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Laptop Hunters, Take 2: Still Unconvincing
Today @ PC World — ... . Smiling, G. gets some money back and says he's "feelin' great." So what does the public have to say about G.'s tough talk? Wizard , on e-Week's Microsoft Watch, chimed in with a rather excited, "GO GO GO!!! Yeah!" While Ray Gilden on Slippery Brick said, "Nice choice -- the Zune of computers." Ouch. Over at Apple Insider, ...

Ditching Mac For A PC: Windows 7 More 'Fun'
Silicon Alley Insider — ... At least one respected, high-profile tech analyst -- Joe Wilcox, who describes himself as "neither Mac fanatic or Windows fanboy" -- said the Windows 7 beta was enough to make him switch back to PCs from the Mac. ...

Microsoft Laptop Hunter Ads Stirring the Pot
jkOnTheRun — ... What I found funny while browsing through the online reaction to the ads was on the Microsoft Watch blog. Noted eWeek tech guru Joe Wilcox weighed in on the ad brouhaha with his own story of shopping for a laptop. Joe waxes on and on about how much he likes Macs and OS X but that he really wanted a Sony VGN-Z590. The problem was the Sony was much more expensive than the 13-inch MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro Joe was considering. ...

Windows 7: The thrill of the leaked build
TechBlog — ... , and when I fire up a virtual machine on my iMac or MacBook, it's what I'm running in Parallels or VMware Fusion. The more I use it, the more I like it, and I've seen that sentiment expressed elsewhere on the Web. For example, Windows 7 is one reason eWeek's Joe Wilcox - a cross-platform kinda guy if there ever was one - ultimately chose a PC over a Mac when he recently bought a new notebook. Those of us who are using the Windows 7 beta are champing at the bit to get our hands on the release candidate. When that will be available is uncertain, but thanks to ...

A Tale of Two Switchers
Apple Watch — ... tried to make the same lifetime savings analysis yesterday, with problems. But Cameron's isn't the only switcher story of the week. On Monday, I explained my switch from Mac to Windows PC . I'll always use a Mac, but Windows 7, even as beta, is now my primary operating system running on a Sony VAIO VGN-Z590 notebook. I chose to switch for two primary reasons: The VAIO comes with 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a 13.1-inch LED backlit display with 1600-by-900 resolution, 256MB nVidia GeForce 9300M GS graphics, 3GB of DDR3 memory, 320GB hard drive, DVD burner, fingerprint ...

Microsoft Longs For the Golden Age of FUD [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... You’ve got Joe Wilcox talking about how fun Windows 7 is. So much so that he’s leaving Mac OS X behind. Double wow. ...

Why I chose Windows 7 over Snow Leopard (and you should, too)
Betanews — ... In April, I posted at my old work blog: "How I Came to Get a PC and Not a Mac." There I explained how in January 2009, I forsook the Mac for the PC, mainly because of Windows 7. If someone asked me in November 2008 about buying a Windows PC, I would have laughed. It just wasn't happening. But Windows 7 won me over, in beta and later release candidate. ...