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I know…

March 22nd, 2010

…I have been extremely slack updating this blog.  But I am getting back on the bandwagon.  Did you know I have recently changed jobs to take on the exciting, but challenging, role of Unified Communications for HP South Pacific?

So that’s where I have been hiding, getting ramped up for OCS Wave 14 and how HP adds value from a Technology Services and HP Software & Hardware integration stand point.  2010 is going to be a smashing year for everyone involved in Unified Comms, and if you can’t tell I am really EXCITED about it!

Don’t worry, the blog will still stay agnostic, and I won’t just be rabbiting on about HP, I still am a MAC fanboy after all.  I am going to say this though, no iPad for me.  I have an iPhone, why would I want somthing that I need ANOTHER 3G plan for, and it doesn’t even fit in my pocket.  I will let the Tablet/Slate game play out before I dip my toe in the water.  Although I am toying with the idea of getting a HP 2740p http://bit.ly/cWuTZD for work and ucoms demonstrations.  I’d love to use my MacBook at work, but it just doesn’t quite sit right with customers.

Anyway, while I develop more content, be sure to follow me on twitter @mjokeefe13.

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Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade – it’s not going to happen until I buy a new PC

October 23rd, 2009

So I had a look today at the cost of upgrading my Microsoft Vista Ultimate PC at home to Windows 7 Ulitimate.  I am a majority Apple Mac user (iMac and MacBook), but I have a nice Quad core box for running Virtual Machines and doing odd multimedia tasks on.  

The cheapest I could find was from EYO at just under $AU340.


Microsoft, all I can say is that Windows 7 isn’t worth that much to me to upgrade my PC at home.  My Apple Snow Leopard upgrade cost me $39.95 delivered to my door.  I know that Apple have the whole lifecycle to make money from (Hardware, Software & Online Services), hence why they can discount their OS.  But, their OS works (apart from a few small glitches ‘we delete files automagically for you when you logon to Guest account’), and they aren’t superseeding, honestly, one of the worst technical PR disaster’s ever…Windows Vista.  

Actually, Vista with SP2 runs pretty well now, so Windows 7 is de-valued just that bit more as a home upgrade.



Microsoft need to look at the consumer pricing of Windows 7 very closely. I know I won’t be a consumer of the product until it becomes a bargain, or I get it for next to nicks with my next OEM licensing hardware compliant product.



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