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Windows Vista just can't catch a break

Windows Vista just can't catch a breakThat's unfair, not everybody loves to hate Vista... there's Penelope, Rupert, Ballmer, No_Ax, Loverock, Ye and friends ...Vista isn't the problem. Microsoft is...I don't hate Vista. I just strongly dislike Microsoft and their marketing strategies geared toward bilking consumers out of every possible dollar...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, XP SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system, Microsoft Corp., SKU, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-04-21

Microsoft axes paid versions of Office Live Small Business

Microsoft is merging the three existing paid versions of its Office Live Small Business product into one and making that single version available for free, the company announced on February 11. Office Live Small Business is the set of Web-based services, targeted at companies with 10 employees...

Tags: Microsoft Office Live, Small Business, Microsoft Corp., Service, Office Live Small Business, SKU, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-11

Sub-$300 PCs and SKU proliferation

Sub-$300 PCs and SKU proliferationResponse to price...... is not strict. If it were, everyone would be using free copies of desktop Linux. Office is an even better example of acceptable pricing because it's a separate purchsae from the pc itself. OpenOffice has little traction.When considering what the...

Tags: OpenOffice, SKU, SKU Proliferation, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-19

Sub-$300 PCs and SKU proliferation

As reported yesterday, Wal-Mart has started selling a Sub-$300 PC that runs Windows Vista just in time for the back-to-school shopping set. Though the machine won't win any performance awards, it still strikes me as "not so bad" for a $300.00 PC. It sports an 80GB hard drive an a...

Tags: Microsoft, Economic Policy

Blog posts 2007-07-19

New iPods for the holidays

New iPods for the holidaysNew iPods for the holidaysThey might be a little too diverse in their ipod offerings which could hurt them. Too many models to choose from, confusing customers.Nice TicYou are correct sir. That was wrong of me to include all the OS's from Apple that...

Tags: Digital music, Operating systems, Digital media, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., iPODS, SKU, New iPods, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Loverock, Apple iPod, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-10-11

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Microsoft's $300 million makeover

Microsoft's $300 million makeoverI'm For GatesIt works for Apple. why not turn Apple's lovable, but inept buisiness type into Bill and fight fire with fire?sell the company...there's no way, that M$ is getting a better name because of this "stunt"..They can take classes about ethics, morality etc.. all they like,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., advertisement, operating system, ad campaign, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent

Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percentExchange for Small Business?A small business running their own Exchange Server is silly. There are many viable and less expensive outsourcing alternatives. The same can be said for Sharepoint.Agreed. Good features, overkill for small businessI think the new price is great...

Tags: Servers, Groupware, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, price 80-percent, Windows Small Business, Windows Small Business Server price 80-percent, server, small business, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent

When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will be substantially higher -- as much as 80 percent -- than the current version of Small Business Server. Surprisingly, some testers and at least one market researcher don't seem fazed...

Tags: U.S., Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Product, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, CAL, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMac

In a comment left yesterday by Davewrite under my story about the new, speedier iMacs noted that the Intel Core Duo Extreme processor found in the new iMacs is not yet available in any PC. In fact, the chip isn't officially rolled out by Intel yet. According...

Tags: Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Montevina, Processors, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Windows updates galore: The latest on SPs, FPs and UEs

The Windows client team has been pushing out service packs SPs, a new feature pack FP and Ultimate Extra add-ons for Vista over the past few days -- to varying degrees of customer satisfaction. On April 23, Microsoft began rolling out via its Automatic Update mechanism SP1...

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Poll of the Day - Should Apple decouple the OS from their hardware?

Poll of the Day - Should Apple decouple the OS from their hardware?Poll calculations need to be fixedAt the time I write this there are 15 votes.... 53% Yes, 53% No. Huh?There's lots of beauty in vertical integrationIt's the tight integration of hardware and software which makes the Mac...

Tags: Operating systems, Open Architecture, Lifeboat, Apple Inc., operating system, hardware, OSX

Discussion threads 2008-04-17

Vista fiasco continues with retreat to XP

Vista fiasco continues with retreat to XPVista is what squeezed me outof the MS flock. I was an avid supporter and advocate for MS right up to XP. I reluctantly went to XP Pro. Then along came WGA and false positives and Redmond telling me I needed to replace an...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Vista fiasco, ULCPC, fiasco, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Discussion threads 2008-04-04

Will You Standardize the @#$%! Chargers Please

Will You Standardize the @#$%! Chargers PleaseI don't know about other bluetooth headsetsbut mine would be to small for a micro-USB port to fit in nicely. That's why it and probably most others have a thin, almost needle-like end on its adapter. I like micro-USB too, and most of my...

Tags: Digital music, Cable, Digital media, Media players, Big Business, charger, adapter

Discussion threads 2008-03-24

Why Windows 7 might go to pieces

There are a growing number of clues that Windows 7 -- the next version of Windows about which Microsoft continues to remain mum -- could be available in pieces. By "pieces," I mean a couple of different things: 1. Delivered in a role-based fashion,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-20

Xbox 360 owners - No Blu-ray for you!

Xbox 360 owners - No Blu-ray for you!XBox is not sellingand Blu-ray movies are over priced.Why should anybody want to buy two useless electronics??I KNEW this was going to happen...I always felt MS had this "You know, releasing that HDDVD Player might not have been such a good idea" thinking...

Tags: Game players, Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360 owner, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Corp., BluRay

Discussion threads 2008-03-13

There's more than one way to make Microsoft software 'serviceable'

Microsoft's Software+Services (S+S) strategy comes in many guises. At its Convergence 2008 conference in Orlando this week for its business-applications customers and partners, Microsoft highlighted yet another one of its S+S forms: Third-party service extensions to its on-premise software. Microsoft's business applications include four different ERP suites,...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Service Extension, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-12

Vista Ultimate team releases new discounts, but no new freebies (yet)

After a week on the road, I'm catching up on a few interesting news items I missed this past week. One of them involves Microsoft's Vista Ultimate. Microsoft has caught hell -- as it deserved to -- for failing to deliver in a timely manner the Ultimate...

Tags: Team, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-09

Worries about Intel, AMD demand abound

Worries about Intel, AMD demand aboundamd weaknessis that they don't advertise as aggressively as Intel, you ask the average joe with no computer background if they have ever heard of Intel they will tell you "yes it's a computer" but if you ask about AMD they would have no idea...

Tags: Chipsets, Semiconductors, AMD-systems, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., motherboard, chipset

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

Don%27t+get+too+excited+about+those+Vista+price+cuts

Don%27t+get+too+excited+about+those+Vista+price+cutsVistardVistard - Dumber Than a Box of Rocks, But Way More Expensive!RE: Don't get too excited about those Vista price cutsAlready headed for the markdown rack...;-)Buy Microsoft Windows!The new low Vista price cuts into your pocketbook much more efficiently than ever before!RE: Don't get too excited about those Vista price...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Price Cuts, Vista Price

Discussion threads 2008-02-29

Server 2008: The Windows Workstation we always wanted

Server 2008: The Windows Workstation we always wantedI have a feelingthat MS would not be so willing to do this at Vista Business' licensing price. They would try to market it at a more premium price if it is to be marketed as a premium product, even if it does...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Workstations, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, workstation, Microsoft Windows, Server 2008, server

Discussion threads 2008-02-26