Can Microsoft Come Back? Dan Lyons’s Month Without Apple and Google

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Dan Lyons spent 30 days using nothing but Microsoft products to see whether the giant could win him back.

Published Apr. 9 2012 4:45AM EDT

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Could Microsoft ever be cool again? The company has been out of it for so long that a comeback is hard to imagine. But by some miracle this seems to be happening, and people are starting to take notice.

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Can Microsoft Come Back? Dan Lyons’s Month Without Apple and Google

Dan Lyons spent 30 days using nothing but Microsoft products to see whether the giant could win him back.

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