While Microsoft is going the Hollywood way to perk up its Windows 7 release, arch rivals Apple and Linux aren't sitting still.  Expediting the operating systems war, Apple started pulling out all the stops with it's anti-Windows 7 ad campaign a week before Windows 7 launch, which was overtly focused on the upgrade hassles from Windows XP to 7. On the other end, Linux advocate IBM in a bid to cramp Microsoft OS joined Linux distributor Canonical to introduce a new cloud-and-Linux-based offering called IBM Client for Smart Work. Adding to fray, Ubuntu came up with a functionally equivalent alternative that is smooth with the Web and on the cuff. However, Mac still remains the major potential threat to Windows supremacy over the operating system market as the  Cupertino company is all set to roll out new versions of its iconic Macs, all-in-one iMac desktops and its abated laptop MackBook.

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Apple has launched its promotional campaign in school offering the Mac-buying students with iPod Touch at no additional cost. For years Apple has been the favorite with students and schools. With its annual gift, Mac is setting groung to allure the students for its chic white MacBook. This year the students and teachers who are aspiring to buy any Mac, other than a Mac Mini or a refurbished model, and an iPod Touch would get a $299 online rebate, which is the price for a 8 GB iPod Touch.

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Enough has been discussed about Christmas gadgets and its various categories (you can read all of them here). So we thought it is about time to come out with the best of the lot- the top 10 gadgets for this Christmas of 2008. And so here we present the ones who caught the eyes, moved the gadgetophilics and deserved to be here.

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Old desktops are getting too big and spacious to be true. So it is understandable if you wish to switch to a perfectly desktop replacable laptop now. Businessmen, students, gamers, normal users and more explicitly everyone wants to own a laptop that suits their specific demands. But amongst thousands of laptops to choose from, which one is the right one for you? If you are confused then lemme help you. We not only have 10 best laptops at display here but also we have categorized which one is best for whom.

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In JavaOne 2008 I noticed something I least expected - an abundance of Mac laptops (Macbook, Macbook Pro & Macbook Air) in not just developers hands but also press / analysts and presenters. I didn't conduct a formal survey but anyone there can attest to the fact that around 60-70% of the laptops were Mac with Dell being a distant second. Obviously there must be good reasons for it. So I started asking the software developers. I found 5 good reasons for software developers to use a Mac laptop:

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