Windows Who? Bloated - Complex - Ohh and You Have to Pay for it?

Everyone is talking about Windows nowadays. Why use it? Since the dawn of the modern desktop computer Microsoft has dominated relentlessly. In more recent years Apple has emerged as a major competitor, with their niche being people who want simplicity! As Linux becomes increasingly user friendly, and easy to install the demise of Microsoft’s Windows is appearing closer and closer.

Its no secret that Windows Vista wasn’t the resounding success that Microsoft hoped for.  While Microsoft managed to push decent sales, it failed to surpass Windows XP’s success and received a largely critical reception from the press.  Microsoft is taking the situation seriously, and is pushing aggressively to replace Vista, with Windows 7 in 2010, hoping for better luck. (reference)

Apple is great, their software is great, their hardware is great, but you have to pay for it. Linux, especially Ubuntu is quickly becoming a major competitor in the computer world. Dell has rapidly adopted the operating system because of its stability, lack of viruses and spyware, and other benefits. The most important benefit is that its completely free. Why would Dell want to purchase licenses from Microsoft, and then have to charge the consumer? They can simply use Ubuntu, charge the consumer a little bit less, make the consumer more happy and still make their incredible profits.

Linux the the future. It takes about 30 minutes to completely setup up a brand new webserver. Viruses, and spyware are basically not effective against all Linux distributions, so I ask the question again, why use Microsoft Windows?

iPhone Battery Life Complaints

If your iPhone battery life is poor, your phone is broken. Bring it in the Apple for an exchange. My iPhone will literally go for three days without having to re-charge it. I have my screen brightness set all the way down, I can report the best battery life of any cellphone I have ever owned. I have wifi on all the time. I have bluetooth off. I use all the features all the time, and can report no negatives on any aspect of the phone.

iPhone iPod Touch Battery Life Extensions

The easiest way to make your iPhone or iPod Touch last longer is to substantially decrease the brightness of the screen. I have observed upwards of a 50% reduction in battery life when the device is set to maximum brightness, and a substantial increase in battery life when the brightness is dramatically reduced.

Otherwise this device simply rocks. I love the instant transition between WiFi and the EDGE wireless network. This provides a seamless internet connection, allowing you to check your email, and access the internet anywhere where coverage is available. One major software issue is the lack of a spam filter directly on the iPhone. Also I have experienced trouble playing quicktime files, although the integrated YouTube feature is quite impressive. Also, an easy way should be provided for users to rip their DVDs to iTunes, and then sync them to their device; this feature should obviously be added to the iTunes software directly.

Overall if you don’t care about your credit balance, or somehow you miraculously have money in your life I officially declare the iPhone a killer device that consolidates many features into one single unit. Apple rocks, although since quality is proportional to cost, all Apple products are relatively costly.