TuxRunner

Full disclosure…I’m typing this on a MacBook Pro (barely, I just had shoulder surgery 6 days ago. Almost can’t type).  So I’m not totally against Apple products.  I don’t mind using them actually.  But seriously, if I wasn’t given this MacBook by work I probably wouldn’t be using an Apple product.

Apple finally had their press conference to release their new tablet product.  Once I found out what it was, I guess I started to try to figure out if I’d ever have a use for something like that.  Couldn’t come up with one reason really, given all the other tech gadgets that I can use.  Since I’m really into my Nokia N900, I started to compare the two devices.  And what I was able to come up with is a lot of reason I would never give up my N900 for the iPad, so here’s why I prefer the N900 to Apple’s newest iStuff. (continue reading…)

I kicked back for a short moment at work today and thought about what make some of these newer cell phones and mobile computing devices so interesting.  Why do we want to have all this power in such a small device?  What makes carrying around a netbook better than lugging around a 15″ laptop?  Why buy an Internet tablet or a mobile phone that can browse the web just as well as a full desktop computer could?

Simple.  Freedom!  The ability to go anywhere and do anything.  It’s all about being able to do things that you used to only be able to do on a computer on your desk at home.  It’s all about taking your music with you, watching your movies and shows on the go, chatting with your friends on social network websites, sharing photos and videos of the places and people you’re visiting. (continue reading…)

I listen very regularly to the Twit netcast, Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott.  This is a Windows only show, right?  I supposed to hear Windows news, and banter about the latest things going on with Microsoft and Windows from Leo and Paul.  Correct?

On paper, this guy appears to be a Windows guy.  He publishes articles for Windows IT Pro magazine, runs http://winsupersite.com, has a new version os his Windows Vista Secrets book coming out soon, everything about him on paper says Microsoft Windows.  But yet week after week when I hear him speak with Leo Laporte on the Windows Weekly netcast, he sounds more and more anti-Microsoft/Windows and more of an Apple/Mac/iPhone fan than anything else. (continue reading…)