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Comment on Google Chrome Frame to Fix Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Issues by David Granado

David Granado — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:56:29 +0000

Thank you all for the kind words.

@Peter: No, I am not a professional journalist. Simply an over-opinionated software developer.

Comment on Google Chrome Frame to Fix Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Issues by Ventego

Ventego — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:33:12 +0000

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Comment on Google Chrome Frame to Fix Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Issues by Peter

Peter — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:00:12 +0000

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Comment on Google Chrome Frame to Fix Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Issues by Arsento

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Comment on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux: A Difference in Paradigms by Alex

Alex — Sat, 16 May 2009 09:33:58 +0000

Great article.

Personally I’m a mac convert. I like that it’s easy most of the time. No wasting time installing drivers 90% of the time. AND if I want I can go into terminal an modify certain aspects - something some linux elitists don’t seem to know.

Ubuntu, for me, sucks ass. The time I spend learning to use it, would be better spent working. I tried it once. It cost me a day to get it working properly, and I’m not totally tech illiterate. Fine for a power user, not for someone who could spend that time printing documents and making money that way.

While windows IS reasonably easy and stable (the latest XP anyway), I’ve never been a fan. It’s easy because we’re accustomed to it. Same with Office. The main reason I use M$office however, is because it has a decent spell check. Unlike open-office, which will never be able to compete. Also, open office can’t handle .doc formats well. It changes them slightly in complexer documents.

Comment on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux: A Difference in Paradigms by Hector Granado

Hector Granado — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:11:44 +0000

Nice post, but as you can probably tell I am one of the Elitist that you speak of and am Mac obsessed. This affliction started when I purchased my first computer way back in the 1987. It was a Mac knock off that had no hard drive and worked solely off of floppy drives and RAM. It had 512K’s of RAM and once you turned off the computer it was all gone. Saving to a floppy was a necessity if you wanted to keep your work. This was the beginning of my love of all things Apple. In the middle nineties I moved up to an Apple Performa 636 that had a read/write cd player and was amazing. Over the years I have owned the original Bondi Blue iMac, indigo iMac, 15 inch Flat Panel iMac, 17 inch Flat Panel iMac, indigo Clam Shell iBook, 20 inch iMac, Power PC iBook, intel iBook, original Mac mini, the current Mac mini, Apple TV, every version of the iPod and iPhone’s. I am sure that I have forgotten one or two along the way. In the end all of them worked and all of them gave me and my family great pleasure. As you said earlier Apple products simply work all of the time and for someone who is not as technologically capable as yourself that is what makes me a “fanboy” of Apple.
By the way nice site and that in no way has to do with you being my nephew… ok maybe just a little.

Comment on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux: A Difference in Paradigms by David Granado

David Granado — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:34:43 +0000

That’s a great point. Elitism is definitely another component to the whole puzzle. And it is, in fact, something that we all are guilty of to some degree, even if we do not express it in such an abrasive manner.

By the way, high five as a fellow “senseless noise” lover!

Comment on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux: A Difference in Paradigms by Greg Lockwood

Greg Lockwood — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:08:22 +0000

Good summary, David. I think you succeeded in your aim of providing a fairly unbiased overview of the big 3 OSes.

I personally am increasingly seeing a need for all 3… At work I use Windows as I am a .NET developer. At home, I love the extra flexibility of Linux (Ubuntu) and just the myriad of stuff it can do that Windows generally can’t (Compiz is just so damn cool and helps making using your PC fun). And whilst not yet a Mac user, I hear wonderful things, and am considering maybe getting a Mac laptop. At any rate, I think they’re the undisputed king for creative types.

But you know what I think? I think that part of Linux and Mac users’ “My OS is better than yours” crap is motivated by “elitism”. It’s part of the appeal of being a part of the minority. You tend to think of yourself as “special”, “enlightened”, or knowing and understanding something that most don’t.

I think it is the same for me with my love of metal music. Part of the appeal is that the vast majority of people think it is “senseless noise”. I like the knowledge that I just know something they don’t, and see value in something otherwise unloved. Of course, metal has many merits of it’s own, but I cannot hope to convince the Britney Spears fans of that.

Would you agree, sir?

Comment on Simple Computer Shopping Info for the Non-Geek by Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:53:00 +0000

Great job educating a total computer illiterate like me…very well done!