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So, I have wanted to play with windows Vista for some time.  Yes, me a avid mac "fanboy" as some would say, did indeed want to play with the bug ridden vista.

 

So, I happen to get a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate the other day, and decided to try out Boot Camp on my Mac Book Pro.  It works quite well so far.  I did have driver issues (it is still Windows), but eventually got everything to work. 

Vista still feels like windows.  You can tell its cumbersome and clunky.  However, I do think it looks soo much pretier than previous versons, so thats a start.

I have only had a chance to play for like 30 min, because I spent the first 2 hours of Vista fixing the driver issues.  I will keep you posted on what I think later.

So every now and then I use Apple's new Gunius "sidebar" to find new music to listen to.  I am not the kind of person that knows all the bands and artists in the world.  So, I like this feature because I can find a song I like, and it will make recommendations on what else I might like.  And for the most part it does a great job.  Every time I start my little hunts, I end up spending at least $5 to $10 on songs. Which is a lot for someone who used to only buy one song at a time.  It really is a great way for Apple to get people to buy music.  

An interesting and brave statement from Apple was put up on their "Hot News" website publicly stating that Prop 8 is wrong and "Apple views this as a civil rights issue, rather than just a political issue, and is therefore speaking out publicly against Proposition 8."

Apple has announced that in its Bank account, it has 24.5 billion dollars.  Thats not how much the company is worth, thats how much spare change they have sitting around.  Thats a butt load of bank.

Not that I can really blame them, but Microsoft has started a advertising campaign to attack Apple's "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" ads.  The first started out with a Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld ad that left everyone saying "wtf?".  Microsoft pulled the ads, and fired Sienfeld.