WinME
tops out at 512 MB, MacSlash, 11/26. Macs and the Mac
OS have supported a full gig of RAM since at least
1995.
Going Wintel, Week 2, Steve
Wood, View From the Classroom, 4/3. "It only helps a
little that the computers I'm using are Macintoshes with
OrangeMicro PC cards in them."
Going Wintel - for a
month, Steve Wood, View From the Classroom, 3/29.
Once a year he has to use Windows. Good thing it's only
once a year.
Windows
is dead, says columnist, Charles Moore, Applelink,
11/18. "...Microsoft has tried so hard to make Windows
2000 make your life easier, that it has succeeded only in
complicating things."
Reassessment, Eric
DeStafano, Mac Metamorphosis, 11/18. "The Windows
platform is dead, and Windows 2000 is going to be the
final nail in the coffin."
Why
Microsoft really does suck, Salon, 11/15. "I got a
fresh view of why Microsoft bugs me a couple of days ago,
after I bought a new laptop."
Operating
systems rated, deja.com. Mac OS 9 currently #1, OS 8
at #3, and Windows way down the list.
My First Mac: Avoiding
Wintel Nightmares, Alexander Stuart Robinson, 7/12.
"When my Mac crashes, a quick restart sorts out the
problem - but crash a Wintel PC, and you end up messing
with config.sys files and command.com."
Mentality
of the OS upgrade, osOpinion. "If you greet crashes
with resignation, then Windows is most suited to your
temperament."
Mac
OS and Windows Evolution, MacKiDo, 5/25. "People
noticed Microsoft changes because they were inconsistent
and dramatic - but the goal of good interface is
consistency and nice smooth (subtle) evolution."
How
many bugs?, John Farr, Applelinks, 2/11. Win2K has
63,000 known bugs.
Windows
2000 virus detected, c|net, 1/13. "Windows 2000 won't
come out for another month, but anti-virus software
makers say they've found the first virus...."
German
Win2K bug: Scientology, Wired, 12/21. "For years,
German officials . . . have pursued what they see as
consitutional threats posed by the Church of
Scientology." (More on Scientology)
Microsoft
web site hacked, ABC News, 10/26. "All the sites
[hacked by flipz] were running on Microsoft
Windows NT software...."
Windows
2000 adoption to cost a pretty penny, Infoworld, 9/9.
"According to the Gartner Group's numbers, it will cost
between $1,250 and $2,050 per desktop to migrate from
Windows NT Workstation 4.0 to Windows 2000 Professional.
The cost of moving from Windows 9x to Windows 2000 will
be even higher, according to the report - between $2,015
and $3,100 per PC."
Microsoft
admits NT has serious security flaws, TechWeb, 8/26.
"Microsoft has acknowledged a serious security flaw in NT
when used with Service Pack 4 - probably the most
commonly deployed version of its operating system."
Microsoft
to hackers: Crack this!, ZDNet, 8/4. More ironic than
Bill Gates' blue screen of death demo, the Win2K server
crashed before hackers could even attempt to crack
it.
Coming
soon: Back Orifice 2000, Wired News, 6/30. "This will
demonstrate that Microsoft's operating systems are
completely insecure and a bad choice for consumers and
businesses who demand privacy."
What
Windows users will put up with, Bryan Chaffin, Mac
Observer, 6/18. "What has stunned and amazed me time and
again are the things that [even experienced]
Windows users will put up with."
Firm
exposes WinNT security hole, ZDNet, 6/16. "Nearly
every Windows NT-based Web server on the Internet is
vulnerable to a newly discovered security hole...."
Quad Xeon processors running NT are a weak value
proposition, Linux Today, 5/6. "...poor options for
upgrades make it a dead end system."
Springtime
is here, and so are all the bugs, Internet Week, 5/3.
"Considering that lack of stability is one of NT's most
notorious problems as a serious enterprise server
platform, you'd think Redmond would be putting more
effort into changing that perception."
U.S.
Navy does Windows, Applelinks, 4/29. "Using Windows
NT, which is known to have some failure modes, on a
warship is similar to hoping that luck will be in our
favor."
How
big is Windows 2000?, Windows Magazine. "...I can't
help thinking that a system that requires over 350 MB for
the system disk files is bound to be more
complicated--and less reliable--than one requiring 173MB.
And I don't know too many people who were satisfied with
NT 4.0's reliability."
WinME
tops out at 512 MB, MacSlash, 11/26. Macs and the Mac
OS have supported a full gig of RAM since at least
1995.
What's
up with Win98 Second Edition?, Fred Langa, Windows
Magazine [Slashdot].
Langa lists seven variations (and they're not all the
same): OEM, full retail version, upgrade from 3.1 or95,
upgrade from Win98....
Windows
95 remains most popular operating system, c|net,
7/20. "Despite the hoopla and expectations that
accompanied the launch of the Windows 98 operating
system, research shows that its predecessor remains the
popular choice."
Another
Win98 bug, Microsoft, 6/23. System File Checker may
restore wrong cabinet file, making system
unbootable.
One
more Windows 98, Jerry Pournelle, Byte.com, 5/10.
"You will recall a few years ago, Microsoft announced Win
2000 would take the place of both Win NT for offices and
servers, and of Win 98 for consumers."
Windows
98 SE (second edition) released to PC makers, c|net,
5/5. "Microsoft has been criticized in some circles for
charging users for what is essentially an OS update,
especially as it is a departure from past
practices."
Windows
95 Y2K fix kept from users, Computerworld, 5/3
(thanks, Slashdot).
"For almost a year, Microsoft Corp. withheld from its 125
million corporate users of Windows 95 the information
that a software patch was in the works to make the
desktop operating system fully year
2000-compliant...."
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