When the analysts get the essence of a new Apple product announcement essentially correct, you sort of expect that a few of the mainstream members of the press probably got an advanced peek. No doubt you’ll also see some early reviews that clearly not rush jobs, but clearly indicate the author had a lot of […]

I know that I sometimes take a little while to get to the point, but this time I’ll try to be brief. Way back when, you could accurately refer to a portable personal computer as either a laptop or a note-book. The vision of sitting on the beach, with the computer in your lap, was […]

Night Owl Rating: After spending roughly 10 days with Apple’s latest professional desktop, my opinion stands: This is a superb note-book computer and desktop replacement. But let’s look at the details. Apple’s transition to Intel processors is moving at a fever clip, and the biggest MacBook Pro shipped roughly three weeks after the 15.4-inch version. […]

Now that Apple has begun to put Macs on an equal footing with standard PC hardware, at least in terms of the basic internal parts, pricing comparisons will become more common. In the past, it was easy to favor Apple in such a comparison, by pointing out that Macs had more standard features and superior […]