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1. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... he provides his services to most of the major technology and media companies.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer.  ...

2. Traveling with the MacBook Air Butt Kicking Dell Adamo 9.99

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   Opinion Butts are kicked dot com I have been using a Dell Adamo 9.99 for several weeks now in its pre-production form.   I’m at EMC’s analyst event this week in Boston which meant I had to spend ...

3. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Tuesday, 27 October 2009

   Opinion: Apple was blindsided by Windows 7. It wasn’t the product which they saw coming, it was the sustaining marketing budget and positive reviews from Apple loyalists like Walt Mossberg they ...

4. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 22 October 2009

   ... his services to most of the major technology and media companies. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer.  ...

5. Windows 7 Starter Edition: The best version of Windows yet

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 13 October 2009

   ... or make suggestions, tactical and strategic, on how to best take advantage of them. Currently he provides his services to most of the major technology and media companies. The opinions expressed in ...

6. Windows 6.5: Living in a Post iPhone World is a Bitch

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 06 October 2009

   ... best take advantage of them. Currently he provides his services to most of the major technology and media companies. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer.  ...

7. Nvidia and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing"

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

   Thursday, 01 October 2009

   ... to most of the major technology and media companies. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer.  ...

8. What's at the heart of HP’s Laptops and Lenovo’s Best Student Tablet

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

   Tuesday, 15 September 2009

   Analyst Opinion This week begins the real wave of the PC refresh cycle for the non-Mac crowd and it will pick up to a major wave on October 22nd when Windows 7 launches. This week begins the real wave ...

9. IFA and 3D Wars: Blu-Ray is Once Again Obsolete

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 03 September 2009

   ... on how to best take advantage of them. Currently he provides his services to most of the major technology and media companies. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer. ...

10. Apple’s iPad: Like Apple TV or like iPod?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 30 July 2009

    Analyst Opinion - If anyone else was bringing out a 10” tablet based on a Smartphone platform this decade, I’d bet on that company to be disappointed.  But Apple isn’t anyone and there is a better ...

11. Google Chrome OS: Gcrap reveals the next Netscape

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    Analyst Opinion - It can be entertaining to watch companies that have learned to manage expectations. They set low bars, generally fail at what they attempt, and yet the folks in charge of the programs ...

12. Steve Jobs, the unique artisan CEO

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    Analyst Opinion - This month I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and talking about Steve Jobs and his return.  What I keep coming back to is why there is only one CEO that is like him?  Granted each ...

13. The death of the netbook

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    Analyst Opinion - I’m traveling this week and noted that the guy traveling next to me, who owns his own company, is using an Acer netbook. It is his primary travel computer.  He purchased a 12-cell aftermarket ...

14. Intel + Nokia: In search of relevance

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 25 June 2009

    Analyst Opinion - Intel  and Nokia announced a strategic relationship this week, a relationship that would point to a cooperation targeting the development of next-generation communicatiosn devices. ...

15. Microsoft does Reality TV with Jack and Suzy Welch

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 17 June 2009

    Analyst Opinion - This is an interesting idea.  Do a reality TV program on the web using Jack Welch, who is arguably a more famous success than Donald Trump and focus on a real problem. In this ...

16. Apple WWDC: How to take on Windows 7

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 10 June 2009

    Analyst Opinion - It’s a shame we can't have a DVD of a great Apple product pitch. When Apple gets it right, no one does it better. They can miss from time to time, but it's such a rare occurrence that ...

17. The Palm Pre: The best smartphone yet. Period.

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 04 June 2009

    Analyst Opinion - I've been playing with the Palm Pre for the better part of a day and you really get the sense that if a product could be designed that said "screw you Apple" this is how you would ...

18. Palm: Dead company walking?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Thursday, 28 May 2009

    Analyst Opinion - Palm and Apple remind me a lot of Netscape and Microsoft. Netscape came out early and promised to put Microsoft out of business. When Netscape did not execute, Microsoft took Netscape's market.  ...

19. Can Palm or Zune beat Apple?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Thursday, 21 May 2009

    Analyst Opinion - We are on final countdown for the launch of the Palm Pre which was the device that easily took the entire buzz from CES this year much as the iPhone initially did a few years ago.  ...

20. Intel and AMD may be radically changing the future of the PC

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Thursday, 14 May 2009

    Analyst Opinion - We had a major reorganization at AMD last week that should not only make them more efficient. It may also make them the leading change agent in the server space as we move to a more cloud-based ...

21. Apple, Marvell and the promise of changing the world

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Opinion)

    Thursday, 07 May 2009

    Analyst Opinion - Early on in Apple's life, Steve Jobs had a now famous meeting with John Sculley to recruit him to run Apple. John was running the second most powerful beverage company in the world, ...

22. Why Apple needs Microsoft to survive the coming OS battle

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 28 April 2009

    Analyst Opinion - With Google coming to market, the OS environment is very similar to what it was in the late 80s with Microsoft in IBM's position, Apple in Apple's, and Google in Microsoft's. Windows ...

23. Tradeshows: IFA shows CES the way

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Tuesday, 21 April 2009

    Analyst Opinion - I spent last week at the press event for IFA, which is the European version of CES and began 85 years ago with an Albert Einstein keynote. This was the first time for me that I ...

24. The netbook-killing HP DV2

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 14 April 2009

    Analyst Opinion - The concept of the Netbook was originally based on the idea of a connected device with a few gigabytes of flash memory, a screen in the 7" range, and a price target of $100.  ...

25. Acer Revo: The perfect desktop for an imperfect world

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Wednesday, 08 April 2009

    Analyst Opinion - The Acer Revo comes at a time of conflict.  It targets buyers who want low cost products that use little energy, do not accept any limitations in using their PC and look cool ...

26. Complexity kills the computer industry

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Thursday, 02 April 2009

    Analyst Opinion - AMD brought out Shanghai, their latest part in November, substantially ahead of when it was expected and it arrived in a market hungry for efficient performance but lacking in the ...

27. Will Apple lose its power to drive market trends?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 24 March 2009

    Analyst Opinion – Yesterday I was walked through how OpenCL, a relatively new programming approach that leverages the CPU and GPU, could not have happened without Apple and it reminded just how many ...

28. Dell's Adamo: A sign of hope for a better tomorrow

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 17 March 2009

    Analyst Opinion - We are surrounded by doom and gloom and folks frantically trying to bring out products that can exist at the bottom of the market.  The future that we seem to be anticipating ...

29. Lies, damn lies, and energy benchmarks

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 10 March 2009

    Analyst Opinion - When I was at a vendor event recently, the guys there were making a big deal about all of the power saving features their parts had achieved, indicating energy savings at the component ...

30. How HP accomplished what Apple could not

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 03 March 2009

    Analyst Opinion - One of my favorite books is "Inside Steve's Brain", one of the best written books on how Steve Jobs saved Apple.  What makes this book great is that it attempts to teach the reader ...

31. The coming ARM vs. Intel PC battle

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 26 February 2009

    Analyst Opinion – I am seeing a lot of ARM activity at the moment that appears to be drifting towards the x86 space. ARM is the most common processor used in smartphones like the iPhone.  And ...

32. Cell phone battles in Barcelona

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 17 February 2009

    Analyst Opinion - The one thing you typically get when you follow the news coming from the big mobile industry conference currently being held in Barcelona is that the time to buy a new phone is late ...

33. Kindle vs. iPod and AMD Dragon vs. Intel 32 nm: The power of marketing

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 11 February 2009

    Analyst Opinion - There were three big announcements this week. One of the most anticipated announcements was the Kindle 2, a product that has, as of now, failed to achieve the iPod-like potential it ...

34. The problem with 3D: Where it works and where it does not

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 04 February 2009

    Analyst Opinion - Like a lot of folks I was looking forward to seeing the Super Bowl ads once again. The game was actually great, but historically, the ads have been more fun to watch than the game ...

35. Palm vs. Apple: Old play, new roles

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 28 January 2009

      Analyst Opinion - Watching this new battle between Apple and Palm almost looks like a remake of an old play or movie but with Apple in Microsoft's role and Palm as Linux.  Not too many years ...

36. Windows 7 vs. the World: Change is in the Wind

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 21 January 2009

    ... This same problem plagues Windows Vista and has plagued every OS Microsoft has released. Opinion - Chicago (IL) - As Windows 7 moves through the beta process, you'll see a number of complaints that typically ...

37. A view of CES: Storm clouds give way due to a little Apple-sourced magic

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Monday, 12 January 2009

      Analyst Opinion - The 2009 CES was a scary show at the start because the economy and low turnout had many of us thinking it would be the last CES and the beginning of the collapse of the CE market. ...

38. 2009: Year of mergers, platform changes and conservation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 26 December 2008

      Analyst Opinion - 2009 is shaping up to be a nasty year, in fact it looks like 2009 and 2010 will be years we'll want to look back on as briefly as possible. But these years will also clear out ...

39. Obama’s Mac: Will it accelerate the Mac move into the mainstream?

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 10 December 2008

      Analyst Opinion - Earlier this month, Windows dropped below 90% market share for the first time in over a decade and the beneficiary was the Mac, which has enjoyed a strong resurgence. This resurgence ...

40. Why there isn’t an $800 MacBook Air-like product

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Thursday, 04 December 2008

      Analyst Opinion - As we watch the U.S. Auto industry struggle with the very real likelihood that it won’t exist by the end of next year, because those did not build the cars people wanted to buy, ...

41. 10 not so ordinary Christmas gifts

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 30 November 2008

      Analyst Opinion - Yup, this is the time for gift guides and I am sure you will see plenty of them within the next four weeks. TG Daily will, of course, participate in this trend and soon publish ...

42. Microsoft moves to take back the antivirus market

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 19 November 2008

      Analyst Opinion - Microsoft just announced it will be discontinuing OneCare and roll out out a free antivirus product soon. I believe the company made a huge mistake by not owning all aspects ...

43. AMD Shanghai: We are back!

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Thursday, 13 November 2008

      Analyst Opinion - Barcelona, which had been positioned as the product that would obliterate Intel in the server and workstation markets, went from a Weapon of Mass Destruction to Weapon of Self ...

44. AMD Shanghai: Is it enough?

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 12 November 2008

    Analyst Opinion - A lot hinges on Shanghai, AMD's replacement for Barcelona. It is the first major announcement since AMD decided to go fabless and the first real indicator of whether the company is ...

45. PC 3.0: Visions from the Phoenix Technology Annual Conference

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 12 November 2008

      Analyst Opinion - I am at an annual conference Phoenix Technology  puts on to discuss the future of the PC called Strategy 2009. This conference is relatively unique in the segment, because ...

46. Windows vs. Mac ads: Negative isn’t funny anymore

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 03 November 2008

      Analyst Opinion - We seem to be awash in both negative campaigning and stupidity this fall season. I am sure that, at least here in the U.S., there is little on all our minds other than how this ...

47. Thoughts about Windows 7: What to look forward to

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 28 October 2008

      Analyst Opinion - Windows 7 is the next big jump for Windows after Vista, Scheduled for a 2009 release, the software is driven by a largely new team, the organization building the product is significantly ...

48. Dell goes Chinese and strikes gold

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 24 October 2008

      Analyst Opinion - This week I was a few days  in China as Dell’s guest. Steve Felice, Dell’s top executive there, Michael Dell and a number of the top players have spent some time explaining ...

49. The T-Mobile G1 phone: Who will love it

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Friday, 17 October 2008

      Analyst Opinion - My first smart phone was a Blackberry and I generally use Windows Mobile phones myself for two reasons: I type a lot on phones and I’m connected at the hip to my Exchange server- ...

50. Is Steve Jobs right on Blu-ray and HDMI?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 15 October 2008

      Analyst Opinion - Steve Jobs has called a number of trends before they started but also missed on a couple. For instance, the market never understood the one-button-mouse-thing.  However, ...