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    The Late 2016 MacBook Pro and Endless Controversies

    December 8th, 2016

    The carping about the perceived lapses in the Late 2016 MacBook Pro won’t end. I would have thought that complaining about the lack of a 32GB option, the high price, and hopes for more performance and battery life, would die down after a while. But they haven’t, and there are other issues that are getting […]


    Newsletter #457 Preview: No, Apple Isn’t Going Downhill

    August 31st, 2008

    I still remember, nearly 20 years ago, setting up a brand new Macintosh system in my home. Up till then, I did most of my work at the office, but I had seen the future, more or less, and telecommuting was going to be a large part of it, so I had to be prepared. […]


    Newsletter #454 Preview: Here We Go Again: Revisiting Mac Versus PC Prices

    August 10th, 2008

    In recent months, I’ve come to believe that most people finally understand that Macs and PCs are comparably priced when comparably equipped. That is, until I read some more of that silly fiction that attempts to convey precisely the reverse, that Apple is the BMW, and the PC is the Ford, and that the former […]


    Newsletter #428 Preview: The iPhone and An Owner’s Disconnect

    February 10th, 2008

    Imagine if you were one of the hundreds of thousands of people who waited for the iPhone to be released, and you ended up buying one. Although you were pretty satisfied with the product, you got upset with Apple, and sold it a few months later. Despite the fact that the iPhone has extremely high […]