ColumnsWaiting for a Windows Renaissance
Posted 07/17/08 at 02:55:52 PM by Will Smith
I’ve written about Apple’s OS X many times before, and it’s no secret that I’ve long been impressed with Apple’s operating systems. This month, I reviewed the MacBook Air, which gave me the opportunity to spend some quality time with Apple’s latest OS, Leopard, and I had an epiphany: Windows users are in the same exact position that Mac users were in 1999.
Hit Read More for the scoop.
ColumnsWhere Lies the Point of Diminishing Returns?
Posted 06/27/08 at 01:55:33 PM by Will Smith
In the July issue, I tested HP’s Mini-Note—the small, cheap notebook is HP’s answer to the subcompact, sub-$500 Asus Eee PC. HP’s tiny notebook got me thinking about the point of diminishing PC returns—the point at which adding more hardware oomph doesn’t deliver a perceptible performance boost to the user.
I didn’t have any major complaints with its performance in my most common activities: web browsing, checking email, writing documents, and listening to music. Is this Mini-Note’s 1.2GHz VIA C7-M CPU fast enough for me?
Hit the jump for my conclusions.
NewsEd Word: Welcome to the New MaximumPC!
Posted 06/03/08 at 01:59:22 PM by Will Smith
We've finished our print redesign, and we're introducing new columnists. It's a banner month!
NewsEd Word: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the iPhone
Posted 04/14/08 at 02:41:48 PM by Will Smith
Will Smith accepts Gordon's scorn and finally gets an iPhone. Turns out it's pretty neat these days.
ColumnsEd Word: Profile of an Adolescent OS
Posted 02/27/08 at 07:19:05 PM by Will Smith
OSes mature much less slowly than human beings. Windows is in its gawky adolescent phase - what will it look like when it grows up?
FROM THE ARCHIVEEd Word: The Maximum PC Promise to Readers
Posted 01/24/08 at 08:30:08 PM by Will Smith
Will Smith sets the record straight on the crowbar separation between advertising and editorial content.
FROM THE ARCHIVEEd Word: Are you there, Internet? It's me, Will.
Posted 12/23/07 at 12:42:40 PM by Will Smith
Will is in ur internet, clogging ur toobz.
FROM THE ARCHIVEEd Word: Managing Maximum Expectations
Posted 12/03/07 at 03:28:30 PM by Will Smith
It's hard on the streets for an EIC.
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