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How We Really Designed the Look and Feel of Windows 7

While the Mac community has been chortling over a supposed Microsoft admission that Windows 7 copies the Mac OS X look and feel, the company decided to set the record straight , or at least provide a more official comment about this claim: An inaccurate quote has been floating around the Internet today...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-12-2009
LOL! Apple demanded that Microsoft stop advertising PC price advantage over Macs

I'm sure you've seen the news. If not, I've written something up about it. Microsoft COO Kevin Turner relayed a funny story about Apple. The Cupertino Mac maker recently called Microsoft and demanded that the software giant stop running its "Laptop Hunter" ads on TV. The ads highlight...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-16-2009
Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Which features should be compared? (Updated)

I'm working on a multi-part Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard comparison ( read the introduction here ) and am curious what you guys (and gals) would like to see included. More specifically, as you think about the various features or each OS, which need to be compared head-to-head? (Ex: Digital media functionality...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-15-2009
WWDC 2009: Time for a reality check

Apple is providing its WWDC 2009 keynote address today, providing some interesting info about its Mac and iPhone platforms. But this is Apple we're talking about. So it's time for a reality check. 75 million Mac OS X users. Apple claimed that the OS X user base magically jumped from 25 million...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-08-2009
Apple posts effective response to Laptop Hunters ads

I'm sure some wanted to believe that Apple would take the high road with regards to Microsoft's Laptop Hunters ads. But those people don't understand Apple. Instead, Apple has responded with an ad of its own. And let's be serious here for a second. It's pretty effective. (To see the...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-13-2009
The UK 'I'm a PC' Ads are even better

Oh man, these are just great. Microsoft Watch's Joe Wilcox shows off the "I'm a PC" ads that Microsoft is airing in the UK . And if you thought the US-based ones were great, wait until you get a load of these . Wonderful. What's so perfect about these ads, of course, is that they...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-17-2009
Day of reckoning: Q1 2009 PC market share figures arrive

Well, Gartner and IDC have weighed in on what everyone agrees was a down quarter for the PC industry (Q1 2009). The figures break down like this: Worldwide PC sales (averaged between Gartner and IDC): 65.34 million US PC sales: 15.13 million According to Gartner, worldwide PC sales fell year-over-year...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-16-2009
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
The Microsoft ads are working

That this is true is pretty obvious. The Mac fanbois are going crazy over them, which is always a good sign. ("Let's pick apart the 'Apple Tax' math so people will forget that Macs really are a lot more expensive than PCs" is pretty typical of the thinking there these days.) But...

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

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