Microsoft is throwing it right back at Apple, who has attempted to stereotype the Personal Computer (PC) as a bloated, disfunctional, and not-very-hip machine. I won’t delve into the many arguments about how Macs are really just PCs with an Apple logo and an alternative OS, or how Linux (which Apple ignores in it’s commercials) runs on many PCs.
So to counter this so-called “stereotype,” Microsoft has released the “I’m a PC” ad campaign. See for yourself why that stereotype is so wrong…
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I was having a conversation with one of my good friends the other night about some software she was installing and somehow we got off on the subject of how she was using Windows Vista rather than XP (which she now cannot stand, by the way). Now just so you know, my friend is not a computer guru, IT admin, Microsoft lover, or anything like that–she’s a perfect example of the everyday average consumer, and if she likes Microsoft’s latest OS, there probably aren’t many valid reasons why you shouldn’t either! There are so many un-informed people out there writing articles attacking Vista, I thought it might be refreshing to find some more positive reasons to upgrade! Take a look…
- Personalize your stuff
From the desktop background to color of the application windows, Vista gives each user of a PC a variety of tools to adjust their computing experience until it meets their specific needs and tastes. Whether it’s changing the sound scheme, adding and removing gadgets from the Sidebar, adjusting what applications load when you log on, or even adjusting the size of objects on the screen so grandma can still see her icons and read her email, Windows provides the ability to allow users to customize just about any part of the system to their liking. It’s the ultimate in flexibility.
- Stop starting, Start searching!
Gone are the days of visually scanning over the list of three-hundred program folders in your Windows start menu. No longer must you open half of the folders in ‘My Documents’ to locate the minutes for last week’s status meeting. Instead, just click on Vista’s ‘Start Orb’ and begin typing! Windows will return the top hits for your query. Use your keyboard’s arrow keys to navigate to the program or document you were looking for and hit enter–it’s that easy. As long as the file is in an indexed location on your hard drive (typically somewhere inside your Users\My User Name folder) or is an application listed in the start menu, Windows will find it for you. Just like that. Read the rest of this entry »
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