Archive for August, 2008

Summer of Mac Love - Week 8 - Useful Life

Friday, August 29th, 2008

One of the most common questions that I hear as an IT consultant revolves around how much you should spend on a new computer. The next question I hear from my business clients involves how long a new computer should last. In an effort to budget for upgrades businesses prefer ...

Summer of Mac Love - Week 7 - Foundations

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

An age old parable describes the folly of building your house on a foundation of sand. The parable describes two houses, one built on a rock foundation and the second built on a foundation of sand. The parable continues to describe rains and floods that batter the two houses. After ...

Summer of Mac Love - Week 6 - Hardware

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Last week I covered the differences between the user interfaces of OS X and Windows. A computer platform consists of two major components. The operating system (software) and the hardware. In the past 5 weeks we have covered many of the smaller differences between the Windows and Mac platforms. When ...

Summer of Mac Love - Week 5 - User Interface

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Last week I covered the differences between the software removal processes of OS X and Windows. Now that we have configured the system to our liking it is time to examine actually using the system. This week we will compare the user interfaces of OS X and the Windows platform. ...