If early estimates for the likes of Gartner and IDC are correct, Mac sales appear to have stabilized during the holiday quarter. This came after a decline for several quarters, possibly because of the overall erosion of PC sales, and no doubt partly because Apple has apparently been stingy about upgrading these machines. Or maybe […]

Apple has received its share of attacks this year, and some of it appears to be deserved. But I won’t dwell on the possibilities except for the device that used to be its most important product — the Mac. Up until the past year, you could usually depend on annual product refreshes. The usual setup was to […]

It’s very clear that Mac users are really feeling left out these days by the dearth of product upgrades from Apple. Some of you may have read the Bloomberg piece that claims that the Mac platform is getting short shrift. But CEO Tim Cook now asserts there are great things for desktop computers in Apple’s […]

Apple’s critics are out in force this holiday season with end-of-the-year pronouncements. Some say it was a mixed back, but few speak of it as notable. Some suggest Apple had a really bad year, that it couldn’t possibly get much worse. Clearly the latter rating doesn’t recognize the years when Apple was really in shaky condition. […]