tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post543215538256854880..comments2024-03-14T01:22:21.483-04:00Comments on Basil's Blog: In defense of MicrosoftBasilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-1789017577162020752013-09-14T14:53:16.000-04:002013-09-14T14:53:16.000-04:00Windows 8 REALLY SUCKS!!!! Windows 7 SO-SO but a...Windows 8 REALLY SUCKS!!!! Windows 7 SO-SO but acceptable.Dennis Skeanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-10771808266644115712013-09-14T16:14:11.000-04:002013-09-14T16:14:11.000-04:00Awesome commercial, but even I - a comedy genius -...Awesome commercial, but even I - a comedy genius - was a little puzzled by the flashbacks. I never noticed that the CEO's head was slightly balder. I was too busy looking at the employees. Also, I wasn't sure if the changing t-shirt colors meant "earlier time" or "alter egos" or "inner dialogue".<br><br><br><br>A noticeable change in the room, or the words "years earlier" or something might've helped make that clearer.<br><br><br><br>So, I wouldn't rate the commercial "brilliant", because it lacked some clarity in the presentation, but the point made by the dialogue was clear and devastating.<br><br><br><br>As for MS OSs... I have one computer that runs Win7 - I use it as a set-top box on my TV so that I have to interface with the OS as little as possible. All 3 of my laptops run XP, which Microsoft never significantly improved upon, and which, itself, was only a modest step up from Win2K.Harveynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-52072420538599829622013-09-14T16:24:00.000-04:002013-09-14T16:24:00.000-04:00Windows 7 Media Center? That's an awesome HTPC...Windows 7 Media Center? That's an awesome HTPC interface. There is nothing running on OS X that comes even close. There are even scripts you can find that will let you add Hulu Desktop (with plays the free Hulu stuff, not just the Hulu Plus content) to the WMC. Of course, if you are using a keyboard and mouse/trackpad/trackball to control it already, you can just launch normal. Yep, I'm a huge fan of TV from the Internet.<br><br><br><br>I'm okay with Windows XP, but the support ending next year (12½ years after it launched) makes it truly dead-end. And the path Windows took in 2006 with Vista? That's why I went Mac.Basilhttp://www.basilsblog.net/noreply@blogger.com