Tag: OS X

Will cutting the “Ribbon” finally fix Office for Mac?

Yesterday, at its annual conference for IT pros, Microsoft revealed a new version of Outlook for Mac. The Verge published a glimpse of the app’s revamped interface, and it looks promising—simultaneously cleaner and more useful. We’ll see more of that refined UI tomorrow. Meanwhile, let’s examine why Microsoft might be eager to dump an interface…

November 6, 2019
Stranger in a strange land: a long-time Windows power user switches to the Mac

I spent decades using Windows as my primary computing platform. I may not love Microsoft’s OS, but I had learned to live with it, tolerating its quirks and forgiving its faults. By the time I had turned thirty, I was comfortable (if not quite content) in the Windows world. More recently, though, Apple has…

October 30, 2018
Microsoft’s “convergence” vs. Apple’s “supersession”

Whether tablets merge with PCs or replace them altogether, one thing is clear: you will only need one computer.

November 20, 2015