TheMacAdvocate

And by “well”, I mean profitably. All of M$’s profitable business unit products go back over 10 years.

After over a year of analyst frothing, Apple announced the next step in its transformation of consumer electronics devices. The 2 predictable results of Apple’s announcement – the immediate sell-off of Apple stock and the collective feigned disinterest of Windoz apologists across the country – belies the truth. This is a device that will change [...]

To say it is a laughable copy of an Apple Store is really understating it. If I were an investor in Microsoft, I’d really, really want to know how they’re going to track the financial performance of these things.  Bury them in the “Entertainment and Devices Division”?  These stores – which sell nothing that you [...]

Ed Bott whines about Apple’s insidious Software Update while his site, ZDNet, spams new commenters with unsolicited emails through ZDNet’s comment registration.

If you’re the kind of person that tries to rope friends into helping you move‚ claiming it’ll be “fun” and offering a cold beer in lieu of money‚ Microsoft has an idea for you: the Windows 7 launch party.  They’ve even posted a video how-to guide‚ with a somewhat incomplete list of suggested activities.  What [...]

Remember Kylie?  She’s the cute four-and-a-half year-old who figured out how to download pictures from her camera to her PC, apply image correction to the photos and email them using a distribution list – all in Microsoft’s Windows Live. Yeah, I didn’t quite buy it either. Seems Kylie may be the next Jerry Seinfeld for [...]

The way I redefined the aria. 9 apps taking from 8 to 30 seconds to load.  And this: What will it take to get you into this Kia? from Ars Technica on Vimeo. Advertising.  What did you expect?  They are free‚ you know.

As a result of an announcement made at Apple’s ‘It’s Only Rock and Roll’ event‚ you can officially kiss goodbye any hopes you had of doing something stupid in public and not getting caught.  Yes‚ the rumors were true – the newest iPod Nanos can now capture you being Sharpie skunked by your “friends” in [...]

On Tuesday‚ Uncle Walt revealed Microsoft’s straightforward upgrade chart for current Windows users. /cracks up OK‚ I tried.  How bad is it?  Even Ed “Go” Bott (“Windows is like the K-Mart OS X”) thinks that the only logical explanation is that someone secretly working for Apple in M$’s ranks is releasing this stuff. And “Custom [...]

Microsoft’s retail stores: derivative doesn’t begin to describe it.