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The last place on earth to buy an iPhone
A Mac in my Pocket™. That’s what the iPhone is. One year of discipline later (I did not buy the first generation iPhone), I stood in line for hours to get a new iPhone 3G. This may have been the last of the long lines to buy an iPhone on the planet.
Read More »What it means to have no new features in OS X
Apple plans to update Mac users to a new version of OS X Leopard. The upcoming ‘Snow Leopard’ will be Intel only, putting pressure on PowerPC Mac users to upgrade, yet not providing much incentive other than being left in the past forever. What does it mean to have a new Mac with no new features?
Read More »AOL goes Back to the Future, Pt. 2
I have fond memories of America OnLine. Back when CompuServe was king of online connectivity, I signed on to AOL, long before they had 500,000 subscribers. Years later I helped AOL’s lawyers and security operatives track down some online scammers and was rewarded with a lifetime comp account. In the dozen or so years since, the internet has changed dramatically. So has AOL. Or, so I thought. The new AOL Desktop for Mac is a very competent entry to AOL’s world, which is firmly planted back in the 1990s.
Read More »Who’s using your Mac? Little Snitch tells all
Have you ever wondered who’s using your Mac besides you? Those little blinking lights on your router might be telling you something. Some software on your Mac phones home without telling you it’s using your phone to place the call. Little Snitch acts like a reverse firewall to protect your Mac from the inside out. How does it do what it does?
Read More »Shootout: Original iMac vs. 2008 iMac at $1,299
I was an original 128k Mac owner. Likewise, I picked up a $1,299 Bondi Blue iMac almost 10 years ago. How does the original iMac compare to the 2008 iMac with Intel Inside? It’s remarkable how things change, how much they remain the same, and what your money gets for $1,299 these days. Let the shootout begin.
Read More »Bento is not yet the database for the masses
I love databases and wish there was a database option in Apple’s iWork. Instead, Apple let FileMaker have their way with us and the result is Bento, billed as the personal database. It is. Bento is not the database for the masses.
Read More »Apple needs Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer
As much as Apple needed and needs co-founder Steve Jobs manning the bridge on the Mac maker’s ship of state, Jobs owes Microsoft founder Bill Gates a debt of gratitude. One of the best things to happen to Apple in the past eight years as been the reign of Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer. His missteps, miscues, and misguided muscle help Apple every day.
Read More »Oh, Mac mini tower, wherefore art thou?
Another Mac update and speed bump has come and gone. No quad core chip from Intel. No MacPro mini tower. What am I to do with all this money I have to buy a Mac that doesn’t exist? Be still my heart. The new iMac isn’t that bad. It’s good. Just not good enough.
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