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Tag: OSx

Apple fanbois: Remember the Titanic

Posted on May 26, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Apple fanbois: Remember the Titanic

Apple finally admits to the MacDefender scareware and puts out instructions on how to prevent it. Too bad that within a couple of days there was a new variant that makes the instructions obsolete. Ed Bott continues to report on this on his Microsoft Blog over on ZDNet, and to much hatred from the Mac…

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Windows 7 is a crossgrade?

Posted on January 26, 2010 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Windows 7 is a crossgrade?

A person I know recently wrote a nice little blog piece about how Windows 7 is a Crossgrade. They made some really nice points, but missed the mark on a bunch of others. First off, the statement that you do not “own” your copy of Windows is correct, this statement is also true of OSX….

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Innocence Lost: Welcome to the real world Mac Users

Posted on April 17, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Innocence Lost: Welcome to the real world Mac Users

Mac Vs. Windows. The age long battle, has been fought in advertising, on store shelves, and amongst computer users for a long time now. The arguments we can all say from memorys. Windows has more software, more hardware offerings, are less expensive, are more prevalant. Mac’s are more stable, produce better graphics, are more secure….

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