Comments on: Crash! http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=376 Helping PC users make sense of Microsoft software since 1991 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:54:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Robert http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=376&cpage=1#comment-644 Robert Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=376#comment-644 There's no doubt, in my mind, that the fact that the Apple crash occurred in a beta-version of a product that won't be released for six months may have something to do with this as well. There’s no doubt, in my mind, that the fact that the Apple crash occurred in a beta-version of a product that won’t be released for six months may have something to do with this as well.

]]> By: Edward http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=376&cpage=1#comment-645 Edward Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=376#comment-645 So thats the same as the Xbox demo, an Assert check in a beta product (Fozer Racer) that won't be released till April or something. I fail to see the difference. So thats the same as the Xbox demo, an Assert check in a beta product (Fozer Racer) that won’t be released till April or something. I fail to see the difference.

]]> By: Squozen http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=376&cpage=1#comment-646 Squozen Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=376#comment-646 The difference is that the Apple products don't keep crashing in retail. The difference is that the Apple products don’t keep crashing in retail.

]]> By: Vrarg http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=376&cpage=1#comment-647 Vrarg Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=376#comment-647 Yeah, because "An Error of Type -1 Occurred" never happened. Yeah, because “An Error of Type -1 Occurred” never happened.

]]> By: clone http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=376&cpage=1#comment-648 clone Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=376#comment-648 The difference is, unlike the Gates freeze, Jobs didn't sit there for an agonozing amount of time waiting for it to work. He had a back-up Mac right there and continued his demo with barely a pause. The difference is, unlike the Gates freeze, Jobs didn’t sit there for an agonozing amount of time waiting for it to work. He had a back-up Mac right there and continued his demo with barely a pause.

]]> By: johnq http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=376&cpage=1#comment-649 johnq Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=376#comment-649 "Yeah, because 'An Error of Type -1 Occurred' never happened." It's 2005. We haven't seen that since 1999 or so. “Yeah, because ‘An Error of Type -1 Occurred’ never happened.”

It’s 2005. We haven’t seen that since 1999 or so.

]]> By: coyote http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=376&cpage=1#comment-650 coyote Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=376#comment-650 The difference is that Gates was demonstrating technologies that have been around for years.... 802.11 wireless connections between devices, and connecting a tablet PC to the internet. Jobs, to contrast, was demonstrating the next major upgrade of the operating system, still several months from release. The technology he was demonstrating, Spotlight, is something that Microsoft pulled as 'undeliverable' from the next version of their operating system, due some time next year. The difference in situations is so clear that I'm inclined to think that you are biased with regards to Mr. Gates and Microsoft. The difference is that Gates was demonstrating technologies that have been around for years…. 802.11 wireless connections between devices, and connecting a tablet PC to the internet.

Jobs, to contrast, was demonstrating the next major upgrade of the operating system, still several months from release. The technology he was demonstrating, Spotlight, is something that Microsoft pulled as ‘undeliverable’ from the next version of their operating system, due some time next year.

The difference in situations is so clear that I’m inclined to think that you are biased with regards to Mr. Gates and Microsoft.

]]> By: Bloggable http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=376&cpage=1#comment-651 Bloggable Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=376#comment-651 <strong>A Life in Miniature: An addendum</strong> For those of you who actually watch this RSS feed... you should read this month's Bloggable column first. If you've been referred by my link in the column, let's begin! Pumpkin pie Think Secret, the venerable Mac rumors site, appears... A Life in Miniature: An addendum

For those of you who actually watch this RSS feed… you should read this month’s Bloggable column first. If you’ve been referred by my link in the column, let’s begin! Pumpkin pie Think Secret, the venerable Mac rumors site, appears…

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