Linux Now Dominates Windows in Desktop!

Linux now has 73% marketshare is desktop according to stats with Windows down to 13%.
How's this possible?

April Fools!

Of coarse Linux will never get past 2% since it's dropping down to 1.3% already.

XD

Why Microsoft should buy Unity3D?

So why should Microsoft buy it?

1. We want to maintain a single standard for a gaming platform. Windows 10 is the standard.
2. Give Windows/Xbox games the leading edge API head start(DirectX and .Net components)
3. Improve performance on own products first.
4. Break the "app gap"
5. It's growing.
6. It's a great model for our Universal Apps.
7. It's attractive to developers.
8. This tool works well with otheres

Yes, it's monopoly but it's a great way to move forward.
I'm putting my vote down. Will you?

BSOD? Blame the OEM.

We all know what the Blue Screen of Death is. Some of you have experienced it and some, never had experienced it first hand.
This is an ancient infamous part of Windows BUT...it is no longer the fault of Windows. Let me explain.

Vista systems and older, it would be more the fault of Windows for unstable performance. Windows 7 and newer are VERY VERY stable systems, however, some still get it. Why you may ask?
Most of the time it's not exactly the user's fault, it's the the OEMs'. The BSOD is just a way of Windows telling you something screwed up, not something Windows just screwed up itself. The less recommended brands like Acer or Samsung have had numerous BSOD's on systems 7+. They've also had slower performance in general. These OEM's haven't built the PC's with love, fine tuning them to play like an orchestra. Though we can blame it on a bad piece of software, the bad rig of a build.
They might choose a CPU that they haven't configured properly with the motherboard and giving it the right drivers.

Then what OEMs do I recommend?
Well I'm in love with my HP Pavilion DV6. HP builds a very solid system. Never gave me a BSOD, runs super fast 4 years later and never crashed a program apart from Chrome.
I'd also recommend ASUS and the Microsoft Surfaces. I wouldn't know about Toshiba or Lenovo but stay away from Acer and Samsung.

David's Thoughts on Windows 10

David's Thoughts on Windows 10

As a Windows Insider I've been testing Windows 10 for the last month or 2. It's definitely worth getting excited about. It's been targeted for a range of users here.

Targeted Audience?
The audience Microsoft is targeting currently is virtually anywhere and everywhere. From designers and home users to enterprise, cloud and tech savvy. They aim to get Windows as the number one choice on embedded devices and boards like the galileo, Minnowboard Max(minnowboard.org) and Sharks Cove(sharkscove.org).
They're targeting phones with Windows, just on a smaller screen and trying to share as many desktop Windows PC apps with phone as possible. They're targeting tablets and notebooks, desktop power users and obviously the server market. Cloud is a must for them but since Windows 8, work from anywhere seems pretty complete already.
With Windows 8, many users without touchscreens struggled as there was more "effort" moving a mouse from one side of the screen to the other. Over here Windows 10 is primarily targeted for mouse/keyboard users (aka Windows 7 users). As one I can say it's excellent and worth the upgrade. For touch users, they still enjoy a full experience thanks to the continuum. Most people no longer think people bother with command line interfaces in the 21st century but I can tell you, you're wrong. The command prompt has received the must need improvements like stretching the windows fully and ctrl-c, ctrl-v. I don't think there's am alt enter to enter full screen. If it has is it or not, it should.
Windows 10 sure is designed for everyone.

Performance
Windows 10 is based on the same core as Windows 8, which was built mostly ground up. These cores are SUPER light. when idle on the desktop, it uses only 600mb of ram and 0%-1% of CPU power. Opening multiple programs is fast and instant, and that's on a virtual machine! Comparing this to Linux, I just wonder, WHY LINUX? Windows 10 performs great on stuff all specs, fast boot and runs more software with a very good UI.

What I still wait to see
There are still things I'm begging for as a long time power user of Windows.

1. Option for Aero(or even Luna and classic)
2. Easy to customize skins.
3. More built-in media codecs.
4. The resurrection of Active Desktop(wallpaper as GIF's or html pages)

Gaming PC's are Designed not Just for Gamers

There are different classes of PC's; Starter, Everyday, Entertainment, Performance, Gaming and Server/Industrial. As you can see the class Gaming is one of the higher classes as most quality games are power hungry and is resource intensive regardless of Direct3D or OpenGL. These computers are built so it can perform many heavy tasks at the same time. These heavy beauties aren't just for gaming. Oh no. It suits many more types of people.

These machines are great for a home media center hosting media across many devices from TV's to tablets. Because of good multi-tasking and high speeds, you can stream media to multiple devices in home. It can make a good home server to share family documents and  photos.

If you'd like to host a website and just know you'll get many viewers that will use heavy web apps from your site, you can use the meaty gaming PC to host all your files and apps to share them with the world.

CAD artists will already understand that gaming PC's are great due to it's support for ultra high quality graphics and resolutions. Rendering a Pixar animation can take the average computer three quarters of a year to render. With highly able graphic computers it can be reduced to just a day. Rendering good quality can be system intensive which is why gaming machines are a good choice.

So the class "Gaming" is just a word. With the power, so much more is possible. The downside, however, is that these could cost a lot to run on your power bill so use them efficiently.

Why Buying a Chromebook just can't work

Chromebook

Chromebooks, they have made a reputation for themselves selling at rock bottom prices. Consumers feedback wasn't great however, Google+ seems to have given good reviews from it's communities. We are not sure if it's a case of "Fanboy-ism" or Being trolled.
But do you believe it's the future or another fad?

As mentioned before, the most attractive thing is the price but Microsoft has also now got a handful of PC's for under $180 with most of them at a minimum amount of RAM as 2gb also being said, Windows 8.1 only required 64mb of RAM without background 3rd party applications. The performance is very close. The ChromeOS start-up might seem a few seconds faster. Microsoft haters or Google lover might be saying, "Why can't MS make a faster boot-up like a Chromebook?"
The answer is too that question is because Chromebooks are just web browsers equipped with HTML5 standards. With a PC, however, it has to check where it could boot from, locate the hardware, Security passes, loading network API's. All a Chromebook has to do is boot a browser and that's it.

How will a Chromebook compare to a Windows Notebook with Chrome as a web browser. We had a play around with a Chromebook and well as a PC with Chrome browser. Browsing speeds were very similar. Chromebook was faster on rendering pure text by a little but our PC easily bet it when it came to other API's like Javascript, JQuery, ASP.net, Flash and not to mention, only the PC supported Java. We suggest to just install Chrome onto your Windows device if you want to keep your potential maxed.

When it comes to productivity, all the Chromebooks have is the Google Docs suite. Though it is decent, it's still no match for Office. Excel's intelligence still remains better with prediction according to our test. PowerPoint's "cinematic" skills gave an extra nice touch while Word just felt more creative. It's been stated that ChromeOS users are still using remote desktop to connect to their Windows computers for their fundamental needs.

Is it worth buying a Chromebook?
Our short answer is NO. For the same price you can get a more beefed up PC that looks no worse and decent build quality. Windows still offers everything you'd want/need and is stable. Virus's are being well maintained by Microsoft.
Chromebooks could be suitable for you if all you do is check your email, Facebook or just taking notes. Now and again, we KNOW you'll need Microsoft so it's best in our opinion not to ditch it.

Windows 8.1

Windows and the IoT

Watching the build conference this 2014 surprised a number of us to see the the new CEO, Satya Nadella, is taking Microsoft. Microsoft has shown a new the they could be the "Market race Leader" in, the Internet of Things. They've partnered up with Intel and Sharks Cove so far.

What's the IoT? It's where many everyday "Things" are connected the the Internet and can be controlled by a remote PC or cloud(Windows Azure comes in). This is what we could see in future 'Smart' homes.

How the plan is being deployed:
For a keen bunch of people know as Makers, Microsoft is giving them a free $89 Intel Galileo Development board with Windows on it. Netduino is an Arduino variant that uses the .NET framework. If you search up on YouTube Netduino and Windows Phone, you'll find a lot of cool DIY projects people have done.

It seems Microsoft is unifying all variants of Windows together for Cloud computing.

Tell how you think they'll do.