Archive for the ‘Apple’ Category

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. ...

Summer of Mac Love - Week 4 - Software Removal

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Last week I covered the differences between the software installation processes of OS X and Windows. Over time some of our software outlives its usefulness and has to be removed. This week I will examine the process of removing software from both OS X and Windows. The Facts OS X does not ...

Summer of Mac Love - Week 3 - Software Installation

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Last week I covered the differences between the update processes of OS X and Windows. Of course without any software to update these services would not be needed. This week I will examine the process of installing new software on each of the platforms. The Facts Windows utilizes a separate installation program ...