I don’t know what there is about Apple Inc. that makes people wish them dead. But that’s apparently something that a few tech writers — and certainly some Windows diehards — fervently wish will happen sooner rather than later. It seems almost from the very first, Apple was belittled, marginalized. When the Mac first appeared, […]

The way Steve Jobs tells it, Apple decided to switch to Intel because its processor road map is superior to IBM’s. On the surface, it does appear that IBM was unable to deliver the parts Apple needed when it needed them. Since then, there’s been plenty of speculation as to just what chips will make […]

No doubt you’ve heard the news. Best Buy is carrying the Mac mini. But this isn’t the first time that huge chain of consumer electronics outlets carried Macs and the previous experience didn’t exactly inspire optimism. Do any of you remember? At one time you could find a limited selection of new Macs at such […]

For years, I have been complaining that Apple shortchanges Mac users on RAM. Starting with System 7.0 in the early 1990s, I regularly attacked Apple for selling computers memory starved computers. Now it seems I may have to backtrack on some of those statements. But don’t get me wrong: I would like to see all […]