12 Month Windows

Since 2007 I have been carting around some version of the iPhone. Somewhere around August 7th, that won't be happening anymore. After much deliberation, window shopping, hands on testing, research, and thought I have purchased a fully customized Motorola Moto X phone. If you're interested, it's got a natural ebony back, black front and Red buttons and highlights. The screen will actually say "Welcome, Micah" whenever I turn it on. Beyond the ability to customize the look of the device and have my name engraved on it (which is possible with the iPhone as well), Android gives me features I've been waiting for on the iPhone. While iOS 8 promises to catch up in some areas, namely the ability to swipe in text as opposed to tap typing, it's still lacking in others that I have made heavy use of in my work provided HTC One. While I did consider the HTC One (M8), when I starting toying around with it, it had gotten too big. As much as I loved the one work pro...

While my initial experiment failed on me, having a MacBook Pro with Retina Display has afforded me the ability to run both Windows and Mac on the same machine. To provide myself with the best possible experience, I've been working on a Boot Camp partition so that I don't run into any issues that may arise out of the use of virtual machines. Many of the gripes I have with Windows 8.1 still stand, however the advancements in recent updates and the changes that are scheduled for future updates give me some kind of hope for the future of Windows. I'm currently using Windows 8.1 on a system that doesn't have a touch enabled display. This is, for the most part, an excellent experience. If I could make one change, it would be to the Apple Trackpad Driver. I wish it was more integrated with Windows 8.1. I've found a couple of tools that will make the trackpad work more effectively, however they always install bloatware right along with the drivers and I hate bloatware. ...