Hell’s weather report: cold and colder. Beattie switches to Windows

January 2, 2006 By

Now, you have to remember the history that Russell Beattie and I (and Microsoft) have had. He thought Microsoft was evil incarnate. But, in the last year, something has changed. Russell Beattie is coming back to Windows.

Russell: we should get you Windows Vista. I’m running it on a Tablet PC and it’s getting to be pretty interesting. Everyone I’ve shown it to says they are gonna get it. Well, except my son. He still is a Mac fan. He did say “cool” though after playing with Vista.

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http://brandonlive.com/ Brandon Paddock

As great as the Dec CTP is (I’m on it right now in fact), I don’t think it’s ready for regular use quite yet.

Maybe it’s because I rely on my own product (Desktop Search) so much, and the version we have in Vista is still very much a work-in-progress.
http://brandonlive.com Brandon Paddock

As great as the Dec CTP is (I’m on it right now in fact), I don’t think it’s ready for regular use quite yet.

Maybe it’s because I rely on my own product (Desktop Search) so much, and the version we have in Vista is still very much a work-in-progress.
http://journals.aol.com/cybermagellan/savedcase/ Cybermagellan

http://journals.aol.com/cybermagellan/savedcase/entries/236
http://journals.aol.com/cybermagellan/savedcase/ Cybermagellan

http://journals.aol.com/cybermagellan/savedcase/entries/236
Ross

Congratulations on finding someone willing to switch from Linux to OSX to Windows – I knew you’d find one one day – the question is though what will he switch to next?
Ross

Congratulations on finding someone willing to switch from Linux to OSX to Windows – I knew you’d find one one day – the question is though what will he switch to next?
http://www.geise.com/ PXLated

Be interesting to see how long the switch lasts. Sounds like Russell just doesn’t know what he wants and a “the grass is always greener” type of guy.
http://www.geise.com PXLated

Be interesting to see how long the switch lasts. Sounds like Russell just doesn’t know what he wants and a “the grass is always greener” type of guy.
http://comicstripblog.com/ Comic Strip Blogger

Russell Beattie is a liar and publishes libel on his blog. However regarding this issue: how can you trust a guy who says that Symbian is the best for mobile phones for 2 years just because he hates Microsoft (and getting free Symbian phones was helping too) if he later on says that Mobile Linux is the best not Symbian and now switches to Microsoft back from Mac? This guy is totally unreliable and not to be trusted.

Shortly speaking: I predict that soon he will start using Windows Mobile phones and saying that they are the “necessary evil” and other such lame excuses.

Scoble, maybe you should show him how cool Windows Mobile 5.0 is (= such “mini Windows Vista”), haha!
http://comicstripblog.com Comic Strip Blogger

Russell Beattie is a liar and publishes libel on his blog. However regarding this issue: how can you trust a guy who says that Symbian is the best for mobile phones for 2 years just because he hates Microsoft (and getting free Symbian phones was helping too) if he later on says that Mobile Linux is the best not Symbian and now switches to Microsoft back from Mac? This guy is totally unreliable and not to be trusted.

Shortly speaking: I predict that soon he will start using Windows Mobile phones and saying that they are the “necessary evil” and other such lame excuses.

Scoble, maybe you should show him how cool Windows Mobile 5.0 is (= such “mini Windows Vista”), haha!
Vivek Pai

Brilliant analogy. “flu or virus is being passed around…5% of the people…everyone it seems is dressed in black…whole pace is a lot slower”

Good stuff. Hope he enjoys Vista!
Vivek Pai

Brilliant analogy. “flu or virus is being passed around…5% of the people…everyone it seems is dressed in black…whole pace is a lot slower”

Good stuff. Hope he enjoys Vista!
Guzzard

I switched from Mac to Windows in 2000, I have never looked back, however Ubuntu is quickly gaining my interest. Ubuntu and VMWare are making a potent threat to WindowsXP in my household. When I decomission my Laptop from XP, I will install Ubuntu Breezy to do a deeper dive. Microsoft are you listening? How about a Windows-stripped down for free…show the world you aint scared, give it away!
Guzzard

I switched from Mac to Windows in 2000, I have never looked back, however Ubuntu is quickly gaining my interest. Ubuntu and VMWare are making a potent threat to WindowsXP in my household. When I decomission my Laptop from XP, I will install Ubuntu Breezy to do a deeper dive. Microsoft are you listening? How about a Windows-stripped down for free…show the world you aint scared, give it away!
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/morganis101 Alex

Your son must love Gmail and Firefox!
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/morganis101 Alex

Your son must love Gmail and Firefox!
http://www.adventuresindefecation.com/ Poopmaster

Yup, there are always some people who trendhop OSes like they trendhop fashions or bands. Mr. #7 and Russel are a few of them. Now why is this news, is my question.
http://www.adventuresindefecation.com Poopmaster

Yup, there are always some people who trendhop OSes like they trendhop fashions or bands. Mr. #7 and Russel are a few of them. Now why is this news, is my question.
IT guy

Having just spent the morning preparing for the next onslaught of Windows malware (Windows Metafile vulnerability), for which there is no Microsoft patch or anti-virus protection, I say good luck Russell. If Windows was a car, there’d be a safety recall. If it was a plane, you wouldn’t fly in it. If it were a restaurant, it would’ve been closed by the health department. If it were a building, it would be condemned. It’s a submarine with screen doors. It’s a Brinks truck with a rag top. It’s a gun that shoots backwards. It’s the ’73 Ford Pinto of OS’s.

There. I feel much better now.
IT guy

Having just spent the morning preparing for the next onslaught of Windows malware (Windows Metafile vulnerability), for which there is no Microsoft patch or anti-virus protection, I say good luck Russell. If Windows was a car, there’d be a safety recall. If it was a plane, you wouldn’t fly in it. If it were a restaurant, it would’ve been closed by the health department. If it were a building, it would be condemned. It’s a submarine with screen doors. It’s a Brinks truck with a rag top. It’s a gun that shoots backwards. It’s the ’73 Ford Pinto of OS’s.

There. I feel much better now.
http://weblog.burningbird.net/ Shelley

You know, if Russell was a woman, and could actually handle multiple operating systems, he could use both Windows and Mac machines, like I do (one Windows/Ubuntu dual-boot and two Powerbooks).

But he’s just a man, and therefore has limited capabilities. Tsk.
http://weblog.burningbird.net Shelley

You know, if Russell was a woman, and could actually handle multiple operating systems, he could use both Windows and Mac machines, like I do (one Windows/Ubuntu dual-boot and two Powerbooks).

But he’s just a man, and therefore has limited capabilities. Tsk.
Brad

Sounds like the main reason (besides price-performance) he switched was because he has a business need to stay on top of the latest developments in the tech industry. This wouldn’t be a reason for most other computer users.
Brad

Sounds like the main reason (besides price-performance) he switched was because he has a business need to stay on top of the latest developments in the tech industry. This wouldn’t be a reason for most other computer users.
Colin

>> I’m running it on a Tablet PC and it’s getting to be pretty interesting.
Colin

>> I’m running it on a Tablet PC and it’s getting to be pretty interesting.
Colin

Hmm. Right-Angle-brackets don’t work in this environment do they? I’ll try again:

>> I’m running it on a Tablet PC and
>> it’s getting to be pretty interesting.

Mal: Define “interesting”.
Wash: “Oh god, oh god, we’re all gonna die”?
Colin

Hmm. Right-Angle-brackets don’t work in this environment do they? I’ll try again:

>> I’m running it on a Tablet PC and
>> it’s getting to be pretty interesting.

Mal: Define “interesting”.
Wash: “Oh god, oh god, we’re all gonna die”?
John W. Redelfs

I’ve recently moved from Windows 98 Second Edition to XP. What an enormous improvement! I’m tempted to take back all the angry things I’ve said about Microsoft over the years. But half my hard drive is running Ubuntu Breezy Badger. If I can ever get my nVidia card to run properly, I’ll probably actually use that half of my hard drive. I’m not holding my breath though. At least I can get a 1024×768 display on my Windows XP setup. Ubuntu doesn’t seem ready for prime time.
John W. Redelfs

I’ve recently moved from Windows 98 Second Edition to XP. What an enormous improvement! I’m tempted to take back all the angry things I’ve said about Microsoft over the years. But half my hard drive is running Ubuntu Breezy Badger. If I can ever get my nVidia card to run properly, I’ll probably actually use that half of my hard drive. I’m not holding my breath though. At least I can get a 1024×768 display on my Windows XP setup. Ubuntu doesn’t seem ready for prime time.
http://www.lazycoder.com/ Scott

“You know, if Russell was a woman, and could actually handle multiple operating systems, he could use both Windows and Mac machines, like I do (one Windows/Ubuntu dual-boot and two Powerbooks).

But he’s just a man, and therefore has limited capabilities. Tsk.”

If Shelly were a man she would have all three of those OS’s running on a single laptop. Tsk.
http://www.lazycoder.com Scott

“You know, if Russell was a woman, and could actually handle multiple operating systems, he could use both Windows and Mac machines, like I do (one Windows/Ubuntu dual-boot and two Powerbooks).

But he’s just a man, and therefore has limited capabilities. Tsk.”

If Shelly were a man she would have all three of those OS’s running on a single laptop. Tsk.
Alexa

#10…that was priceless. Personally, I would like a totally new type of OS but for now, it’s the Mac for me.
Alexa

#10…that was priceless. Personally, I would like a totally new type of OS but for now, it’s the Mac for me.
Christopher Coulter

Why a big deal about a switch? Windows has apps I use, Mac has apps I use. No wars needed, peaceful co-existence. This is just a geek blogger updated version of Usenet ‘Mac or Windows sucks’ flames of many years past. Monoculture is a bad thing, think of the task at hand, not the ‘medium’ used to get there. A common shortsighted view amoung the techie elite, but for their customers, many routes on a map. It’s not a religion.
Christopher Coulter

Why a big deal about a switch? Windows has apps I use, Mac has apps I use. No wars needed, peaceful co-existence. This is just a geek blogger updated version of Usenet ‘Mac or Windows sucks’ flames of many years past. Monoculture is a bad thing, think of the task at hand, not the ‘medium’ used to get there. A common shortsighted view amoung the techie elite, but for their customers, many routes on a map. It’s not a religion.
J. Random Poster

Congratulations! You finally have a mac-to-windows switcher that wasn’t picked out of stock photo catalog.

And for Beattie, there’s a nice, fresh, zero-day exploit to remind him what he’s been missing for the last year.
J. Random Poster

Congratulations! You finally have a mac-to-windows switcher that wasn’t picked out of stock photo catalog.

And for Beattie, there’s a nice, fresh, zero-day exploit to remind him what he’s been missing for the last year.
anon

All I see is him fawning Microsoft on his blog. He’s not a Mac “switcher”: it sounds like he was a Windows user for many years and tried a short stint at switching to a Mac mini (Apple’s low-end of the line) for a few months for religious reasons.

Robert, where are the links of him describing Microsoft as “evil incarnate”?

I’m appalled that Microsoft, a convicted monopolist felon, still stoops to painting itself as an alternate to “religious” third-party offerings instead of marketing its own products as useful tools. I laughed out loud at that part about him running the “unofficial” patch for the zero-day WMF exploit.

Fact is, all the cheap commercial junkets in the world wouldn’t convince me to switch from a secure OS to an insecure platform like Windows.
anon

All I see is him fawning Microsoft on his blog. He’s not a Mac “switcher”: it sounds like he was a Windows user for many years and tried a short stint at switching to a Mac mini (Apple’s low-end of the line) for a few months for religious reasons.

Robert, where are the links of him describing Microsoft as “evil incarnate”?

I’m appalled that Microsoft, a convicted monopolist felon, still stoops to painting itself as an alternate to “religious” third-party offerings instead of marketing its own products as useful tools. I laughed out loud at that part about him running the “unofficial” patch for the zero-day WMF exploit.

Fact is, all the cheap commercial junkets in the world wouldn’t convince me to switch from a secure OS to an insecure platform like Windows.
http://weblog.burningbird.net/ Shelley

Ah, Scott, I did that once, but my Powerbook weaped, cried out, “What have I done to you?” so I relented and banned my Windows back to its own box.

I told it to behave, too. But it keeps wanting to play bad. Sigh.

But I bet Russell would love your help putting all three in one laptop. That way he doesn’t have to go into work and demand a new machine
http://weblog.burningbird.net Shelley

Ah, Scott, I did that once, but my Powerbook weaped, cried out, “What have I done to you?” so I relented and banned my Windows back to its own box.

I told it to behave, too. But it keeps wanting to play bad. Sigh.

But I bet Russell would love your help putting all three in one laptop. That way he doesn’t have to go into work and demand a new machine
Ross

He *has* had a change of mind .. amazing how time mellows people

http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1002409.html

I have no problems admitting that I hate all things Microsoft. … There is NOTHING to like about that company.
Ross

He *has* had a change of mind .. amazing how time mellows people

http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1002409.html

I have no problems admitting that I hate all things Microsoft. … There is NOTHING to like about that company.
http://www.lazycoder.com/ Scott

Shelly,

I’m hardly one to help. I’ve got 4 different machines running 4 separate OS’s. hehe. When I run out of old computers lying around, I’ll start dual-booting.
http://www.lazycoder.com Scott

Shelly,

I’m hardly one to help. I’ve got 4 different machines running 4 separate OS’s. hehe. When I run out of old computers lying around, I’ll start dual-booting.
http://www.smartfeed.org/ Kevin

Now, someone needs to get Russell an Audiovox 2125 and Silicon Valley may have something to focus on other than the Nokia 770 (http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008718.html)

-kevin
http://www.smartfeed.org Kevin

Now, someone needs to get Russell an Audiovox 2125 and Silicon Valley may have something to focus on other than the Nokia 770 (http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008718.html)

-kevin
Joe

I love what Apple does, but there’s no way I would pay
for overpriced hardware.
And on the enterprise side, they don’t have much to offer, I prefer windows for the enterprise and for my
home machine’s as well.

Sorry Apple.
Joe

I love what Apple does, but there’s no way I would pay
for overpriced hardware.
And on the enterprise side, they don’t have much to offer, I prefer windows for the enterprise and for my
home machine’s as well.

Sorry Apple.

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