Would You Invest In This Company?

Would You have invested in this company back in 1978? I mean, look at them! Kids, really. What do they know about running a business? No way this small business is going to make it. Especially with the nasty economy we had after President Carter came onboard. Doomed for failure, I would say.

What a pathetic accumulation of geeks! No fashion sense, that's for sure. And that guy on the front row, bottom left. What a nerd! And he's in charge? You gotta be kidding me!

For those of you who don't recognize anybody in the picture, this is the original employees of Microsoft when they were still in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Shortly after, they moved to Seattle, doubled in size, and well, the rest is, shall we say, History!

To Your Success,

Tim

Best Time To Buy a Laptop?

I ran across this article on Deal News, a site whose motto is "Every Day is Black Friday". They took a middle-of-the-road laptop and did price comparisons during the year. They confirmed the best time to buy a laptop is: back to school time or August and September.

Other good times to purchase are November (black Friday) and April. Prices ranged from a high of $580 in July to below $500 in April.

So if you are contemplating a laptop purchase, get your credit card warmed up. Back to school time is just around the corner!

To Your Success,

Tim

Microsoft Adding Other Browsers

According to Reuters (if you can believe them) Microsoft has offered to put other browsers into their operating system in order to settle a lawsuit from the European Union.

In the old days where profits were consistently up quarter over quarter, MS would hang in there and fight out lawsuits to the bitter end. In today's market, it could make more sense for MS to cave in and settle the lawsuit.

I wonder if this is a sign of times to come from the Redmond campus. Let me know your thoughts, please. The entire article may be found here.

To Your Success,

Tim

Its Official Now

Today, Microsoft has officially RTM'ed, or Released To Manufacturing the new Windows 7 Operating System. Not a huge deal really, but there is one fact worth noting. 

With RTM complete, this means there will be NO changes to the specifications of the hardware required to run Windows 7. According to Microsoft, this is the first major Windows release that does not require double the specs of the preceeding Windows OS. Hopefully, a sign of things to come from this software giant. 

Look for Windows 7 to be available to the public in October (I guess it takes a while to make all those pretty DVD's with holograms!) 

 To Your Success, 

 Tim