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  • Those Crappy Apple Fonts

    03/15/2008 12:46:45 AM PDT · by Swordmaker · 21 replies · 552+ views
    Yeah they're really bad all right. A while back George Ou was ouing about how Microsoft fonts were so much better than Apple's. Maybe it's about time for a side by side comparison. Same page but first with Microsoft's tugboat browser Internet Explorer and then the same page with Apple's Safari running not under the latest but under the next to latest - Tiger. First a screenshot taken with Internet Explorer from a page off the web. It's from a segment Brian Krebs offered on a bit of a scandal presumably involving Microsoft again. Note the font has no antialiasing...
  • Microsoft again delays Mac XML converters

    02/22/2008 7:34:37 PM PST · by Swordmaker · 14 replies · 103+ views
    CNet News ^ | 02/22/2008 | Ina Fried
    Microsoft offered Mac fans both good news and bad news on Thursday, and it all depends on which version of Office for Mac one is using. The software maker said that it plans on March 11 to deliver the first update to Office 2008 for Mac, delivering several key fixes. At the same time though, it has again pushed out the release of converters needed by users of Office 2004 to read documents saved in the new XML file formats used by Office 2007 for Windows. "The team is mobilized to get Office 2008 updates out as soon as possible,"...
  • Are PC users diluting the IQ of the Mac community?

    01/25/2008 8:57:35 AM PST · by Swordmaker · 71 replies · 185+ views
    ZDNet ^ | 01/25/2008 | Liam Tung
    According to one security vendor, Mac users are at a crossroads this year: if they prove to be as gullible as PC users, they will invite more attention by malware distributors. At a time when spiraling malware threats have bombarded PC users, Mac users have been able to kick back and relax. 2007 saw 5.5 million viruses -- including variants -- on the hunt for vulnerable PCs, meanwhile threats to Mac users remained minuscule by comparison: two. Still, the emergence of that pair has prompted speculation that Mac users will likely be targeted more in the coming year. If that...