Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott (born October 29, 1966) [cite web |url=http://www.aeroxp.org/board/lofiversion/index.php?t6570.html |title=Happy 40th, Paul Thurrott! |author=Spencer |publisher=AeroXperience |date=2006-10-29 |accessdate=2006-01-16] is a technology reporter, published author, podcaster, and news editor for "Windows IT Pro Magazine". He regularly writes reviews for beta and completed Microsoft products, such as Windows Vista and Office 2007. Thurrott has also reviewed Apple products, such as the iPod, Mac OS X, and other Mac related software. He is the host of Windows Weekly on TWiT.TV with Leo Laporte, [cite web |url=http://www.twit.tv/ww |title=Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott |publisher=TWiT.TV |date=2006-01-12 |accessdate=2006-11-16] a podcast attracting over 80,000 downloads for each episode. [cite web |url=http://www.twit.tv/2006/11/20/october_numbers |title=October Numbers |last=Laporte |first=Leo |work=Leo Laporte's blog |date=2006-11-21 |accessdate=2007-01-16]

List of works

*"Great Digital Media with Windows XP"
*"Windows XP Home Networking"
*"Windows XP Power Toolkit" (with Walter Bruce and David Chernicoff)
*"Windows Vista Secrets" (with Brian Livingston)
*"SuperSite blog" [http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/rss.aspx SuperSite blog RSS]
*SuperSite for Windows" [http://www.winsupersite.com/supersite.xml SuperSite for Windows RSS]

Criticism

Some critics charge that Mr. Thurrott writes from an emotional position and lacks technical knowledge in the subjects he writes about (for example, not understanding that Vista's metadata search uses third-party plug-ins for unknown file formats). Bloggers Ed Bott [cite web | url=http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1061 | title=Single-play DVDs? It’s a hoax | first=Ed | last=Bott | date=2005-10-04 | work=Ed Bott's Windows Expertise | accessdate=2008-05-01 ] and Robert McLaws [cite web | url=http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/robert/archive/2005/10/05/14781.aspx | | title=Journalistic Integrity Revisited | work=Robert McLaws: Windows Vista Edition | first=Robert | last=McLaws | date=2005-10-04 | publisher=Windows-Now.com | accessdate=2007-02-13 ] have chastised Thurrott for poor journalistic integrity. Mr. Thurrott was also [http://daringfireball.net/2006/08/jackass_paul_thurrott criticized] for a price comparison between a Mac Pro and Dell Precision workstation that had different specifications. He has also been heavily criticized for his rather biased reporting and reviews towards Apple Inc., Google, and their products. [cite web | url=http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/592E3270-32C8-4852-975C-162E788749CA.html | title=Thurrott's Merciless Attack ] [ cite web | title=WWDC Secrets Paul Thurrott Hopes You Miss| url=http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Home/26B5D607-34E6-46CF-A66F-1CCCA542AC6B.html ] [cite web | title=Paul Thurrott celebrated Microsoft’s new $300 million ad campaign as a promising new attempt to stop “the bad guys”|url=http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/09/09/gates-seinfeld-and-the-300-million-ad-to-nowhere/#more-2407 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.winsupersite.com Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows]
* [http://www.wininformant.com Paul Thurrott's WinInfo]
* [http://www.internet-nexus.com Paul Thurrott's Internet Nexus]
* [http://www.twit.tv/ww Windows Weekly, Paul Thurrott's podcast on the TWiT network with Leo Laporte]
* [http://www.windowsitpro.com Windows IT Pro Magazine]