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Think different? You bet I do!

by Kevin Harter (Sep 9th, 2009)

It's a common theory that Apple is a "hardware company" not a "software company." What does that mean? Doesn't it actually sell both? The idea is that Apple uses software to push more hardware sales. If Apple was a software company, you wouldn't see the fantastic and very useful iLife bundle of ...

Google Chrome OS under development

by Kevin Harter (Jul 8th, 2009)

Google just announced they are indeed developing the long-rumored Chrome OS. Expected to be web-focused with a minimal user interface, the lightweight open source operating system will appear initially on netbooks running either x86 or ARM processors. Expansion to the desktop and full-powered ...

Vista on the Mac

by Erica Sadun (Jan 29th, 2007)

Wired Magazine's blog has a post about why Mac users may want to run Vista. Mac machines, it says, are great for running Vista, particularly with its demanding specifications. The author is a bit Wincentric, so take that into account while reading about how Vista makes OS X look "dated". But think ...

Shopping for Vista

by Erica Sadun (Jan 23rd, 2007)

Ever go shopping for OS X? There's the standard version, the server, and the family pack. And that's more or less about it. Vista? Not so much. As loyal TUAW reader Tyler pointed out, you can get the Ultimate version, the Premium version, the Home Premium version, the Business version, the Home ...

Parallels Workstation 2.1 beta6

by David Chartier (Apr 29th, 2006)

Parallels has cranked out a 6th beta of their most excellent virtualizating Workstation software for Intel Macs. Fixes and improvements in this latest version include: USB fixes (more devices supported: PDA, scanner, etc.) Shared Folders fixes (added support for guest Windows 2000) Network ...

Macworld reviews Parallels, tests other OSs

by David Chartier (Apr 20th, 2006)

Rob Griffiths has posted a thorough review of Parallels Workstation, the impressive new (and free while in beta) software that allows you to run other operating systems in a virtual environment within Mac OS X. Overall Rob is very pleased with his experience. He first tested Windows XP and even ...