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An open letter to the people of the world

// April 6th, 2010 // 10193 Comments »http://jasonthebaldguy.com/2010/04/an-open-letter-to-the-people-of-the-world/An+open+letter+to+the+people+of+the+world2010-04-06+16%3A27%3A01jasonthebaldguy // My Favorites

I found this article over at SCL and loved it… the blog is written by a guy that pretends to be Steve Jobs the CEO of the Apple corporation and I thought Jon at SCL hit the nail on the head when he said “I recently read his open letter to the people of the world about the iPad and found it surprisingly convicting as a Christian”

so without further ado…

An open letter to the people of the world from fake steve jobs  at  http://www.fakesteve.net/

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Windows or Mac

// October 23rd, 2009 // 7594 Comments »http://jasonthebaldguy.com/2009/10/windows-vs-mac/Windows+or+Mac2009-10-23+06%3A03%3A03jasonthebaldguy // My Favorites

Well a new version of windows is rolling out, Windows 7. To make my joy complete Apple has released a new “I’m a mac/I’m a PC” Ad. I recently made the upgrade to Snow Leopard on my Mac Mini and I have to say it was painless! It actually freed up about 10 gigs of hard drive space and sped up my aging Mac Mini to the point that I really think I can go another year without an upgrade! For the first time I have owned the same computer system for longer than 2 years without a major hardware upgrade… Pretty cool! and its faster now than when I first bought it thanks to the minor purchase of 29$ for the upgrade to Snow Leopard.

Windows 7 on the other hand is not so gentle… 219.99 for the ultimate version of Windows 7 as an upgrade and 319.99 for the full version! I am starting to wonder where the benefit of this operating system will start to show up… It’s obvious that Microsoft has found the way to continue to leach money out of their devoted following with the ridiculous pricing scheme. It is amazing to me how many people continue to be loyal to Microsoft completely oblivious to the peace of mind that they could have by buying a Mac.

They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results… well here we go again!

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Snow Leopard, Iphone 3GS, Iphone 3.0 OS

// June 8th, 2009 // 406No Comments »http://jasonthebaldguy.com/2009/06/snow-leopard-iphone-3gs-iphone-30-os/Snow+Leopard%2C+Iphone+3GS%2C+Iphone+3.0+OS2009-06-08+19%3A11%3A15jasonthebaldguy // My Favorites

Today is a good day for Apple users! Apple is really throwing down the gauntlet for Microsoft, Announcing a $29 dollar upgrade to Snow Leopard… the next jump ahead of Windows 7… Also it looks like the Iphone 3.0 OS is a fantastic upgrade with the long awaited cut and paste function… something I know I have been really looking forward to. and last but not least a Palm Pre slaughtering Iphone 3GS with tons of great new features… and it looks like the Iphone 3G just got lowered to 99$ which is pretty reasonable given the state of the economy… I think that the real think that Apple understands that Microsoft does not get yet is that consumers would rather simplicity in pricing and in the product that is offered… rather than offering a million solutions to the same problem offer a few really good ones that are easy to choose from. I beleive that is why Apple is growing in leaps and bounds… l sure hope this healthy competition keeps bringing great products and stimulating creativity. Ok guys I will stop geeking out and get back to work…

for more details see http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/phil-schiller-keynote-live-from-wwdc-2009

blessings to all my apple buddies!

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// April 16th, 2009 // 128No Comments »http://jasonthebaldguy.com/2009/04/the-apple-effect/The+Apple+Effect2009-04-17+03%3A40%3A11jasonthebaldguy // My Favorites

If you take a look around lately it is easily noticeable that Macbooks and Apple hardware in general is beginning to take a solid foothold in society. I am a recent convert myself being a PC guy all my life totaling up to 15 years of being a PC guru. After years of fighting viruses, spyware, and hours of configuring and reconfiguring and fixing windows, I said no more. 1 1/2 years later I can honestly say that being a Mac owner has saved me more time in a year than I could have imagined.

This week I stumbled over this article by a Windows guru as he attempted to use a mac for 2 weeks.

Living on Air: A Windows guru spends two weeks with a Mac

With the exception of buying one of the most expensive laptops (Macbook Air) I think the article is pretty on par with my experience. Just a matter of note but you can get a Mac Mini that handles probably everything you could want to do, for around five hundred bucks…

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// January 20th, 2009 // 71No Comments »http://jasonthebaldguy.com/2009/01/windows-7/Windows+7+%3F2009-01-20+06%3A08%3A00jasonthebaldguy // My Life

Everybody knows I am a converted apple user… Mainly because I hated Windows Vista! I was absolutely tired of dealing with driver issues, viruses, spyware ect.

After the really lame “Mojave”, “I am a PC” and the extremely odd “Jerry Seinfeld” Ad Campaigns.. It looks like Microsoft scraped the usable parts of Vista together to provide yet another version of windows!

Now don’t get me wrong… Microsoft could actually get it right this time. But I wouldn’t be so eager to jump ship from XP or Vista just yet! If what you have is working for you then stick with it!

I will say if windows 7 has any of the guts of server 2008 then there might be something to be impressed with … I recently installed server 2008 Std. And I have to say, it is the fastest booting Microsoft server to date! even shutdowns take a few measly seconds compared to as long as 10 minutes on server 2003!

All I know is that Microsoft needs Windows 7 to make it… All it takes is a few thousand IT guys like me to start jumping ship, for Apple to start making real headway in the PC market.

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ilife 09 announced!

// January 7th, 2009 // 55No Comments »http://jasonthebaldguy.com/2009/01/ilife-09-announced/ilife+09+announced%212009-01-07+22%3A35%3A00jasonthebaldguy // My Favorites

I don’t know how many of you know this but I converted from being a PC user to a Mac user about 2 years ago… I was fed up with always fixing silly problems like the mouse not working for no reason… viruses taking over, pop ups, and oh … always having problems with music software! I have been an IT professional for well over 10 years now and I love my mac because it always works.. it has never let me down! and the CPU is about the size of a Wii!

ANYWAYS! ilife 09 was just announced and as always at a consumer friendly price!

If you get it let me know what you think about the new version! I heard mixed reveiws about ’08 being a little too user friendly and some of the more powerful features being nerfed… I will update you once I find out!

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