Micron Technology has announced in a press release today that CEO Steve Appleton was killed in a plane crash. The plane was a fixed single wing engine Lancair. Steve attempted to land at the Boise airport but his plane went up in flames before he was able to land. Steve reported problems with his plane to air traffic controllers before the crash.
Steve was the pilot, and the only person in the plane at the time. He had a passion for flying and owned over 20 planes. Steve joined Micron back in 1983. He became CEO and chairman in 1994 after working his way up in the business all the way from the factory floor.
Micron makes a variety of products such as NAND and DRAM memory that is found in many consumers computers.
My condolences go out to the family of Steve Appleton.
Microns press release can be found here.
Friday, 3 February 2012
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Windows XP Still Top Dog, Windows 8 To Steal the Show?
One would think that by now Windows XP's market share would have been greatly diminished by Windows 7. Apparently that isn't happening.
As of right now XP still has a 47% market share. This is amazing considering Windows XP was actually released to the world over 10 YEARS ago.
I can see three different possible reasons why the OS is still going strong.
1. The Economy is not doing that great and people still do not see the use of upgrading their PC's operating system if their current one is sufficient when money is an issue.
2. Windows XP is still widely considered the "best OS", which I highly doubt.
3 Or maybe its just that the other operating systems suck? I don't believe this likely as Windows 7 was widely seen as a successful operating system, fixing what Vista was lacking and adding plenty of new features.
I am currently loving windows 7 and am glad I am using it over XP. Is it worth the 100$? Yes I think so. Would I buy windows 7 right now considering Windows 8 beta is months around the corner? Probably not.
Lets just hope that the Metro UI Microsoft is implementing in Windows 8 isn't a letdown. Microsoft is betting a lot on Windows 8 being a great OS for both PC's and Tablets, but I hope this doesn't lead to a diminished experience for PC users.
The Windows 8 beta is widely expected to show up sometime in the next few months.
As of right now XP still has a 47% market share. This is amazing considering Windows XP was actually released to the world over 10 YEARS ago.
I can see three different possible reasons why the OS is still going strong.
1. The Economy is not doing that great and people still do not see the use of upgrading their PC's operating system if their current one is sufficient when money is an issue.
2. Windows XP is still widely considered the "best OS", which I highly doubt.
3 Or maybe its just that the other operating systems suck? I don't believe this likely as Windows 7 was widely seen as a successful operating system, fixing what Vista was lacking and adding plenty of new features.
I am currently loving windows 7 and am glad I am using it over XP. Is it worth the 100$? Yes I think so. Would I buy windows 7 right now considering Windows 8 beta is months around the corner? Probably not.
Lets just hope that the Metro UI Microsoft is implementing in Windows 8 isn't a letdown. Microsoft is betting a lot on Windows 8 being a great OS for both PC's and Tablets, but I hope this doesn't lead to a diminished experience for PC users.
The Windows 8 beta is widely expected to show up sometime in the next few months.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
7950 Hits The Market
The 7950 is now available online from many stores like Newegg or TigerDirect. The new GPU has been met with mostly positive reviews from tech sites from what I can tell. All of the sites have been giving the 7950 props for superior performance and value over the 580 GTX. This should bring down the price of the 580 GTX in order for it to compete with AMD's new GPU. The 7950 also uses less power than the 580 GTX and runs cooler, however is slightly more noisy.
Overclocked models are already out on the market. XFX, Sapphire, ASUS and PowerColor's OC'd cards can currently be found on shops around the web. Availability on the 7950 is somewhat poor at the moment, with many models currently being out of stock.
The cheapest 7950 I can find at the moment is the Sapphire 7950 for $460 from Newegg, which is a deal when you consider the cheapest 580 GTX is selling for $500, around $470 if you do a mail in rebate.
Image from AMD
Overclocked models are already out on the market. XFX, Sapphire, ASUS and PowerColor's OC'd cards can currently be found on shops around the web. Availability on the 7950 is somewhat poor at the moment, with many models currently being out of stock.
The cheapest 7950 I can find at the moment is the Sapphire 7950 for $460 from Newegg, which is a deal when you consider the cheapest 580 GTX is selling for $500, around $470 if you do a mail in rebate.
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