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How Mac fanatics see the world

I saw this story mentioned on Macsurfer today and smiled immediately. Because it occurred to me that Mac fanatics--you know, the crazy ones, not Mac users --would completely disagree with its opening assertion: Corporate Comebacks: Apple In 1997, Apple was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Ten years...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-14-2009
Microsoft: Celebrate Tax Day by avoiding the Apple Tax

They're getting pretty persistent about this. (Of course, they do have a point. Macs are absolutely more expensive than PCs.) Brandon over at the Windows team blog posts about the company's latest Apple Tax initiative: With the ailing global economy, I am looking at ways I get better value for...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-09-2009
Server Quest II: A Day in a Geek's Life

Remember those awesome Sierra "Quest" adventures from the late 1980's and early 1990's? Well, here's something that will completely sully that memory and use it like a dishrag. You've been warned. Courtesy of Microsoft : Sorry. :)

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-09-2009
One last look at the 'Lauren' I'm a PC ad

The tech world--especially the Mac world--is still aflame in some sort of weird controversy over Microsoft's latest "I'm a PC" ad, the one in which Lauren buys a $699 HP laptop. There's been all kinds of silliness about this ad. But there's also been some more reasoned commentary...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-30-2009
iMac shuffle

Good stuff : The simplest Mac you'll ever use. Introducing the new iMac shuffle. It’s the desktop that had everything. Now, there’s less. We've taken out that pesky glass screen and carved the entire computer out of aluminum, for extra sturdiness. Why no screen? Well, we wanted to make the iMac...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-17-2009
Confirmed: Satan is a Mac user

I’m just saying. :) Bernie Madoff is still living a life of luxury.

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-13-2009
Hilarious Zune mention on 'Family Guy'

Good stuff. :) Thanks to Greg H. for the link.

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-17-2009
Bill Gates Releases Bugs Into the Wild

A surprisingly amusing post from the good folks at PC World... Bill Gates was at it again this week: Releasing bugs into the wild. "Not only poor people should experience this," the Microsoft founder said as he opened a jar containing mosquitoes during a talk Wednesday at the Technology Entertainment...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-05-2009
Onion spoofs Apple: The Macbook Wheel

In the wake of today’s stunningly bad Macworld keynote, I am remiss for not having previously posted this hilarious Onion product spoof. Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard “Everything is just a few hundred clicks away.” “Here at Apple, we like to give people features that they...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-06-2009
Apple: Our advertising is clearly bull@#$%. Clearly.

Ah, Apple. Gizmodo points out that Apple’s defense to the recent pulling of the deceptive iPhone ad in the UK prompted the following statement from everyone’s favorite company: “No reasonable person in Plaintiff's position could have reasonably relied on or misunderstood Apple's statements as...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-02-2008

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