Lite Side Archive, 2005

• Microsoft, Intel, and the back ends of two horses, Dan Knight, 12.23. North American railroad gauge is rooted in British tramways, which in turn were based on English wagons, which had to run in the ruts created by Roman chariots. Intel and Microsoft work the same way.
• Microsoft to drop Windows support, refocus on core markets, 11.02. Microsoft to give up on patching Windows, concentrate on Xbox and Office - even port Microsoft Office to Linux.
• 50 things to do with a broken Dell Optiplex computer, 11.02. Dell is taking a $300 million charge to fix broken Optiplex computers. 50 suggestions for using a broken Dell.
• What's a cartoonish poof doing in an elegant user interface?, 10.19. Everything about the Mac OS X interface is smooth, polished, and professional - except for that 'toony 'poof' effect.
• Dueling patents: Microsoft vs. Apple, 08.17. Microsoft claims a patent on the iPod's interface, but Apple counters with a Blue Screen of Death patent....
• Pundit decries unnecessary complexity of Apple's multibutton Mighty Mouse, Jeff Adkins, 08.04. "Well designed software shouldn't need extra buttons, right? Maybe Apple should reconsider...."
• Microsoft the ultimate pyramid scheme?, 08.03. If you look at the way a pyramid scheme works and compare it to the way Microsoft promotes their product....
• Microsoft the ultimate pyramid scheme?, 08.03. If you look at the way a pyramid scheme works and compare it to the way Microsoft promotes their product....
• HP drops iPod, voids warranty, 08.02. "In a surprise development, HP dropped their iPod."
• Oops, Vista already trademarked. Suggestions for naming the next version of Windows, 07.26. Microsoft has run into trademark issues with Windows Vista. The Lite Side offers some alternatives.
• Return of the bumper snicker, 07.06. There are more viruses for Windows than miles on my car.
• Apple + Intel spells the end of western civilization, 06.15. Once consumers realize that all the hype about PowerPC superiority was a bunch of hooey, they will stop believing advertising completely.
• Announcements you didn't expect at WWDC, Jeff Adkins, 04.25. Apple's 3-button mouse, first Mac adware/spyware development kit, OS X to be Longhorn-compatible, and more.
• iPodictionary, Jeff Adkins, 04.18. Apple's iPod has lead to some interesting social phenomena - and to their naming as well.
• The CEO and the Tiger, Jeff Adkins, 04.14. The semi-barbaric CEO allows his subjects to choose one of two doors. Behind one is a Tiger of great cunning, behind the other....
• Beyond two button mice: Apple's new iWalk input device to walk over competition, Jeff Adkins, 04.01. Handheld mice are so 20th century. Apple's innovative new input device uses feet instead, allowing users to keep their hands on the keyboard.
• Risk of meteorite impact assessment for your Macintosh computer, Jeff Adkins, 03.31. Worried about a Mac virus? You may be in more danger from meteorites than from viruses.
• Seven tips for buying an MP3 player, Dan Knight, 03.28. Microsoft knows what's best for them, but their advice on buying an MP3 player might not be best for you.
• Napster's math doesn't account for the extinction factor, Jeff Adkins, 02.15. If Apple goes extinct, you still have the music you bought. But if Napster goes extinct, you have nothing to show for the money you've spent.
• The ultimate spam email, Dan Knight, 02.10. Low rate mortgages, murdered chiefs, international lotteries, cheating housewives, OEM software, online meds and more form the backbone of today's perfect spam email.
• Dell's 'out of whack' memory pricing scheme, Jeff Adkins, 02.08. Eschewing the concept of one price for all, Dell offers different RAM prices to different classes of buyers. Really.
• The GUI Fruits and the Dark Angel of the Dell, Jeff Adkins, 01.20. The true tale of the Gates of Greenbacks, the Angel of the Dell, and the Fruits of GUI and of Music.
• 20 reasons the Mac mini will fail and doom Apple, Dan Knight, 01.13. No mouse, no keyboard, no monitor, no scrollwheel, no colors, too little software, and no floppy are just a few of the reasons nobody will buy the Mac mini.
• Apple to market 79¢ sMac, Jeff Adkins, 01.07. "The sMac will be available in Snow White, Golden Delicious, Sour Apple Green, Candy Apple Red, Mac-genta, I've Got the Blues, and Steve Jobs' Mock Turtleneck Black."
• APOD, EPOD, iPod, oPod, uPod, yPod and more, Jeff Adkins, 01.03. Apple is far from alone in creating names that end with "POD".
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