Operating Systems

Windows 8 Will Impact Microsoft’s Presence Even Outside of the Desktop

by Mike Mansell September 23, 2011

Considering Microsoft’s on-off history with releasing successful operating systems it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Microsoft’s success with the Windows platform from here on out (in a world where Apple is thriving and consumer-focused Linux distributions are popping up like advertisements for Internet Explorer users) rests on their ability to make another [...]

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Windows 8 to Run Windows Phone Applications

by Mike Mansell September 8, 2011

Anyone who remotely follows Microsoft’s release cycle of the Windows operating system has likely noticed the somewhat obvious fact that Microsoft’s success with each release is spotty at best. Sure, Windows 7 has been on the market for a while now and has achieved a pretty outstanding adoption rate and has earned a killer reputation [...]

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Microsoft Implements Ribbon UI in Windows 8 Explorer

by Mike Mansell August 30, 2011

There’s no denying the fact that Microsoft has been walking on egg shells a bit in the last couple of years after having publicly humiliated itself with the failure of Windows Vista (something that many people still refer to even to this day) and the less than admirable reputation that many of the company’s other offerings [...]

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7 Reasons I (Finally) Updated to Lion

by Mike Mansell August 26, 2011

I didn’t want to do it. Really, I didn’t. After having bought my first Mac and fallen in love with the clean and crisp user interface of Mac OS X (10.6, Snow Leopard) I was less than eager to update to the latest version (Lion) when it came out last month. Don’t get me wrong, [...]

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Why I’m Avoiding the Move to Lion

by Mike Mansell July 15, 2011

I absolutely love my Mac. With the MacBook Pro, along with products such as the iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro, Apple has seriously raised the bar with the quality and grade of materials and components that go into their computers. The aluminum body, backlit keyboard, large glass trackpad, and beautiful display on my MacBook [...]

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Confessions of an OS X Convert

by Mike Mansell March 9, 2011

For nearly a year now I have used Linux as my primary desktop operating system after having used Windows for what seems like forever. Having been exposed to various versions of Windows and numerous distributions of Linux, I have easily gained quite a bit of experience with different operating systems and have come to appreciate [...]

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The One Issue That Stands in the Way of Mass-Marketed Linux

by Mike Mansell February 15, 2011

It seems like just yesterday that I was a user of the ever so popular Microsoft Windows operating system. But truth be told, I have been using Linux as my primary desktop operating system for nearly a year now. In this time, I have learned a great deal about the operating system and have honestly [...]

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Chrome OS: Not Just For Netbooks

by Mike Mansell November 26, 2010

It has already been made perfectly clear that Google’s upcoming Chrome operating system is going to be a miserable failure if it is used exclusively for netbook computers. With the market for tablet computers expanding at a rapid rate, competition in the mobile computing field is undoubtedly going to become a big thing. So it should [...]

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Ubuntu 10.10 Review: A Ten In My Book

by Mike Mansell October 10, 2010

I have always felt it necessary to admit when I make a mistake, and my first impressions of the Ubuntu 10.10 beta – the one where I stated that I was “not impressed” with the release – is definitely one of those situations. In this review, I had installed the beta version of the 10.10 [...]

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We Need to Kill the Windows Installer

by Jeff Weisbein August 24, 2010

We need to kill the Windows Installer. More specifically, Microsoft needs to kill it. Why? Because it’s a poor method of installing software. Alternative operating systems to Windows such as Mac OS X and every Linux distribution do software installations the right way. What makes their method for installing software the “right way” you ask? [...]

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