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A friend told me he had dropped his notebook PC, and it was going to cost more to repair than it was worth. I advised: Get a Mac.
I started looking around for some information for him. Why would the Mac benefit his Computer Science course? Why would the Mac be more reliable? What does he need to know about compatibility? One of the articles I read was a blog post by The Shepherd’s Sons called “All Signs Point To Apple”. In the post it describes a Windows man through and through and how his simplification of Technology had lead him to Apple. “It just works” is the Mantra all Mac people have heard.
I told my friend about this, to show him its not such a leap, but more of an awakening. “Four other family members had started using Macs” I said, and it’s true. They love them now.
I also didn’t want him to get lumped with Microsoft’s Vista like other friends and family had - some so bad they had even gone back to Windows XP.
A commenter on “All Signs Point To Apple” also points to the piece by David Pogue attempting to explain the Macintosh Surge effect. It is a good follow up to try and understand this increase seen in recent months.
Personally? I think it just sells itself by word of mouth. Thats how I pass on my experiences with Macs. Maybe you too should try one out.
If you want to install an MSI with no user intervention, and scripted, you can use msiexec. But what if you want to do a complete installation on the product, instead of a typical installation (which would be default)? Put this in your script:
msiexec /i yourpackage.msi /passive ADDLOCAL=ALL
ADDLOCAL=ALL is the key to a complete install. Enjoy your automated windows installation.
Of interest to most “Tech” people out there would be the chat between Steve Jobs (of Apple fame if you are from under a rock) and Bill Gates (of Microsoft fame if you are not in the know). This occurred at the All Things Digital conference, and is now available for your aural or visual pleasure on the iTunes Music Store in the form of an audio and video podcast.
April 5, 2007 at 17:00 · Filed under microsoft
Nearly ALL windows apps I use are CTRL+F to start a new find… On my mac, APPLE+F .
Microsoft apps:
Office = F4 for find, SHIFT F4 to find next.
Outlook (part of office but yet different!) = CTRL+E
What tha?!!!! Just hope in word that you don’t bump ALT+F4 in office or it will close your window!
This is an article by Fortune’s Owen Thomas on Vista not being compatible with SQL Server. An excerpt:
‘But now Microsoft has a problem. Vista, its long-awaited update to the Windows operating system, can’t run the current version of SQL Server. The company is working on a SQL upgrade that is compatible with Vista - called SQL Server 2005 Express Service Pack 2 - but it’s in beta and can be licensed only for testing purposes. Microsoft hasn’t set a release date for the new SQL program.’
Microsoft is making the world worse with Vista.
That’s two of their own products not compatible. Zune and SQL2005. Another good reason to use a nicer operating system, like OpenBSD, Mac OSX or if you’re in the corporate world Solaris
(Via Slashdot.)
