Comments on: Microsoft Longs For the Golden Age of FUD http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/microsoft-longs-for-the-golden-age-of-fud/ Sat, 18 May 2013 17:41:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: cygnus http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/microsoft-longs-for-the-golden-age-of-fud/#comment-343744 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:01:07 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21542#comment-343744 Having owned a PC for the last seven years, I recently purchased a Macbook. I have in that time period ran four versions of Windows, including Windows 7 RC1, & various distros of Linux on my PCs. PC owners beware that when Microsoft puts out a new system, if you choose to upgrade, you will find that you will have issues with both drivers & software. Old programs won’t install or run as they did on XP. One reason I got a Mac is better support for old software, whether installing an OS natively, or through virtualization.
Mac OS X can boot from an external drive, Windows won’t.
Mac OS X, is more secure than Windows, because it is based on UNIX. Microsoft can brag about 90% of the world’s computers running Windows, but they don’t tell you that 100% of the malware on the web is written for Windows.
I recently upgraded the Macbook to Snow Leopard, it’s the first time I have seen an OS report a hard drive at the same capacity as stated. My 128 GB SATA SSD shows up as a 128 GB drive instead of 119 GB.
Upgrading OS X gives you more space, upgrading Windows doesn’t. All the apps that came with Leopard installed with no problem. Apple is clearly superior in terms of efficiency & backward compatability than any PC.
As to Microsoft FUD, my response is this: The next time I see Steve Ballmer preaching it, I’ll picture him as Elmer Fudd, except instead of hunting ” that wascally wabbit” He will be confused as to whether it’s apple season or penguin season.

]]> By: Microsoft: We Couldn’t Kill the iPod, Maybe We Can Kill the iPod touch http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/microsoft-longs-for-the-golden-age-of-fud/#comment-343743 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:01:58 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21542#comment-343743 [...] wrote about this before, but Microsoft is being “old school” lately. They’re partying like it’s 1999; [...]

]]> By: 微软“苹果税”报告引发极大争议 « 每日IT新闻，最新IT资讯，聚合多站点消息，保证你与世界同步 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/microsoft-longs-for-the-golden-age-of-fud/#comment-343742 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:29:29 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21542#comment-343742 [...] 微软CEO鲍尔默公开指责苹果电脑比PC贵太多，是因为苹果Logo值500美元。可能是为了印证这番话，微软资助Roger Kay发布了标题为“苹果税(PDF)”的报告。 报告比较了不同PC与Mac的配置，指出若买家购买两台Windows PC的话，会比选购两台Mac省下3000美元。Roger Kay计算得出在5年内，苹果用户总计要多付3367美元。这篇报告迅速在技术圈引发强烈的回应，专栏作家和博客纷纷抨击微软的不实宣传。苹果粉丝声称这是微软的FUD。然而Kay的报告及同时发布电视广告，无疑冲击了苹果忠实信徒的神经。 [...]

]]> By: Casey http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/microsoft-longs-for-the-golden-age-of-fud/#comment-343741 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:27:39 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21542#comment-343741 Word up t windows 95 the last piece of Microsoft software i was ever willing to spend money on.

]]> By: Tom Reestman http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/microsoft-longs-for-the-golden-age-of-fud/#comment-343740 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:11:13 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21542#comment-343740 Brian,

It looks like the Godwin’s link didn’t play nice with the apostrophe. It should be:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

]]> By: Brian http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/microsoft-longs-for-the-golden-age-of-fud/#comment-343739 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:01:52 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21542#comment-343739 Apparently no one was intrigued as to the nature of the Godwin’ slaw link. Or at least no one felt it worthy of note.

]]> By: Ricki http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/microsoft-longs-for-the-golden-age-of-fud/#comment-343738 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:38:25 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21542#comment-343738 Hi Tom

I know it was a bit provocative, but I actually meant it.
1.
Every new product, OS and software upgrade for iLife, iWork etc. from Apple is a “revolutionary new …” making everything, even that gadget they released themselves only 5 months ago, completely obsolete. They get everyone, especially me:) , worked up over some small enhancement to the OS/Software/Hardware that 50% never knew they needed and 50% never will use. It’s brilliant, they don’t force it on me or twist my arm..but I want it, why? See 2. and 3.

2. and 3.
Ohh Apple is the undisputed master of cloak and daggers, I really don’t believe that the “cellphone pictures from distant asian factories” and the “trusted sources” doesn’t sometimes come directly from Apples top with clear instructions on how to bait the blogosphere. This makes all the “analysts” reading the blogs go ape doo-doo and start praising stuff that nobody ever saw.
Apple might be all the way up there when it comes to marketing budgets, but they generate at least twice that amount of publicity from the bottom up at 1/100 of the cost. Leading me on to..
4.
Apple makes mastermind campaigns that goes directly for the heart, cause that is where the money is. MS tried going “You can have a business solution with..bla bla bla” but Apple went “This is so sexy and easy to use that it will definitely rub off on you if you buy it” even though it sounds sinister, it actually shows that Apple knows they are selling stuff to real people, which again rubs of on the way they put together their products. Microsoft still thinks their customers are minions they can boss around. Apple uses this with surgical precision, everything timed around keynotes, WWDC and competitors product releases.

So that was why I used “subtle and elegant” :) but still claim that the tactics could just as well be Apples.

]]> By: Brian Hogg http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/microsoft-longs-for-the-golden-age-of-fud/#comment-343737 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:02:56 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21542#comment-343737 “I have still yet to see a great list of things Windows 7 can do over windows XP (or even windows 98 for that matter).”

You could make that same statement for the majority of recent OSes, as they’re all pretty mature. What can you do with Leopard that you couldn’t do with OS X 10.0, really? I mean, sure, there are lots of little things, lots of new products and features, but is there a fundamental difference between the functionality of the two operating systems? I don’t think so.

Also, are you familiar enough with Windows to know what’s in it? Not a slam, but a genuine question, because I’ve noticed that people on both sides of the Mac/PC divide seem terribly well aware of the benefits of their chosen platform, but only aware of the faults of the other.

]]> By: Eideard http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/microsoft-longs-for-the-golden-age-of-fud/#comment-343736 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:27:36 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21542#comment-343736 Even Office wasn’t innovative. Ashton-Tate’s Framework beat it to the streets by years and had the simplicity of DOS and smooth communication between modules.

They just didn’t have the smarts to port to Windows or Apple’s OS. Left behind when everyone else moved on from DOS.

]]> By: Bas http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/microsoft-longs-for-the-golden-age-of-fud/#comment-343735 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:22:02 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21542#comment-343735 Perhaps the good old days were the good old days for Microsoft because they had the best stuff. Sure, everybody was bitching about windows 98 being unstable and all that, but those people were using it all the same. What has changed since then, is not that microsoft no longer controls all journalists (they never did, if you disagree then please back it up), it is that those journalists have other platforms to talk about.

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