Apple
Anniversary of the Apple Mac
The Macintosh computer is 25 years old and Macworld has an article giving us a little of the history of the Mac:
In 1977, Apple made a splash on the world stage by introducing the Apple II, one of the world’s first personal computers. In the time between the Apple II’s release and IBM’s introduction of [...]
Steve Jobs and Apple
I don’t know if many of the readers of this blog have a Mac but I suspect that quite a few have an iPod or other Apple product. And whether you own an Apple product or not, Apple’s influence is likely present in something that you do have. Windows may dominate the PC desktop but [...]
Who’s the most reliable?
Every year PC World polls its readers to find out their experience with the reliability of various products. The results from 44,000 readers are given at the article, Product Reliability and After-Sale Service, 2008. Six product categories are covered–laptop PCs, desktop PCs, printers, digital cameras, routers, and MP3 players.
In the desktop computer category, the report [...]
How to buy a Mac
Thinking of possibly buying an Apple Mac? PC World has some help. First, there is The New Mac Buying Guide. Then there is the follow-up article, Apple’s Mac Lineup, with information about individual Mac models.
Is multi-touch on a PC a good thing?
Yesterday, I posted about the touch feature in Windows 7. Apple had already added touch features to its iPod Touch and iPhone. The latest versions of MacBooks also have multi-touch functions added to the touch pad. Personally, I have always disliked touch pads and the new trend to touch leaves me uninterested. Mary Jo [...]
Apple earnings approach Microsoft
Recently released financial numbers for Apple and Microsoft were an eye-opener, at least for me. The Apple Insider reports:
While Microsoft executives like to talk about Apple as an insignificant company with less than 5% of the worldwide market share of all PCs and servers sold, the Mac maker now has more cash than Microsoft and [...]
Reviews of the new MacBook
Although most readers are Windows users, I think it’s worthwhile to put in an occasional post on Macs. Apple just came out with a new line of MacBooks and there are two reviews I will mention. The first is from Walter Mossberg and is oriented to the less technical reader. Mossberg concludes:
All in all, though, [...]
New line of Apple laptops
There’s been a lot of rumors going around about a new line of Apple laptops, including talk of a lower priced entry. Today, Steve Jobs made the formal presentation unveiling the new products. A 13″ MacBook is now available for $999. There are a number of ZDNet blogs about the new line; references are here. [...]
About Windows bundled apps
The news mentioned yesterday about certain previously built-in applications being optional in Windows 7 has sparked some general appraisal of Windows’ bundled applications by Adam Pash at Lifehacker. Pash doesn’t think too highly of the apps included in Windows and compares them unfavorably with the many Apple applications that come with the Mac. Pash writes:
Microsoft [...]
Trying to shine up Windows Vista
Microsoft is trying to do something about Vista’s somewhat tarnished reputation with a new advertising campaign. Personally, I would rather that Steve Ballmer put the $400 $300 million that is supposedly being spent on this campaign into making Windows better. But Ballmer began his career in advertising so we are getting TV commercials with the [...]
Can the Mac gain more market share?
At Ars Technica, Don Reisinger writes an analysis of How Apple can gain significant OS market share. He begins:
Apple’s unprecedented success over the past few years has propelled the company from its place as just another tech company to the most respected brand in the entire industry. But for all its success, it’s still [...]