Tag: Software

Hasta la vista, Vista!

Most of these Vista notebooks cost more than my MacBook and only the more expensive ones (over $2000) have a digital video interface (DVI) ( to connect to that hi-def LCD or plasma TV in your living room or den ). They ALL lack a built in digital camera (for video conferencing), a wireless remote control, bluetooth wireless (wireless mice, keyboard, and headsets), digital audio input/output (surround sound from a laptop), video editing software, music creation and editing, DVD editing and burning, and web publishing software. Every Apple laptop ships with these features.

Aren't applications the things we buy our computers to run so that we can do something creative or productive? So out of the box shouldn't the computer be able to do something?

So please, explain to me why Macs are considered more expensive? Hasta La Vista, Vista!

Time to change my password...again

"Over the years, password crackers have been getting faster and faster. Current commercial products can test tens -- even hundreds -- of millions of passwords per second. At the same time, there's a maximum complexity to the passwords average people are willing to memorize (.pdf). Those lines crossed years ago, and typical real-world passwords are now software-guessable." -- Schneier on Security

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iTunes and bridge design

I love reading Joel Spolsky's blog, Joel on Software.  He has a way of writing and presenting an idea or concept that makes me think more deeply about the topic.  His most recent post regarding the difference of design between two bridges was used to illustrate how elegance of design in software in just as important as utility.

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