MetaFilter posts tagged with PC and computers

Fixing Windows 8

JHarris — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:06:59 -0800

Classic Shell is an open-source program that fixes two of the biggest problems users perceive with the newly-released Windows 8: it brings back the Start Menu, and it allows users to log-in directly to the Desktop instead of the Start Screen. (8.4 MB WINDOWS DOWNLOAD)

Writing machines

fearfulsymmetry — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:48:50 -0800

Previously the Guardian has done a series on Writer's Rooms, now they have started on Writer's Desktops - "where writers show us around their working lives by revealing what's on their computer desktops" (Previously)

Competing with the MacBook Air

Jasper Friendly Bear — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:04:32 -0800

The PC industry is built around an idea of almost infinite variation: different Wi-Fi adaptors, different Ethernet chipsets, different GPUs, different USB3 controllers. This variety is then reflected in the systems available from manufacturers—and more importantly, it's reflected in the way the systems are actually built. … The big reason that HP wants to get out of the PC business is that it's simply not very profitable for HP—and that's true for all the major PC OEMs, Cupertino excepted. Cheap PCs are certainly important for making computing accessible, but they also mean that PC vendors have made themselves vulnerable: endless price cuts and a failure to emphasize the value of a quality product have cut revenues and slashed profitability. Desperate to compete on pricing and pricing alone, the mass-market PC OEMs have ended up cutting their own throats.

Ars technica explains why the PC industry is having such a difficult time trying to build a competitor to the MacBook Air.

"What Is This 'sudo' You Speak Of?"

zarq — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:53:27 -0800

Self-proclaimed "avid, loyal Windows user" and PC World editor Tony Bradley spent 30 days immersing himself in Ubuntu Linux, and chronicled his experiences as a Linux newbie. His previous project: 30 Days with Google Docs (Via: 1, 2)

They're Leasing Old Gateway Stores

Xurando — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:00:34 -0800

Microsoft announced today, it will open a small number of stores to compete directly against Apple. Some think it's a dubious idea. "In a statement, Microsoft said the first priority of Mr. Porter, who is also a 25-year veteran of Wal-Mart, will be to define where to place the Microsoft stores and when to open them."

Mac Vs PC

Effigy2000 — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:51:34 -0800

Mac Vs. PC. Inspired by Transformers, this short visual effects piece shows us what would happen if our home computers could turn into robots and started beating each other up.

640K ought to be enough for anybody

netbros — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:11:05 -0800

The History of Computing Project is a collaborative effort to record and publish the history of the computer and its roots. The site includes a chronological timeline, biographies of computing pioneers, a look at computing hardware through the years, as well as software and games. Having a 30-year career in the field, I am partial to mainframe computing. I started my career in 1973 working on this machine, and ended it on this one, with many in between. Other mainframe timelines: IBM mainframes Viking Waters Computer history: IBM 360/370/3090/390

Google to Search Your PC For You

tranquileye — Wed, 19 May 2004 08:40:02 -0800

The John Markoff of the New York Times [registration required] reports that Google plans to roll-out a text and file search tool code-named Puffin for finding information stored on PCs. The move is seen as a defensive one; Microsoft plans to include PC searching in its new operating system, scheduled to be released in 2006 (at the earliest).

Illegal operation THIS, mechafecha!

Orange Goblin — Sat, 20 Mar 2004 06:18:45 -0800

PC Problems? Use this handy troubleshooter.

mathowie — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 01:16:45 -0800

Using Internet Explorer, Outlook, or Outlook Express on a PC? There's a new hack in town, ready to exploit cross site scripts like nobody's business. Do yourself a favor and disarm ActiveX on your settings.

Relive all your favorites from the demoscene.

WolfDaddy — Tue, 14 May 2002 17:19:57 -0800

Relive all your favorites from the demoscene. This project, headed up by nearly all of the team that maintained the old hornet.org demoscene archive, is committed to bringing those old classic demos ... to a DVD player near you. Now you no longer have to fret because you gave up your Gravis Ultrasound and DOS! Can I get a w00t from ya? I knew I could.

Sign of the Apocalypse: MTV Announces Line of PCs

BarneyFifesBullet — Wed, 09 Jan 2002 12:01:01 -0800

Sign of the Apocalypse: MTV Announces Line of PCs "Equipped With All the College Props" Uh, ...a beer funnel and a Dave Matthews cd? What else can we add to it? Is VH-1 going to do this?

Fakeintosh

bytecode — Thu, 23 Aug 2001 18:29:14 -0800

Fakeintosh - Have you ever wanted to run Mac OS 8 on your PC, but couldn't? Well now you can with this flash animation. I'm amazed at how detailed it is.

Anger Management Anyone?

DiplomaticImmunity — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 09:25:41 -0800

Anger Management Anyone? Turns out that old pc-rage video wasn't that far off the mark...

shauna — Mon, 05 Mar 2001 09:38:50 -0800

In what appears to be a suicide mission, Gateway announced it is backing away from lucrative services and software (which accounted for 100 percent of its fourth-quarter earnings) in favor of refocusing on computer sales, an area that recently has not made a dime for the company.

Waah! I want my Barbie PC!

Steven Den Beste — Sat, 23 Dec 2000 09:59:46 -0800

Waah! I want my Barbie PC! (I don't quite understand this; can't someone just put their own decals on their computer? What, exactly was the market here? This one seems to go into the "unbelievably stupid product concept" file.)

The US Government should buy it and make it a national monument.

Steven Den Beste — Thu, 19 Oct 2000 11:03:25 -0800

The US Government should buy it and make it a national monument. PARC up for sale? I didn't realize that Xerox was hurting so badly.