Posted by Corey on June 14, 2010 – 8:44 am
Jerry recently passed this article along to me: It’s Apple vs. Google in the battle over the future of computing.
You know – this is one of those times where Apple is truly at a loss. I know I’m not exactly an Apple sympathizer or anything, but think about it. They release one mobile device a year (now two, with the iPad) and those new releases are really just updates to the existing platform. Google gave their operating system to every manufacturer that wanted it… and they all wanted it. Motorola alone will release two more Android handsets on Verizon wireless in the next three months. LG has committed to 20 (yeah, twenty) new Android handsets released worldwide by 2011. HTC isn’t slowing down either. And their EVO 4G simply outclasses the new iPhone4.
The iPhone4 was equaled or surpassed on all counts before it was even released by the Evo 4G. This has never happened to Apple before. It’s going to hurt.
Hopefully Apple has built their army of fanboys (and girls) strong enough to weather the next year of mediocrity. I hope so – the world needs competition from innovators like Apple.
Posted by Corey on October 14, 2009 – 1:21 pm
Filed under Blogging
Tagged as apple, excited, linkedin, linux, mac, macbook, microsoft, netbook, PC, upgrade, windows, windows 7, work
Oh yes! I have Windows 7 Ultimate (signature edition… whatever that is) in hand. I’ve actually had it for nearly a week now and I’ve not installed it yet. I can’t say why, really. I’m excited about it. We have the release candidate running quite nicely on the office print server. I’m currently running Windows Vista Business and I know Windows 7 is better than it.
Yet I remain timid.
If I search my feelings and think back, I’ve had this feeling before…. several times. It’s the fear of the upgrade: the fear of data loss (work data, in this case – not just photos and my WoW install,) the fear of performing the upgrade only to realize that something didn’t tick correctly and have to format and re-install anyway. I don’t worry with linux, I don’t even worry with the office Mac… and I hate it. Still, I worry with Windows.
Do I worry because I care too much? There might be something to this. If I used the Macbook for more than website testing and occasional browsing, then I would care about what might occur in an upgrade failure. If my netbook were more of a computer and less of a toy, I would care about a Ubuntu upgrade meltdown. I actually use the Windows machine. It is a tool, not some glammed up wanna-be computer or a child’s plaything – my PCs are valuable to me.
So I’ll meditate on this upgrade. I’ll spend the money and buy a virgin hard drive. I’ll install Win 7 clean and spend time transferring files and reinstalling software. I’ll genuinely enjoy the process. I’ll set the Vista drive on a shelf – just in case – and I’ll be secure in my upgrade.
I am exited and timid about Windows 7…. and I’m completely happy with that.
