October 26th: Leopard...

I was delighted to finally read that the official release date for Mac OS X Leopard is Friday October 26th. The Engadget story mentions the pricing: $129 for a single license, $199 for a 5-license family pack. It then goes on (in a bit of sarcasm) and mentions how there is no upgrade...

Do You Like Apples?...

I thought this photo was very, very interesting. Granted, it is just one of hundreds of thousands of classrooms and therefore nothing can really be concluded from it, but it is still interesting to think ahead to when these kids are out of college and possibly entering decision-making...

An Apple Price-Cut Laws...

I read an article (linked below) about a woman who is filing a lawsuit because the price of the iPhone was dropped by so much so shortly after launch. Frankly, I was annoyed. If you read this blog you would have read my post about my own disappointment in the huge price drop, but then...

iPhone v1.1.1...

Today I installed the 1.1.1 update of iPhone after reading many articles and blog posts about how it makes an iPhone a “brick” if you’ve hacked it to install or change things. Lots of people look at the iPhone as a great device that can be hacked to do much more than it...

A Thought About Market ...

I read an article this morning that reminded me of a subject I wanted to blog about but forgot to. It has to do with the age-old battle between Macintosh OS X and Windows – particularly Vista at this point. Many, many people make comments about Apple trying to gain market share and...

Even in Fiction...

I was recently directed to this passage from the book “The Book of the Dead” by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (page 85 of the soft cover), and I was amazed at how closely we could identify with it. “She plugged in her laptop and booted it up. At the insistence of...

I'm a Bit Disappoi...

Today Steve Jobs announced that the price of the 8GB iPhone was going from $599 to $399. I love the device. I bought one opening day. Didn’t even have to wait in any lines or anything. And in my opinion, it’s the best cell phone ever, period. I’m glad I own one, and it...

Xeon Price Cuts: Should...

According to the following article, Intel is scheduled to reduce prices on its Xeon processors on July 22nd. I was going to buy a Mac Pro in mid July to replace the PowerMac G5 that I just sold, but do you think I should wait a month or so and see if Apple will cut prices on their Mac...

Apple's Worldwide ...

This year’s WWDC in early June promises tons of great information. In addition to sessions about Apple technologies, a great deal of effort will be placed on developers who are (or would like to) transition from platforms like .NET and tools like Visual Studio to Xcode and the many...

Four or Eight?...

I bought my Power Mac G5 in January of 2006 – several months before the Intel processors were available in a desktop form factor. This was not intentional – no one knew when the Intel-based computers would hit the market. In August I purchased a MacBook Pro, which was based on...