# Paul Thurrott

Paul Brian Thurrott (born October 29, 1966) is a technology blogger and published author who primarily covers Microsoft products.

## Quotes

* Android and the DROID X are, warts and all, already neck and neck with the iPhone 4. It's scary to think how one-sided this would be if Google just put a handful of UI experts on the [Android app] marketplace. Game over, Apple. Game over.
** Droid Attack Spells Doom for iPhone in Paul Thurrott's Supersite For Windows (21 September 2010)
* Is this thing even worth reviewing? Right off the bat, I'm glad to see that my initial reactions to this thing were accurate. Anyone who believes this thing is a game changer is a tool. I'm sorry, but that's just the way it is.
** Apple iPad Hands-On First Impressions in Paul Thurrott's Supersite For Windows (6 October 2010)
* These early [Windows Phone sales] reports don't provide any credible figures. But even if sales are as bad as all get-out, you're forgetting one thing: It almost doesn't matter, because Microsoft is in this for the long haul. They're going to continue pushing this system ahead, and pushing it to developers and users.
** About those Windows Phone Chicken Little stories... in Windows Phone Secrets (29 November 2010)
* Apple is a hugely successful company and its Mac business, even though it trails the wider PC market by a wide margin, is a great business, a very, very successful and desirable business. For Apple. Why anyone would care about that, other than employees of Apple, is unclear to me.
** Market Share Matters in Paul Thurrott's Supersite For Windows (27 August 2011)
* Apple's fans are more interested in spending money than they are with facts. … That the lackluster iPhone 4S can sell so well in a market dominated by more capable Android handsets (not to mention Windows Phones) only bolsters that notion.
** Apple Sells 4 Million iPhone 4S Handsets at Launch in Windows IT Pro (17 October 2011)
* Make no mistake, this transition is happening. ... The world we're heading toward belongs to Windows RT.
** Welcome To Windows 8 in Paul Thurrott's Supersite For Windows (20 September 2012)
* There are three [Apple Watch] lineups that range in price from "just" $350 for an Apple Sport stripper model with low-end materials to an astonishing $17,000 for an 18 karat gold silly version. As I noted on Twitter, this isn't consumer electronics anymore. It's consumerism run amok.
** Apple Event Recap: Apple Watch, MacBook, and Apple TV in Thurrott - News & Analysis for Tech Enthusiasts (9 March 2015)
* Apple Watch is superfluous, an unnecessary accessory that literally no one needs. ... it just seems so pointless. ... I understand, even accept, that Apple hardware purchases involve most of the points made above and that most fans of the company simply don’t care or are essentially pushing their fingers into their ears and going "na-na-na-na" so they can’t hear the logic of the argument against their buying decisions. I am at peace with this.
** The Problem with Apple Watch in a Nutshell in Thurrott - News & Analysis for Tech Enthusiasts (27 April 2015)
* [Apple] events are tough for non-sycophants such as myself. I don't take everything Apple says at face value, as they would prefer. And I certainly don't buy into the theory that the world's most profitable company is in any way out to help humanity or make the world a better place.
** Analysis: Apple's September 2017 Announcements in Thurrott - The Home For Tech Enthusiasts: News, Reviews & Analysis (13 September 2017)
* [T]he facial scanner in the iPhone X is based on the technology that Microsoft first used, disastrously, in its Xbox Kinect sensor. This probably explains why [Apple's Face ID] works so poorly: If Microsoft could never perfect this in a relatively huge device, how could Apple's component makers ever fit the technology into 'a space a few centimeters across and millimeters deep'?
** X-Cuses: iPhone X Facial Recognition Will Not Meet Expectations in Thurrott - The Home For Tech Enthusiasts: News, Reviews & Analysis (25 October 2017)