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Steve Jobs with the original iMac in 1998. Mousse Mousse/Reuters When I was a kid in the late 1990s, most everyone I knew had a Windows 95 PC — myself included. But I had this one friend whose family owned a Mac, one of those multicolored iMacs that were the company's first big product launch. I loved video games, and he loved video games, but he especially loved games on his Mac. Well, one game in particular: 'Marathon,' a first-person shooter, which was only for the Mac.

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1. Apple Mac vs. Windows PC is so over. When cloud services are everywhere, the operating system no longer matters.
2. Amid all these enhancements to the Mac version, BusyMac’s biggest news is the BusyCal for iOS app, which requires a separate $4.99 purchase. It mimics the basic feature set and look of BusyCal on the Mac, with List, Day, Week, and Month views.

We got into fierce, weeklong arguments about it, in the way that only 10-year-olds can. He said the Mac may have less software, but what was there was simply better. I said the Windows PC was way more versatile. Each of us begrudged the other everything. Apple stoked the flames with its famous circa the late 2000s, in which actors John Hodgman and Justin Long played a PC and a Mac, respectively, showing how the PC was old and stodgy but the Mac was young and hip. It was a big part of — the iMac brought the company back from the brink of disaster, paving the way for the massive success of the iPod and then the iPhone, which turned Apple into the most valuable company in the world. Sometimes, it feels as though those days never ended.

People are still crazy protective of the computers and phones they use. When Business Insider published a piece a little while back saying that Microsoft's Surface Book laptop might be a than the newest MacBook Pro models, we got some hate mail from the Apple crowd. Microsoft Surface Book. Melia Robinson/Business Insider Well, guess what? The world has moved on. And it's less of a 'choice' than ever before. Because so much of what we do these days is based in the browser and in the cloud, Mac versus PC is no longer a lifestyle decision like it was back when boxed software ruled all.

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It's just a matter of taste. Even Microsoft knows it. And in the exact same way, because of the rise of the App Store model, iPhone versus Android is barely a thing anymore to most people. That's why — nobody cares anymore. The operating system wars are over After many years of being a Mac faithful, I've been using Windows 10 for the past year and a half or so. (touch screens, Cortana, window management) and a lot that was annoying (random crashes, peculiar device issues). Every so often, like today, I just to make sure I stay familiar with both sides.

And I'm rediscovering that there's a lot to like (performance, stability, iPhone-related superpowers like iMessage) and a lot that's annoying (no touch screen, no Cortana). They both fill a niche. And they're both successful for their parent companies in their own ways. Macs are highly profitable for Apple, which is still primarily a hardware company. Windows is everywhere, from cheap laptops to premium machines like the, and that's good for Microsoft, which is still mainly a software company. Cortana on Windows 10.

Matt Weinberger They can both win. Windows and Apple have their die-hard fans, sure, but they can happily coexist. The same goes for the mobile platforms, too. Apple and Google both won.

Apple's iPhone is ridiculously profitable, while Android dominates with. Each of them got exactly what it wanted from the smartphone business. Apple is selling a lot of profitable iPhones; Google gets its web services and search engine in front of more people. So while iPhones and Androids may have few features that set them apart, they are still, by and large, running the same major apps, connecting to the same big services. Each phone operating system has its pluses and minuses, but each is pretty much as useful to a vast majority of people as the other.

Maybe you like Instagram on iPhone better than Instagram on Android, but Instagram is still Instagram. It's all about the service Indeed, it's service that's going to make the difference going forward. Switching between a PC and Mac was simple because even my handwritten notes from the Windows 10 computer were stored in Microsoft's Office 365 cloud service. I didn't need to worry about syncing my music between computers because I use the Spotify service on my Mac and PC and iPhone. This is why Microsoft is making sure Office apps and services are available for the iPhone and Android. It's why Apple is going to bring its new Apple Music service to Android. It's why Google invests so much in the Chrome browser, which runs on both Windows and macOS and in web services like Google Photos.

When the operating system doesn't matter, users are free to choose whatever service suits them, at any time. Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider It also means that picking a computer or a phone is no longer like getting sorted into a house at Hogwarts. Go where you want, do what you want. So relax, and remember that you don't owe the big tech companies anything.

Let them serve you, in the way that you want. When I was a kid in the late 1990s, most everyone I knew had a Windows 95 PC — myself included. But I had this one friend whose family owned a Mac, one of those multicolored iMacs that were the company's first big product launch after Steve Jobs returned to the company.

I loved video games, and he loved video games, but he especially loved games on his Mac. Well, one game in particular: 'Marathon,' a first-person shooter, which was only for the Mac. We got into fierce, weeklong arguments about it, in the way that only 10-year-olds can. He said the Mac may have less software, but what was there was simply better. I said the Windows PC was way more versatile. Each of us begrudged the other everything.

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Apple stoked the flames with its famous 'Get a Mac' ads circa the late 2000s, in which actors John Hodgman and Justin Long played a PC and a Mac, respectively, showing how the PC was old and stodgy but the Mac was young and hip. It was a big part of Apple's turnaround story — the iMac brought the company back from the brink of disaster, paving the way for the massive success of the iPod and then the iPhone, which turned Apple into the most valuable company in the world. Sometimes, it feels as though those days never ended. People are still crazy protective of the computers and phones they use. When Business Insider published a piece a little while back saying that Microsoft's Surface Book laptop might be a better buy for most people than the newest MacBook Pro models, we got some hate mail from the Apple crowd.

Well, guess what? The world has moved on. And it's less of a 'choice' than ever before.

Because so much of what we do these days is based in the browser and in the cloud, Mac versus PC is no longer a lifestyle decision like it was back when boxed software ruled all. It's just a matter of taste.

Even Microsoft knows it. And in the exact same way, because of the rise of the App Store model, iPhone versus Android is barely a thing anymore to most people.

That's why analysts now believe that iPhone versus Android is 'stable' — nobody cares anymore. The operating system wars are over After many years of being a Mac faithful, I've been using Windows 10 for the past year and a half or so. I found a lot to like (touch screens, Cortana, window management) and a lot that was annoying (random crashes, peculiar device issues). Every so often, like today, I switch back to the Mac just to make sure I stay familiar with both sides. And I'm rediscovering that there's a lot to like (performance, stability, iPhone-related superpowers like iMessage) and a lot that's annoying (no touch screen, no Cortana).

They both fill a niche. And they're both successful for their parent companies in their own ways. Macs are highly profitable for Apple, which is still primarily a hardware company. Windows is everywhere, from cheap laptops to premium machines like the Surface Studio, and that's good for Microsoft, which is still mainly a software company. They can both win.

Windows and Apple have their die-hard fans, sure, but they can happily coexist. The same goes for the mobile platforms, too. Apple and Google both won. Apple's iPhone is ridiculously profitable, while Android dominates with something like 87% of the market. Each of them got exactly what it wanted from the smartphone business. Apple is selling a lot of profitable iPhones; Google gets its web services and search engine in front of more people.

So while iPhones and Androids may have few features that set them apart, they are still, by and large, running the same major apps, connecting to the same big services. Each phone operating system has its pluses and minuses, but each is pretty much as useful to a vast majority of people as the other. Maybe you like Instagram on iPhone better than Instagram on Android, but Instagram is still Instagram.

It's all about the service Indeed, it's service that's going to make the difference going forward. Switching between a PC and Mac was simple because even my handwritten notes from the Windows 10 computer were stored in Microsoft's Office 365 cloud service. I didn't need to worry about syncing my music between computers because I use the Spotify service on my Mac and PC and iPhone.

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This is why Microsoft is making sure Office apps and services are available for the iPhone and Android. It's why Apple is going to bring its new Apple Music service to Android.

It's why Google invests so much in the Chrome browser, which runs on both Windows and macOS and in web services like Google Photos. When the operating system doesn't matter, users are free to choose whatever service suits them, at any time.

It also means that picking a computer or a phone is no longer like getting sorted into a house at Hogwarts. Go where you want, do what you want. So relax, and remember that you don't owe the big tech companies anything.

Let them serve you, in the way that you want. When I was a kid in the late 1990s, most everyone I knew had a Windows 95 PC — myself included. But I had this one friend whose family owned a Mac, one of those multicolored iMacs that were the company's first big product launch after Steve Jobs returned to the company. I loved video games, and he loved video games, but he especially loved games on his Mac. Well, one game in particular: 'Marathon,' a first-person shooter, which was only for the Mac.

We got into fierce, weeklong arguments about it, in the way that only 10-year-olds can. He said the Mac may have less software, but what was there was simply better. I said the Windows PC was way more versatile. Each of us begrudged the other everything. Apple stoked the flames with its famous 'Get a Mac' ads circa the late 2000s, in which actors John Hodgman and Justin Long played a PC and a Mac, respectively, showing how the PC was old and stodgy but the Mac was young and hip.

It was a big part of Apple's turnaround story — the iMac brought the company back from the brink of disaster, paving the way for the massive success of the iPod and then the iPhone, which turned Apple into the most valuable company in the world. Sometimes, it feels as though those days never ended. People are still crazy protective of the computers and phones they use. When Business Insider published a piece a little while back saying that Microsoft's Surface Book laptop might be a better buy for most people than the newest MacBook Pro models, we got some hate mail from the Apple crowd. Well, guess what? The world has moved on.

And it's less of a 'choice' than ever before. Because so much of what we do these days is based in the browser and in the cloud, Mac versus PC is no longer a lifestyle decision like it was back when boxed software ruled all. It's just a matter of taste. Even Microsoft knows it. And in the exact same way, because of the rise of the App Store model, iPhone versus Android is barely a thing anymore to most people. That's why analysts now believe that iPhone versus Android is 'stable' — nobody cares anymore. The operating system wars are over After many years of being a Mac faithful, I've been using Windows 10 for the past year and a half or so.

I found a lot to like (touch screens, Cortana, window management) and a lot that was annoying (random crashes, peculiar device issues). Every so often, like today, I switch back to the Mac just to make sure I stay familiar with both sides. And I'm rediscovering that there's a lot to like (performance, stability, iPhone-related superpowers like iMessage) and a lot that's annoying (no touch screen, no Cortana). They both fill a niche. And they're both successful for their parent companies in their own ways.

Macs are highly profitable for Apple, which is still primarily a hardware company. Windows is everywhere, from cheap laptops to premium machines like the Surface Studio, and that's good for Microsoft, which is still mainly a software company.

They can both win. Windows and Apple have their die-hard fans, sure, but they can happily coexist. The same goes for the mobile platforms, too. Apple and Google both won. Apple's iPhone is ridiculously profitable, while Android dominates with something like 87% of the market. Each of them got exactly what it wanted from the smartphone business.

Apple is selling a lot of profitable iPhones; Google gets its web services and search engine in front of more people. So while iPhones and Androids may have few features that set them apart, they are still, by and large, running the same major apps, connecting to the same big services. Each phone operating system has its pluses and minuses, but each is pretty much as useful to a vast majority of people as the other. Maybe you like Instagram on iPhone better than Instagram on Android, but Instagram is still Instagram. It's all about the service Indeed, it's service that's going to make the difference going forward. Switching between a PC and Mac was simple because even my handwritten notes from the Windows 10 computer were stored in Microsoft's Office 365 cloud service.

I didn't need to worry about syncing my music between computers because I use the Spotify service on my Mac and PC and iPhone. This is why Microsoft is making sure Office apps and services are available for the iPhone and Android. It's why Apple is going to bring its new Apple Music service to Android.

It's why Google invests so much in the Chrome browser, which runs on both Windows and macOS and in web services like Google Photos. When the operating system doesn't matter, users are free to choose whatever service suits them, at any time. It also means that picking a computer or a phone is no longer like getting sorted into a house at Hogwarts. Go where you want, do what you want.

So relax, and remember that you don't owe the big tech companies anything. Let them serve you, in the way that you want.

Informant is one of the most powerful all-access platforms which integrates calendaring tasks and notes management together as full-fledged citizens. No need to buy separate apps for your time management - Informant handles it all! Use templates or Quick Entry to create new events and tasks quickly. Watch as we bring all the advanced features of our mobile app - Pocket Informant - to the desktop.

It's designed to take full advantage of macOS. We didn’t just port Pocket Informant's mobile interface, but started with a fresh, new design born of months of sketching, prototyping, and real-world use. The tabbed What's New in Informant. Informant is one of the most powerful all-access platforms which integrates calendaring tasks and notes management together as full-fledged citizens. No need to buy separate apps for your time management - Informant handles it all!

Use templates or Quick Entry to create new events and tasks quickly. Watch as we bring all the advanced features of our mobile app - Pocket Informant - to the desktop. It's designed to take full advantage of macOS.

We didn’t just port Pocket Informant's mobile interface, but started with a fresh, new design born of months of sketching, prototyping, and real-world use. The tabbed interface gives you the ability to have your calendar customized - not just in one window of the app - but for each tab. No other calendar app gives you this kind of power on the desktop. Our focus has been on designing a planner that brings your agenda and todo/task list together visually and organizationally.

Informant has been at the forefront of the digital-calendar revolution, and we will continue to forge new roads in the next year. See how Informant on iOS, Android, and now macOS will revolutionize how you plan your life.

Features. Rich Text Notes - Synchronize with Informant Sync, Toodledo, and Evernote. Our Rich Text Notes editor lets you record audio notes and style rich text notes to your hearts content. Note: We do not sync with Apple Notes as Apple does not yet offer any integration points for Apple Notes. Tabbed Interface with Search - Our tabbed interface lets you work with as many tabs as you wish, with each tab showing your choice of calendar view or tasks view. Search any event, task, or note from the top right with the search field. Search options allow you to narrow or widen your search to only show what you need.

Elegant and powerful. Task Smart Filters - Smart Filters are a powerful innovation unique to Informant. They let you create your own filters for tasks with a powerful rule editor - similar to how Apple Mail filters work.

You can create filters for tasks in a specific project with a status or specific importance. Whatever you are looking for - our Smart Filters can help you organize your tasks!. Informant Today Menu - Tap on the Informant icon in the menu bar to quickly bring up a 'Focus View' and see what’s happening at a glance.

Pick any date you want to display, and enter new events or tasks using the Quick Entry line. Setup a hotkey to bring up our Natural Language Entry-based Quick Entry screen and create new events or tasks as quickly as you can type them. Drag the popover and it detaches into a calendar window you can have running all the time.

GTD® Tasks - You can trust Informant with all your daily tasks. With Quick Entry, adding tasks is a snap. Filter, group, tag, and categorize your tasks however you like. Includes full support for projects, contexts, subtasks, checklists and multi-level subtasks. Customizable - Informant has always been known to be a powerhouse due to its customizability.

We give you plenty of options to affect the appearance of your events, tasks, and notes so you can show as little or as much information as you like. Use colors or icons to better identify types of events, tasks, and notes; setup default alarms or default due/start dates - we have designed an easy to use and understand set of customization options to let you tweak everything to your heart’s desire. Drag and Drop - Drag and drop events and tasks to any date on our side-bar mini-month or in the calendar views; events to new calendars; tasks between groups or to a new project/tag/context; and more!. Templates - Templates let you quickly create an event or task. For example create a Soccer template with a preset title, icon, time, calendar, and tag.

Powerful Projects - Set Projects with with a default sync account, templates, due date, and three different project types: Parallel, Sequential, or Single Action. Quick Entry - Assign shortcuts to Quick Entry and quickly create new events or tasks using your natural language entry - or create new Notes at any time. QuickLook Summary - Gives you direct access to phone numbers, addresses, and links to access macOS’s native Maps, Contacts, and Safari viewers. Colors and Icons - Color your calendar days to indicate days without using an event.

Assign a specific color or icon to an event, task, or note to make it stand out or indicate something special. Syncs with.Informant Sync, Google Calendar/Tasks, Toodledo, and Evernote. Access your Mac’s built-in Calendar and Reminders for perfect integration.