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July 14, 2010

Microsoft exec calls iPhone 4 Apple’s Vista

Now even Microsoft is poking Apple with sticks over its botched management of reception issues that plague the iPhone 4 almost three weeks after its launch. Kevin Turner, Microsoft’s chief operating officer, compared the iPhone 4 to Microsoft’s failed Vista operating system. The comments came during a keynote speech at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in [...]

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October 22, 2009

Psystar releases software to install Mac OS X on regular PCs

Hardware

Psystar, the Miami-based PC manufacturer that’s still in a protracted legal battle with Apple over selling PCs that come pre-installed with Mac OS X, has begun offering Rebel EFI – software that lets any generic PC run Mac OS X. It costs $90, though Psystar is selling it for $50.

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Mac
July 13, 2009

Survey: 60% of companies will skip Windows 7

Windows 7

This is a case where history is coming back to bite Microsoft. In a recent survey done by ScriptLogic, 60 percent of respondents say they will skip Microsoft’s latest operating system when it’s released later this year.

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Software
June 26, 2009

“Vista Fixed Edition” 50 percent off the first day

Windows 7

Microsoft released pricing yesterday for “Vista Fixed Edition,” otherwise known as Windows 7.

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Software
June 25, 2009

Apple should thank Microsoft for Windows 7 pricing

Snow Leopard Desktop

I don’t know what they were thinking, but Microsoft on Thursday announced pricing for the upcoming version of “Vista Fixed Edition,” also known as Windows 7.

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Software
June 9, 2009

Mac OS X vs. Windows 7: Who has the best upgrade?

Snow Leopard

I wrote a story at CNET earlier today asking the question: Who offers the best upgrade, Apple or Windows? The basis of the argument is this. Both companies are upgrading an existing operating system and both claim better performance with their upgrades. Apple has made no bones about the fact that Snow Leopard is a [...]

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