Oh, deze is nog niet gepost: OSX-ers hebben wel humor. Je Windows-computer in het netwerk
Walt Mossbergquote:
Leopard will come preinstalled on all new Macs. It can also be purchased for $129 as an upgrade to existing Macs that, depending on configuration, can be as many as six years old. Unlike Vista, which is sold in four noncorporate upgrade versions ranging from a $100 stripped-down “basic” edition to a $259 deluxe “ultimate” edition, there’s only one version of Leopard. It includes all the features, from those aimed at novices to those aimed at power users.
Leopard felt about as fast as Tiger, and it started up much faster than Vista in my tests. I compared a MacBook Pro laptop with Leopard preinstalled to a Sony Vaio laptop with Vista preinstalled. Even though I had cleared out all of the useless trial software Sony had placed on the Vaio, it still started up painfully slowly compared with the Leopard laptop.
It took the Vista machine nearly two minutes to perform a cold start and be ready to run, including connecting to my wireless network. The Leopard laptop was up, running and connected to the network in 38 seconds. In a test of restarting the two laptops after they had been running an email program, a Web browser and a word processor, the Sony with Vista took three minutes and 29 seconds, while the Apple running Leopard took one minute and five seconds.
NY Timesquote:
Microsoft had it a little easier with Vista, because everybody knew what Windows needed: better security. Maybe Mac OS X is harder to hack, or maybe the virus writers consider the Mac’s 8 percent market share too piddling to bother with. But in its six years, Mac OS X hasn’t experienced a single virus outbreak or spyware infestation.
So Apple’s mission in Leopard was to make us aware of needs we never knew we had — something Apple is usually good at.
The one Apple extols the most, with reason, is called Time Machine. It’s a backup program.
Of course, the world is full of backup programs. But almost nobody uses them. Chances are extremely good that you, at this moment, do not have an automated, regular backup of your entire computer. When you connect the second drive, Leopard asks if you want to use it for Time Machine. If you click O.K., that’s it. One click — that’s got to be the shortest setup of any backup system in history.
Time Machine updates its mirror of your main drive every hour, although you can also trigger updates on demand. At day’s end, Time Machine replaces those hourly backups with a single daily backup; at the end of the month, those are replaced by a single month-end backup.
On the other hand, Leopard maintains all the goodies of previous Mac OS X versions. To the amazement of many Windows refugees, Mac OS X requires no serial number and no “activation”; it’s not copy-protected. It doesn’t clutter the desktop with crippled bits of free-trial software from other companies. There are no nagging balloons or come-ons.
Leopard does well with backward compatibility, too. Thanks to modest minimum requirements (512 megabytes of memory, 867 megahertz), Apple says Leopard runs on three-year-old Macs and even high-end six-year-old machines.
Leopard is powerful, polished and carefully conceived. Happy surprises, and very few disappointments, lie around every corner. This Leopard has more than 300 new spots — and most of them are bright ones.
Nummer 1 deze weekquote:
Microsoft heeft ongevraagd en in alle stilte Windows Desktop Search 3.01 op pc's geïnstalleerd, zo bericht The Register. Doordat de zoeksoftware de harde schijf indexeert, vertragen de getroffen systemen.
Diverse weblogs berichten over de ongewenste installatie van Windows Desktop Search. In alle gevallen is de software binnengehaald via Windows Server Update Services. Ook systeembeheerders die deze updatedienst zo hadden ingesteld dat alleen bestaande programma's aangepast mogen worden, werden plots geconfronteerd met de zoekfunctie. Microsoft heeft inmiddels toegezegd het probleem te gaan bekijken.
Het is niet de eerste keer dat er iets verkeerds gaat met de updatediensten van Microsoft. Vorige maand ontstond consternatie nadat Windows Update zichzelf ongevraagd ververste. Microsoft noemde deze patch noodzakelijk voor het betrouwbaar functioneren van Windows Update, maar beloofde meer transparantie over toekomstige updates.
Nummer 2 deze weekquote:
Legale versies van Windows Vista kunnen gedeactiveerd worden als gebruikers de stuurprogramma's voor hun hardware updaten of wijzigen. Dat zou Microsoft hebben bevestigd tegenover een Australische technologiesite.
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Nagemaakt en nog niets. En vanaf vandaag kun je Windows Vista gewoon weer Windows 98 noemen. Voor games koop ik wel een PSP3