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Archive for September 23rd, 2008

Apple and Threatened

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T-Mobile released it’s first Google Android powered device today snappily called the G1 and I don’t think it looks too bad. I prefer function over form in most cases.

However reading a few comments on websites, Apple/Mac-centric ones I came across the usual distubing comment that is elicited when a competitors product appears on the horizon pitched at a device Apple already offers (the iPhone in this case.) The comment simply read?

Should we feel threatened by the new G1?

Erm.

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September 23, 2008 at 8:02 pm

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Vista and Ideas

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So let’s see what I have running in my household (which consists of me, myself and I):

  • OpenSUSE 11 on the laptop
  • Windows XP and 2000 on the Dell
  • Windows NT 4 Server on the other Dell which is a glorified NAS (Network Attached Storage) box
  • Mac OS X 10.4 on the eMac
  • Mac OS 9.2 on the iMac

A balanced lot I think. The top two get the most use in general. The time has come however to take the jump and start plugging away with Windows Vista.

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Written by lilserenity

September 23, 2008 at 7:42 pm