Here's a simple lexical analysis of Bill Gates' and Steve Jobs' latest keynote addresses.
Gates vs. Jobs: Keynote text analysis

What struck me is that Jobs is focused on the things, the devices themselves. Gates is focused on what can be done, the activities.

I'm inclined to favor Gates' mindset, but then again I don't think of computers as accessories.

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http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/111

Here are two articles about Apple's latest OS X operating system version, "Leopard". The first has some pretty strong complaints, the second is more complimentary.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2223921,00.asp
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2207556,00.asp

What I appreciate about the first article is that he's moving back to Tiger because it's more stable and easier to use.

For the record, I don't use a Mac--yet--, and refuse to use Windows Vista. There's no good business reason to do so. My Windows XP installation is working fine, and I plan to buy my next computer before July so that I can get it with XP preinstalled, or just buy a copy of XP and wait on the computer.

Or maybe I'll finally move to Linux.