A few days before Tiger was released, I got a call from a local physician asking if his early generation iMac could run 10.4. “Does it have built-in FireWire,” I asked, and he had to check. “No,” he said sadly, understanding the implications, that it was time to retire that faithful computer. Sure, that doctor […]

There’s a myth about every Mac OS installation, and that’s the easy upgrade. In theory, you should be able to jump from one major Mac OS X release to another simply by restarting with the installer CD and clicking a few buttons. The installer should take care of itself, so you ought to be able […]

As I write this article, tens of thousands of you have upgraded to Tiger. Most of you are happy with its performance, stability and huge lineup of new features. But things aren’t quite that rosy for some users. Indeed, the flip side of Tiger can get a little nasty, and it’s beginning to look as […]

With its second generation iMac G5, Apple has upgraded its cool all-in-one desktop to better serve the business user. While the increase in processor speed to 1.8GHz and 2.0GHz is welcome, and certainly it’s nice to have an ATI Radeon 9600 graphics chip with 128MB, the real improvement is the addition of Gigabit Ethernet. That’s […]