"The Apple Doomsday Scenario". Macworld magazine, February 1998. pp. 192, 194.
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Microsoft, as you may have noticed, hasn't exactly been hitting home runs lately. Only a fraction of the population upgraded to Windows 95; much of corporate America, having finally got the kinks out of Windows 3.1, has no intention of budging. Suppose, then, that the air gradually begins leaking out of Microsoft's tires. Subsequent Windows versions become absolute monstrosities, laughable bloatware that requires 128MB of RAM.
— David Pogue
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About David Pogue
David Pogue (born March 9, 1963) is a technology writer, journalist and commentator. He is a personal technology columnist for the New York Times, an Emmy-winning tech correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, and weekly tech correspondent for CNBC. He has written or co-written seven books in the For Dummies series, including Macintosh computers. In 1999, he launched his own series of computer how-to books, called the Missing Manual series, which now includes over 100 titles covering a wide variety of personal computer operating systems and applications.
About David Pogue
David Pogue (born March 9, 1963) is a technology writer, journalist and commentator. He is a personal technology columnist for the New York Times, an Emmy-winning tech correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, and weekly tech correspondent for CNBC. He has written or co-written seven books in the For Dummies series, including Macintosh computers. In 1999, he launched his own series of computer how-to books, called the Missing Manual series, which now includes over 100 titles covering a wide variety of personal computer operating systems and applications.
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