The last sentence is what aided us the most in our decision: “But if you’re without a virtualization program and are asking me to make a pick, I say go with Parallels Desktop 7. The Parallels’ team has finally put their days of buggy releases behind them; now it’s VMware’s turn to do the same.”

Although we believe that ars technica is an honorable tech review site, we thought it biased to make our decision solely on their word. So, we also looked at a few other notable publications. eWeek.com says right at the beginning of their article that “A superior mobile client and mass deployment support make Parallels Desktop 7 a winner for Mac-based virtualization.”

While trolling YouTube, we found that Best New Products rated Parallels Desktop 7 the #1 Best New Release in Utilities Software.

After looking at a few more comparisons, we decided that’s enough comparing for us. We’re going with Parallels Desktop 7. How about you?

Not sure what your opinions are on the matter, but we’re pretty sure that Siri is a revolutionary innovation. Sure, voice-to-text has been around on the Android system for ages. However, Siri is up-ing the voice-to-text game.

Take a look at some of the extraordinary things that Siri can do:

Don’t you want an iPhone 4S now?

This tribute came from Jonathan Mak, a 19-year-old in Hong Kong. He reminds us that Steve Jobs was loved all around the world.

This next tribute comes from Mint Digital. This piece of art was made solely from pieces of a Macbook Pro.

What better way to end this tribute than with a tribute from the online Apple Store itself?

RIP Steve Jobs: 1955-2011

The main operating systems that use Mobile Apps are Android®, Apple®, and Blackberry®. While Apple has the most apps available, Androids are the most popular phone and therefore use apps more frequently.

While most of the statistics listed in this infographic are pretty self-explanatory, there is one stat that baffled us. The estimated 2011 Mobile App Revenue is $15.1 billion. This wouldn’t be that scary if the World Bank hadn’t estimated that $11.8 billion annually would essentially end world hunger.

What are your thoughts?

According to Mashable, Apple’s advertising was the most successful during Jobs’ reign. During the 11 year stint (1985-1996) that Jobs took a break from working at Apple, Apple’s advertising took a turn for the worse. In their blog post, Mashable provides examples of Apple advertisements from the two separate eras that Jobs was a part of the company, as well as an ad that was created while Jobs was away from Apple. Here is an ad that was created between 1985-1996, when Jobs wasn’t working at Apple:

Luckily, although Steve Jobs has stepped down as the head of Apple, he will still have a lot of influence on day to day activities there. The jokers from Joy of Tech came up with this screenshot of Steve Jobs’ calendar as a newly retired man.

]]> http://switchtomac.com/blog/mac-life/ads-without-jobs/feed/ 0 http://switchtomac.com/blog/mac-life/shout-out-to-all-apple-gamers/ http://switchtomac.com/blog/mac-life/shout-out-to-all-apple-gamers/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:03:17 +0000 admin http://switchtomac.com/blog/?p=3688 Calling all Apple gamers who use id Software! According to 9to5Mac, id Software just reached 100,000 Facebook fans. As a reward for their consumers, they’re releasing the new iOS version of their Rage game. The game is free to download for a week (starting 8/18/11)!

You can download it for free here.

What are you waiting for? Go get your free copy!

Earlier this week Steve Jobs spoke to the Cupertino City Council about building a new four-story building by 2015. This spaceship-like building will hold 12,000 employees and according to Jobs it will have positive impact on the environment by increasing the number of trees and landscape.

In a statement released yesterday, the City of Cupertino has responded to Apple’s magnificent camps proposal with, “there is no way we are saying no.” Apple’s proposal will still have to through an environmental and a public hearing, but Cupertino Mayor Gilbert Wong says that the city is willing to bring on more stuff to help the process. Check out Steve Jobs’ personal presentation.

Visit Cupertino.org/apple to follow any progress on the project.

[via MacRumors]

[Via Mashable]

The white iPhone 4 has finally arrived and it’s beautiful. We appreciate everyone who has waited patiently while we’ve worked to get every detail right.

Apple confirmed today in a press release that  the white iPhone 4 will launch tomorrow April 28. It will be available on Apple’s online and retail stores, AT&T and Verizon stores and other Apple authorized resellers.

[via 9To5Mac]