app for the Mac. Flux 2 is a free upgrade for all Flux 1 users.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Web Design, Flux 2, Xhtml, CSS, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS

Software downloads 2009-07-01

With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengers

Mozilla's browser broke Microsoft IE's lock on the market. But the new Firefox 3.5 faces other serious alternative-browser ontenders. A funny thing to happened to Firefox on the way to vanquishing Internet Explorer: the Mozilla browser's success opened the door for a host of its...

Tags: Web, Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Firefox 3.5, Performance Improvement, Jetpack, Snowl, Web Browsers, Internet, Firefox, Mozilla, browsers, Chrome, Safari, IE, Stephen Shankland, CNET News, Stephen Shankland, CNET News

News items 2009-06-30

Speed Download 5.2 (Mac)

Speed Download 5 combines four amazing products; a turbo-charged download manager with auto-resuming downloads, a fully featured secure FTP client, a file sharing utility with full encryption, and complete .Mac/iDisk/WEBDAV connectivity; into one small and easy to use application. Speed Download 5 also introduces a stunning new user interface option...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, SD Card, File-sharing, Yazsoft, Peer To Peer (P2P), Memory, Desktops, Flash Memory, Internet, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-06-30

And Windows 7's killer feature is ...

And Windows 7's killer feature is ...Invitation to Ed Bott:What is the killer feature, according to you?(note: has to be a feature for regular Joe Blow - not something that only admins get wet dreams about)RE: And Windows 7's killer feature is ...My bet for businesses would be XP mode....

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, killer feature, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Do you need more than Windows 7 Home Premium?

Do you need more than Windows 7 Home Premium?Do you need more than Windows 7 Home Premium?Much like running Windows XP Home on my laptop, Windows 7 Home Premium seems to be enough for most people. Who encrypts their files? The RAM limit is much because by the...

Tags: Operating systems, RAM Limit, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Home, Windows 7 Home Premium, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Do you need more than Windows 7 Home Premium?

One of the most frequent questions I get these days comes from people who've been running the Windows 7 beta and Release Candidate and are planning to upgrade to the final version when it's available on October 22. "Which edition of Windows 7 do I need?" Most of the feature...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh

Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh wow companies want you to buy stuff from them...details at 11I'd be interested in knowing how they arrived at the correlation between......older PCs and malware. I can't see why an older system would be any more likely to get malware than a brand...

Tags: SMB/SME, Cyberthreats, Intel Corp., small and medium enterprise, PC Refresh, PC

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Windows 7 upgrade pricing is too expensive

Windows 7 upgrade pricing is too expensiveAdrian, you just shot down your entire argument[i]If free really dominated people's thinking, Linux would commad a massive market share by now.[/i]If Windows was really too expensive (and Windows 7 is around the same price as Vista and XP were) and OS X was...

Tags: Pricing, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, amazon, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 upgrade pricing, Windows 7 Upgrade, pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows, massive market share, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Windows 7 versus Snow Leopard: How much do those upgrades really cost?

Windows 7 versus Snow Leopard: How much do those upgrades really cost?False ArticleI'd bet most Mac owners are running 10.5, even those that bought older Mac's. So the Majority of Mac users are able to upgrade for $29.Shoddy "journalism" all around.RE: Windows 7 versus Snow Leopard: How much do...

Tags: Operating systems, family pack, Microsoft Windows 7, Snow Leopard, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?

Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?These prices...after Vista? MS has cojones...It's disappointing that Microsoft is charging such outrageous amounts for their operating system for two reasons:1. The Vista debacle...no sign of a "mea culpa" from MS and there likely never will be. So much for...

Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Too-high, Microsoft Corp., pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows 7 pricing, Microsoft Windows, service pack

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Microsoft unveils 'screaming deals' for Windows 7

Microsoft unveils 'screaming deals' for Windows 7add at least 60% if you are outside the US! ntnt @pico_D: It cost that much to remove the browser? :) nt:)(Meant to be a reply to message, not user)RE: Microsoft unveils 'screaming deals' for Windows 7This isn't a deal for the versions of...

Tags: Operating systems, Corporate IT department, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

HTC announces the Hero with HTC Sense and Adobe Flash Player 10

HTC announces the Hero with HTC Sense and Adobe Flash Player 10RE:If this phone is under $200 I will buy it without hesitation, but it needs to happen soon. I have a SE phone that I've had for years, no web, no email...no sanity. I'm very close to just buying...

Tags: Keyboards, HTC Lancaster, High Tech Computer Corp., keyboard, Apple iPhone, HTC Sense, Adobe Systems Inc., phone, Adobe Flash Player

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

How about a Microsoft Security Essentials for servers?

How about a Microsoft Security Essentials for servers?Leave that for the 3rd party providersMS is already treading on anti-trust thin ice with the release of this for the client. By not stepping into the enterprise market, MS allows all the current AV providers to charge for their enterprise features. So...

Tags: Servers, X-WINDOWS, server, Microsoft Corp., security, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Counting down to Microsoft's Windows 7 retail-price unveiling

Counting down to Microsoft's Windows 7 retail-price unveilingNot likely to change my mind about MS...I'm quite certain their pricing for their various crippled Win 7 OS versions will still be a huge rip off compared to the "one OS for one reasonable price" pricing structure of Apple's OS X. So,...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system, OEM, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

How much do desktops matter?

How much do desktops matter?The desktop/laptop will be around longer than that.Laptops continue to grow more prevalent than desktops, but a workstation computer will be a very long standing fixture in the lives of those in the developed world. No one is going to write term papers on a...

Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, mobile world, desktop, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-06-19