This being my first MacWorld as a Mac-ite, it’s fascinating to watch the rumor flurries increase in intensity. I’ve been perusing rumour sites, but now Reuters, Forbes, and News.com are in on the game. Now, if the big news guys have any more credibility (which is debatable) than the little rumor guys, you’ve GOT to… more
Dan Gillmor lays out the pros and cons and on Apple should move OS X to the x86 platform. See any themes from the Apple 2003 column?
iPulse has been sitting in the lower left hand corner of two of my computers since Xmas. To date, it’s identified two issues with OS X that I probably would not have noticed if I wasn’t running it. Problem #1 was a runaway SystemUIServer process. I noticed it this morning when iPulse began reporting unusually… more
The Apple Luxury Tax column generated a huge amount of discussion. In fact, in preparation for a response, I printed out the comments and the final page count was just under twenty pages. Jesus, folks like to discuss all things Apple. There were many issues that I wanted to comment on, but upon reading and… more
Project number two for the Xmas break was goofing around with various pieces of Mac OS X software which had been sent my way, but I’d had no time to play with. Here are first impressions after roughly a half-a-day of usage: iPulse (Icon Factory): This what happens when a bunch of very talented visual… more
The holidays mean retail therapy. You were ignoring this fact until Thanksgiving, but now you’re beginning to sweat it. What does Aunt Claire want? How about the Wife? If you’re list hasn’t formally written down, it’s, at least, sitting in some form inside your head. I’ve been planning on spreading the love Apple-style this year.… more
There has been a lot of incessant yammering about Apple potentially shipping a Mac OS X version which runs on Intel hardware. This is the first article I’ve read which lists three good reasons why Apple won’t.
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MacWorld New York is tomorrow and, as usual, the Apple marketing machine is certain to have a surprise up its sleeve. Coming off another profitable quarter amongst a continued economic downturn, what makes sense for Apple to release? Larger screens on the iMac and an OS X update (now with iChat) are all fine and… more
According to this: Those who surf the Web using a Mac tend to be better educated and make more money than their PC-using counterparts, according to a report from Nielsen/NetRatings.