Posted 11/12/2009 at 01:35:46pm

I love the graphic used for this story!

As to the issue at hand, I think the guy was saying that they tried to copy the elegance and simplicity that the mac experience allegedly provides (I wouldn't go that far). He just said it wrong and now the guy is subject to media hysteria. Microsoft shouldn't be paranoid over this, Windows 7 is a great product that is very different from OS X in many ways. 

Bob Cook
Montgomery, TX

Posted 07/17/2009 at 01:43:24pm

This red on white is too much. It makes me despondent and invokes self-mutilation tendencies.

Bob Cook
Montgomery, TX

Posted 12/31/2008 at 05:21:48pm

I installed the beta three days ago. While the install went very quickly and the system seems much faster to boot and operate than Vista, I did run into an immediate issue with my Guitarport over the USB connection. The issue is there is a definite lag between playing the guitar and the sound arriving through the speakers. Quite disconcerting. About 0.25 sec I would guess. Does not occur with XP or Vista so I have to think there is some ongoing work with the USB stack in this beta.

 Sent a problem report already. Probably wondering why I am reporting on something I shouldn't have. I am a team player though.

Bob Cook
Montgomery, TX

Posted 09/05/2008 at 08:11:55pm

He's a 10. As in perfect. Yeah, the underlying message is that it is a perfect fit but will need to be broken in like a pair of new shoes. It's creative.

Bob Cook
Montgomery, TX

Posted 08/15/2008 at 08:01:47pm

I see this as a way for MS to provide a sort of antithetic Vista campaign. Meaning, promise little, communicate honest pieces of truth and release beyond expectation set.

 Anyway you look at it, its a means of promotion. That's its marked with doubt by the same mainstream pundits that pumped Vista and set the stage for its anti-climactic release, I find a bit ironic.

Bob Cook
Montgomery, TX

Posted 07/04/2008 at 02:30:17pm

Thanks for the timely review. I am on my way to newegg for the Tempest. Time to move the old out of the P180 and rebuild. The old machine is still a great system for a student or moderate gamer so I will rebuild it in a new case and donate.That's the beauty of being an enthusiast. Our definition of old and tired is still quite good for most others.

Bob Cook
Montgomery, TX

Posted 06/25/2008 at 09:48:00pm

Folks,

Just have to say, I have been eagerly awaiting the new site since reading about it a couple issues back. It is fantastic. Is it just me or were you trying to show the Canonical folks a thing or two by making an orange theme rock?

I look forward to exploring it more in the future. Oh and thank you sweet Zeus for bringing back Best of Best. ***** thing rules! 

Bob Cook
Montgomery, TX

Posted 05/30/2008 at 08:09:59pm

Y'all just ain't right. Your sense of humor, mocking the Mac for the cooking game. I couldn't help but laugh at your twisted sarcasm yet again.

Posted 08/29/2007 at 05:42:29pm

it seems to me that when a company goes out of its way to repeat a mistake that left lumps on its head before, there is something fundamentally wrong with the OS. Why can't the system provide a security-based API that can be trusted and robust. Instead, developers have to resort to "creative" ways to protect devices/data, e.g., rootkits. Sony's not being malicious here I believe, they are simply trying to come up with something that works. I'm not going to say Windows sux this time.

Posted 08/06/2007 at 06:44:24pm

Agree that Works is a bad foundation to test this idea. Hell, I wouldn't use it if they paid me to do so. So why not prove the validity by offering up office, word and excel as a minimum. I'd happily read ads in exchange for that.