Leopard is out

Apple 10.5 Leopard was released yesterday and it is amazing! Most of the reviewers love it including Walt Mossberg and David Pogue. The most realistic review of the new OS was done by Paul Thurrott. If you are thinking of making the switch, you owe it to yourself to read it. Food for thought, when as the last time you heard the words love and Microsoft in the same sentence?

My Museum Photo

How cool is this mash-up tool. It takes one of your photos and uploads it to appear as if it is hanging in a museum. This photo is one that I took in Jamaica last year. This museum site is very easy to use. Upload one of your photos and select from four museum layouts. The site does all of the work for you.

Is Steve Ballmer Schizophrenic?

When Steve Ballmer was asked what he thought of Facebook at this year’s Web 2.0 conference, he said:

“There can’t be any more deep technology in Facebook than what dozens of people could write in a couple of years. I think these things are going to have some legs, and yet there’s a … faddish nature about anything that appeals to younger people.”

So what did Mr. Ballmer do today? He took a $240 million equity position in Facebook. Microsoft really doesn’t understand Web 2.0. Did Microsoft just walk into a Google trap? This is going to be fun to watch.

Apple is a market force!

With all of the Apple news lately, it is hard for some to remember that Apple was almost history only 10 years ago. Those that feel that Apple will never be a real market force need to remember that we are in the middle of a paradigm shift. As Paul Thurrott states in one of his lastest blog posts, there is now an entire generation of students that manage their lives on the web. They are not logically or emotionally tied to Microsoft in any way. Furthmore, they do not have the patience to deal with technology problems. This is a potential threat to Microsoft's very existance.

Apple reports record market share

With Leopard coming in just 4 short days, Apple reported record revenue and market share. Apple has experienced 34% growth since the same quarter last year. Apple now has a market share of 8.1% and is third overall in computer sales. Lest we forget, the first two places go to Dell and HP, both companies with horrible customer service. What is contributing to the increase in Apple's market share? Two things as I see it: customer service and Vista. Who knows where this will go but it certainly seems as if Apple is on a roll.

Leopard goes on sale Oct 26th - Wow

Apple's new operating system, OS X - Leopard, will be released on October 26th. Imagine a world where operating systems install without a problem, where the drivers are in place and where everything works the way that it should. That is Leopard. The other great thing about Leopard is that there is one version, not 7 :-)

It is hard to imagine that Vista went RTM one year ago this month. People are still switching back to XP from Vista due to problems. Talk about Wow!

Microsoft XP SP3 on the way

For those of you who are having Vista problems and by that I mean everyone that is using Vista, there is good news. XP SP3 will be available in early 2008. Why is this exciting? XP SP3 will have the enhanced security features of Vista which is the only real reason to switch to Vista in the first place. Now that is WOW