Archive for August, 2008

Macs – Overpriced or Not?

August 7, 2008

Lot’s of stories today about Mac’s being overpriced – except for one that actually went out and did the research in detail about the cost of Mac hardware – Tom’s Hardware.
This matches what I’ve seen. I recently tried spec’ing out a Dell, HP, and Lenova Thinkpad comparable to a MacBook. Dell was nearly $200 cheaper, [...]

SQL Server 2008 Ships!

August 6, 2008

SQL Server 2008 Ships!. The feature I was primary developer on, SQL Audit, is the second feature mentioned:
Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, the new version of the company’s acclaimed data management and business intelligence platform. This version of SQL Server provides powerful new capabilities such as support [...]

iPhone – weekend web browser?

August 5, 2008

Just saw web app market share report for iPhone and noticed a trend – usage goes way up on weekends. Every weekend. This fits my usage pattern – I’m around computers all day Monday through Friday and use the iPhone mostly as a phone and iPod. Then the weekend comes and I’m out and about [...]