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    Why Microsoft Wants to Return to the 1990s

    September 11th, 2008

    Since I posted my observations about that boring vignette that passes for a Microsoft commercial, featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld, some of you have responded with your own comments. Most, I think, agreed with me that it was a yawner that seriously failed to deliver on its promise, which was to get you to […]


    The Tiger Report: Are System Requirements Too Stiff?

    May 7th, 2005

    A few days before Tiger was released, I got a call from a local physician asking if his early generation iMac could run 10.4. “Does it have built-in FireWire,” I asked, and he had to check. “No,” he said sadly, understanding the implications, that it was time to retire that faithful computer. Sure, that doctor […]