Archive for the 'longhorn' Category

windows on a mac simultanously!

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

Now this would be incredibly useful!
“MacOSXRumors claims that according to “reliable sources”, Apple is developing virtualization software to be incorporated into the next version of Mac OS X - Leopard.
According to the rumor site, the upcoming software is code named “Chameleon” and is being developed alongside both Intel and Microsoft.
Virtualization software would potentially allow users […]

Vista delay could add up to Mac sales

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

Cnet have an article that suggests that the recent announced delay to Windows Vista will result in an increase of sales. The discussion on digg.com is not so sure but I can tell you from my personal experience that I am seriously considering moving my main computing environment (my sony vaio notebook) over to a […]

windows vista images

Friday, March 17th, 2006

techrepublic has some awesome high quality images of the latest windows vista beta. Some of them show details that I had not seen before - there is no doubt that in terms of looks this is a huge leap forward for Microsoft.
You would have to say that Apple Mac has lead the way for so […]

Microsoft windows vista edition.

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

Ed Bott outlines the line up for Microsoft windows vista product lineup.
“The release is a little sketchy on details, but basically it shakes out like this:

Windows Vista Business includes the Windows Aero interface, integrated search, and Tablet PC support
Windows Vista Enterprise, available only as part of a volume license contract through Software Assurance or a […]

preparing for windows vista

Friday, January 13th, 2006

Josh’s weblog has an article on how to prepare for windows vista.
Worth a read! There is also a good list of links that provide further information on Windows Vista.
If you havent been to the official windows vista homepage for a well – it would be worth revisting as they have recently updated the information […]

sidebars and vista

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

vista.geekyinfo.com talks about how I feel about sidebar apps and the forthcoming one in Windows Vista.
‘I, like tipmonkies am not a big fan of sidebars. I find when I use a sidebar, it is like using a widget and I am left asking how is this adding to my computer experience. I work mostly on […]

microsoft gadgets

Friday, October 7th, 2005

Vista Geekyinfo has some information about how Microsoft will be including their own widget program in Microsoft Vista.
‘ ‘Microsoft lost the bidding war for Konfabulator, the father of widgets, to Yahoo but this didn’t stop Redmond from integrating widgets into Windows Vista. The highly anticipated OS will feature widgets that will be called Microsoft Gadgets. […]

Vista to boot up in 2-3 seconds

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

The Microsoft web site reports that under vista your computer will boot in around 2 to 3 seconds. That is very impressive. This is likely due to the major rewrite that Windows has undergone to deliver Vista. But even so that is very impressive.
This will be great in particular for notebook and tablet pc users […]

Tiger v’s Vista

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows has a comparsion review of Apple’s operating system in Tiger and the Windows Vista Beta 1.
After years and years of waiting, we finally have a reasonably stable Windows Vista beta build to work with. Windows Vista Beta 1 (see my review) doesn’t feature many end user features per se, but […]

vista transparancy for tiger

Sunday, August 7th, 2005

One for the mac readers who are starting to get drool over the screenshots of windows vista

This modification of RULER Black enables transperancy in the Menubar, window titlebars, and most notably, the metal windows. Inspired by the work of StefanKa and fellow XiAP Dev Group member Makki, this is aimed at reproducing the glass […]