Os x 10.9 vs windows 8

The upgrade from Mac OS X As far as iWork goes, I must agree to a point. I don't think it was truly desperation, but an effort to gain mind share about these applications. The iWork suite is more than capable of providing for all the word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation needs of the vast majority of Mac owners.

However, those business users who have mind-melded to Excel won't be using Numbers anytime soon. Most of us can float between different word processors and even presentation software relatively easily, but spreadsheets are a different beast. I've seen things done in Excel that violate the laws of physics and number theory, and usually, those responsible for creating and maintaining those "spreadsheets" would rather jump into a lava pit than try to replicate their abomination in anything else.

Frankly, the lava pit would be the better end of the bargain. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. A little searching revealed the following gem: Although the Windows 8.

Of course, update before upgrading. This is Windows. Should have known. That sounded a bit ridiculous but a quick search verified it: You can download the update for free from the Windows Store. This is a VM with minimal applications so not the end of the world, but if this was my main machine… After clicking ok that screen disappeared and again I was back on the Windows Store homepage.

Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. In an effort to right the wrongs of Windows 8 on the desktop, Microsoft has put the Windows 10 Technical Preview out there for anyone to download and use, unusual in that such an early release is typically available only to developers. It will enable the company to gather a huge amount of feedback and give a long lead time for end users and IT departments to check out the evolution of the interface.

In a similar vein, this past summer Apple put OS X Yosemite now shipping out as a public beta for the first time in years, perhaps with similar goals. In both cases, these operating systems show that the humble PC is still important to both Microsoft and Apple, and by association the entire consumer and enterprise PC industry.

New features like integrated notification center, a more feature-rich iMessage, and Continuity features like Handoff deliver a more seamless experience for iPhone and iPad users with iOS 8. These are all useful features, and aim to further refine and improve the user experience in the Apple environment. They are not necessarily new innovations, in the sense that some of these features like elements of Continuity have been seen on LG and Samsung devices running Android.

The difference with Apple is that typically these types of features are better integrated, more accessible to the user, and more reliable. Windows 8 was a radical move by Microsoft to bring the Metro UI first seen on Windows Phone 7 to the desktop and tablet environment. Unfortunately, the mashup of the familiar Desktop interface with Metro on desktops and laptops that did not employ touchscreens did not make existing users happy, and did not deliver a seamless user experience. If you want to connect from the Mac to the Windows machine, then Windows must host the connection.

If it is available in your system, all you need to do is go to Control Panel System Remote Settings and click on Allow remote connections. I have Pro so I can't say whether this in available in the standard edition. My situation was slightly different. I was trying to remote desktop from Yosemite You will get a security certificate dialog box. Set defaults. Next screen is a Windows 8. Then click the left arrow. You should now see your userid.