Tons of people compare these two operating systems, but I have yet to read an article that truly tells someone which is better. And… this article won’t be any different. If you’re looking for an article to tell you which to buy, keep looking. What this article will do is try to attempt to tell you which is right for you. I love them both, and think both have a place in the OS world. And Linux… well… unless you’re an Open Source whore, don’t bother.

Vista is a great OS from (IMHO) a great company. As I said in a previous article, I don’t give a crap if it copied OS X. If Vista did it better, that’s all I care about. As for Widgets vs. Gadgets, I feel they are both about the same. The only strength Widgets have is that they have more apps than gadgets has at the moment, but I have no doubt that Gadgets will catch up. As for searching… can you really blame Microsoft for copying OS X’s Spotlight? Spotlight is simply amazing search technology. I really don’t think there is much room for improvement in that area. Therefore, unless Microsoft was willing to ship a lesser product, it really had no choice but to copy. All in all, Vista is a great OS for the businessman, the gamer (hands down), and in some ways, the general home user. If you have grown up with Windows, I see no real reason to change. One of the main reasons you may not want to use Vista is if you have older hardware. If you do, you might not have drivers for it readily available on Vista. As for Mac., it will likely Just Work [/advertisement whoring].

Mac OS X is a great OS. There’s really not much to be said about it that hasn’t been said above. If you are a creative professional, OS X could be the perfect computer for you. Macs even have a place in the business world. if you are looking for that killer gaming rig, though… keep moving.

Tags: vista, os x

I am truly, utterly sick and tired of people arguing over who copied who between OS X and Vista. Sure, originality can be a good thing, and sometimes it is nice to have something new that’s never been done before. I admit, I really can’t talk much about either of these operating systems as I haven’t used either in depth, but all this fighting over which made the ideas is lame. I don’t care if it’s Widgets vs. Gadgets, or any other similarities between OS X components and their respective versions on Vista.

What matters to me is who executed the idea better? Does it really matter to the end user who came up with the idea first? No. Does it matter to the end user which company does it better? YES!

Give it up guys. I agree with David Pogue when he says “All this complaining is just sour grapes from the Apple fans.”

Tags: vista, mac, os x

Hello All,

Yesterday, I started this blog, and I just want to give you a little introduction as to what it’s about:

• An unbiased view on all things technology.
• Daily ramblings of a teenager hooked on technology.
• Rants and raves against everything.

So, Thanks for visiting my blog, and I hope you keep visiting!

Tags: introduction, full of aces

I got booted up today. My massive 866 mhz processor and 512 mb RAM was to be used and abused again today.

First up on the agenda was plugging in my “new” mouse I stole from a friend. I was finally getting an upgrade for the first time in years… I was finally on par with the rest of the world… I finally had a laser mouse. A $10 one… with wires. *sigh*

Next up was syncing with the iPod via my primitive USB 1.0 ports. After taking an hour or so to transfer all the songs, it was time to play World of Warcraft.

Since Blair had just bought the game, it was installation time first. After crashing three times in mid installation, I finally had a shiny new game installed on me. Then, once I had worked hard on downloading the latest patches, I started to feel sick. my life was flashing before my eyes… and then… the dreaded BSoD. After being rebooted, the worst of the worst happened:

“SYSTEM BOOT FAILURE.”

Ohhhh, shit.

After laying low for half an hour, I was complete again. Everything was working, and working well. After Blair created his first character in WoW, he finished the starting missions and ventured into Stormwind. Lagging badly, I crashed. Game over for the day.

Tags: old, hardware

I was bored today, and being an avid Gmail user, I thought I’d do a little math. It seems like we’ve been waiting for 3 gb for a long time now, so I figured I’d figure out how long it would take. Taking a random sample of how much space we gain in 15 seconds (roughly 0.000013 mb / second or 1 mb in 976 minutes). Knowing we have ~ 237 mb left to go (3071 - 2836), we can use the following equation to determine how long it will take:
t = 237 * 976

Where t is the time needed to reach 3 gb. Following this equation tells us that we need ~ 231312 minutes or 3855 hours or 161.625 days to get to 3 gb of mail space. Therefore, we can expect to have 3 gb of space by a little more then halfway through September, 2007. Or, if Google’s servers survive and continue to give us more space at the present rate, we can expect to reach the holy grail of 1 tb of email space in ~ 1901.5 years. I’m not going to hold my breath.

Later, Blair.

Tags: gmail