Posts by Michael Radenheimer

Steve Jobs chops student hack down to size

So goes the Mac

Not a fan of Apple, its overly brutal control of aps, and they price they charge for their toys.

but we do have Apple to thank for many things. Heck, thanks to iTunes you can pay .99 for every television show want to watch on your portable device. That's brilliant!

no, not really relavant to the story - but i can't resist a good stab at overpriced underpowered gadgets.

Windows 7 beta washes up on Pirate Bay

Eh

I had just reconfigured my test bed from a hackintosh build back to a Vista desktop when the Windows 7 beta "leak" news broke (a few days ago) so I decided to give the torrent a try. After making the Complete System Backup i upgraded to the beta.

By that I mean IT WAS A REAL UPGRADE! Not the wipe and load type that Vista forced upon us, but a real honest to (insert your favorite deity here) UPGRADE. All my original programs were still present! AND FUNCTIONAL!! So far i like hte improvements..but.....

The only bad part about M$ trying to forget a mistake is that the consumer always takes it in the wallet. Having 4 computers in the house means that if i want to stay legal (which i do for my OPERATIONAL machines) then thats 4 copies of an OS that i have to shell out for. My laptop came with Vista pre-loaded and the wife won't let me switch hers to Vista... So i paid to move two desktops to Vista planning on at least a 5 year lifespan. (average of Windows 95 and Windows XP) I'm only mentioning this becuase the UPGRADE path of Vista was still a wipe and load when you had to rebuild a desktop from a total crash. It's nice to see Windows 7 as less destructive.