Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

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re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

Waethorn — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:39:37 GMT

BTW, mike:

I didn't get a chance to post something in an earlier article:

WinAntirus has no EULA. It gets installed without user intervention or permission. A trojan downloader is typically the source of it, and trojan downloaders are often installed when someone clicks one of those "Your computer is infected with x0000 viruses" ad banners after clicking on a Google ad link.

Also: I just wanted to say that UEFI is now usable. The slow boot bug was caused by a poorly-written Intel EFI firmware. Now AHCI works fine, and it boots at normal speed. No more Legacy IDE mode is required for UEFI support. They just released a new BIOS as of 10/28/08 which fixed the issue.

That means that systems now ship with fully UEFI-compliant BIOS's that support full functionality of the board. No more is the "Apple supports EFI, when PC's don't" argument is valid.

Now, PC's have a better EFI implementation: The open standard UEFI (EFI 2.0) specification, rather than Apple's proprietary version of EFI 1.1.

re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

mikegalos@msn.com — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:30:47 GMT

Waethorn

Hemlines go up, hemlines go down.

When you're selling fashion you don't sell innovation, you just sell, "New for 2009!!!" even if the "new" is actually retro and the same thing you said was horribly gauche two years earlier. (as long as people don't have their two year old gauche ones still sitting around)

re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

Waethorn — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:25:09 GMT

"Which is why Microsoft announced a geodistributed cloud operating system and Apple announced that Aluminum was the new White."

So why did they move away from aluminum to shiny plastic in the first place?

More like "Aluminum is the old, old white".

re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

mikegalos@msn.com — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:24:33 GMT

Or, putting it in consumer terms:

Of every $10 Apple took in selling things to you, they invested 33 cents on future products

Of that $10 Microsoft took in selling things to you, they invested $1.39 on future products

1/4 the investment of the future from the "innovative underdog" compared to the "entrenched monopoly" seems a little backwards from how it's supposed to work, doesn't it.

Looks like either those terms are backwards or Apple's desparate enough to eat their seed corn.

re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

mikegalos@msn.com — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:40:13 GMT

Or, put simply:

For every dollar Apple spends on advertising they spend $1.67 on new product development

For every dollar Microsoft spends on advertising they spend $5.33 on new product development

Which is why Microsoft announced a geodistributed cloud operating system and Apple announced that Aluminum was the new White.

re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

mikegalos@msn.com — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:36:12 GMT

Let's see who is desperate and who care's about technology...

If you look at money available for both corporations to spend on R&D, Advertising and profit, you get the following:

Apple spends 9.1% on Advertising (over 50% more than Microsoft's 5.9%)

Microsoft spends 31.7% on R&D (over twice the 15.2% that Apple spends)

So, Apple's R&D budget is 67% more than their Ad budget

Microsoft's R&D budget is 433% more than their Ad budget

Microsoft is investing in the future, Apple's peddling what they've already got lying around.

Numbers from www.windows-now.com/.../apple-should-count-its-own-beans-first.aspx

re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

Waethorn — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:28:30 GMT

"en.wikipedia.org/.../Factoid"

Looking up "factoid" on Wikipedia is cyclic.

(Use a real dictionary next time)

re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

oldfogey — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:01:19 GMT

en.wikipedia.org/.../Factoid

re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

Waethorn — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:01:09 GMT

"By the way, for a so-called peddler of luxury goods (as opposed to the more "pedestrian" Microsoft), Apple seems to spend a lot of time thinking about Microsoft."

"Can you say 'inferiority complex?'"

The only difference is that Apple IS inferior.

re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

shark47 — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:55:15 GMT

"Can you say "inferiority complex"?"

Can't help it, man. When the news media starts publishing every press release from Cupertino as facts, unfortunately, MS has to spend time thinking about it and about how to retaliate.

Like I said, MS does not have the luxury of a fawning media.

By the way, for a so-called peddler of luxury goods (as opposed to the more "pedestrian" Microsoft), Apple seems to spend a lot of time thinking about Microsoft.

"Can you say 'inferiority complex?'"

"Lame. Desperate. Sad."

re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

lotsamystuff — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:29:01 GMT

"Taking the fight to Apple's backyard is priceless."

Yes, from the company that (as "mikegalos" proclaims) spends hardly any time at all thinking about Apple.

Can you say "inferiority complex"?

Lame. Desperate. Sad.

re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

mikegalos@msn.com — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:36:00 GMT

bettieblu

Perhaps the difference between the Mac users who keep advocating against being given choices and Windows users is that for the most part we don't think two choices is mind bogglingly complex.

I guess having a two button mouse was some kind of a test for coping with complexity that only some people passed.

re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

mikegalos@msn.com — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:33:03 GMT

Lindy,

Before you make sarcastic comments about a 3 paragraph message, maybe you should actually at least scan all 3 paragraphs.

Seeing how the 2nd of only 3 paragraphs talked about the Vista 2 tier problems and the 1st of only 3 paragraphs talked about the traditional role that the 2nd of only 3 paragraphs complained wasn't followed.

D o I n e e d t o t y p e m o r e s l o w l y ?

Does your copy of Safari take out every other paragraph?

re: Windows 7 factoid: One logo program to rule them all

Lindy — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:05:14 GMT

Yeah pretty stringent......

arstechnica.com/.../20080330-the-vista-capable-fiasco-to-hell-with-system-recs.html