I saw the interview with the author of this article in Vanity Fair-
Microsoft’s Lost Decade, by Kurt Eichenwald. Specifically the article is titled: Microsoft’s Downfall, Inside the Executive E-mails and Cannibalistic Culture that Felled a Tech Giant.
My Computer- ASUS Zenbook
I’m not gonna say much about the article other than I didn’t realize Microsoft had been felled. You’ll have to read it. Um, what I will say is that Windows is user-friendly. I can buy a new computer, open it, install programs, remove programs… and I’m 100% computer illiterate. My sister has a Mac. She had to take a week-long course in order to learn how to turn it on.
Both my daughters have Macs and they use them for nothing more than surfing the web. As far as any apps go, they have no interest. When I am forced, out of desperation, to use one of my daughter’s computers I get annoyed. My son, on the other hand, has a super-duper Windows PC and I can hop right on that sucker and blast off.
When we were in Scotland, one bed and breakfast provided us with a Mac. Nice of them but it was a real pain in the bloody ass.
So, I have no opinion on the accuracy of the article. I don’t know anything about the people involved with Microsoft aside from Bill Gate’s generous charitable contributions to our local high schools. I do mean OUR HIGH SCHOOLS and GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS.
But I will say this- ain’t nobody taking my Windows PC from me. I need a bread and butter work station. Oh… and then there’s this-
Yoga Teacher Fired After Glare at Facebook Worker.
I would love to see Facebook employees trying to text while holding Yoga poses. That’s gotta be interesting. Can one never unplug?
My husband has to chair meetings, large meetings, and here’s what he has to say about the above Yoga incident:
“I would have walked over, stomped on it and handed it back to her with a smile. Now that would have made an impression. Kind of like when Harrison Ford slugged that guy while pretending to be Amish in Witness.”
I’m with you. I can’t figure out the MAC. I find my Windows user friendly. The DH tried to get me to buy a MAC when my pc bit the dust last year. I said no thank you, I’ll continue with my pc.
I love my MAC, and after years and years as a PC user, I felt I was being a traitor. But I love the pictures with my iPod, and after you get used to things, it is actually easier.
LOL on the felling of Microsoft. Like, not in our lifetime! It will be interesting to see where Apple goes without Jobs.
All the viruses we’ve gotten have been on our PCs, which we still use at the real estate office. Not everything runs on a MAC.
Hi Sharon. Yes, I know viruses glom onto PCs, but I still prefer my PC. It’s so self-explanatory!
Amber, I’m a huge fan of my ASUS!
I have Windows and honestly with each new version it seems to get worse. I had to take my pc in because I couldn’t do a recovery..the program failed.
Ah, sorry to hear that, Savannah. I’m quite happy with my new ASUS. Super happy.
Okay, I’m with Sharon.
I’m a Mac lover and proud of it. I’ve had two iMac big screens and 3 Mac laptops (including an AirBook now) and I’m a die-hard. At my job I was furnished and required to use others, including a Windows PC, and they were okay but not great. Sorry, but those who love Macs really are loyal.
You got me, Marylin. I cannot disagree. Mac lovers are loyal.
I was soooo, Windows- so very, very Windows. Then I got an iPhone, then a MacBrook, THen A Mac Desk top, ipad, ipad 2,… Once I went over to the Mac Side…
Not a MacBrook, A MacBook, duh.
So Steph, you have crossed over, eh? I think I’d like an iPad but I do love my PC.
Seriously, a woman getting fired for frowning, how insane. We are going into the robotics era. No human responses.
I loved the Witness movie.